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Mystery Fish - Uplandman - 04-11-2020

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Today me and my little brother floated the Weber just below Echo and he caught this mystery fish on his fly rod. It was 18-20 inches long. At first glance I thought it was a splake but it doesn't have the super defined pointy tail like a Splake would. Any ideas?

RE: Mystery Fish - meancuznalfy - 04-11-2020

Hmm, that's interesting, tail and head look like a they have rainbow characteristics.

RE: Mystery Fish - jbob81 - 04-11-2020

Looks like a tiger trout to me

RE: Mystery Fish - Anglinarcher - 04-11-2020

Light spots on dark background, moderately forked tail, worm like markings on back and cheeks.........

Sure not a tiger trout, and the light spotting shows Lake Trout/char heritage.

I would be happy calling it a Splake if the tail was a bit a more forked, but it is a hybrid and as such they do not always follow the "standard description".

Still, lacking some serious genetic testing, I will vote for Splake.

RE: Mystery Fish - jbob81 - 04-11-2020

I stand corrected

RE: Mystery Fish - dubob - 04-11-2020

(04-11-2020, 03:58 AM)Anglinarcher Wrote: Sure not a tiger trout, and the light spotting shows Lake Trout/char heritage.

I would be happy calling it a Splake if the tail was a bit a more forked, but it is a hybrid and as such they do not always follow the "standard description".

Still, lacking some serious genetic testing, I will vote for Splake.

What he said. Big Grin

I'm 99.9% sure it is a splake.

RE: Mystery Fish - Uplandman - 04-11-2020

Huh! Sounds like you guys think that it's a splake. I had no idea they were in the Weber are they native there?

RE: Mystery Fish - Cowboypirate - 04-11-2020

There are spake in Lost Creek. Good chance he called it home at some point but opted to go on a road trip to see the Devils Slide and liked it enough to stay

RE: Mystery Fish - dubob - 04-11-2020

And since it is a hybred cross between a male Brook Trout and a female Lake Trout, it is 100% char - and WAAAAAY better eating than trout. Big Grin

RE: Mystery Fish - Joe_Hill - 04-11-2020

(04-11-2020, 03:39 PM)dubob Wrote: And since it is a hybred cross between a male Brook Trout and a female Lake Trout, it is 100% char - and WAAAAAY better eating than trout.

I'm not sure I'd agree. Lake trout is dog food at best. Brookies really depend on where they live but generally comparable to trout. Dolly Varden is on Par with trout as well. The only char I've had that I like much better than trout is Artic Char. This was out of the Weber. No way I'd even try to stomach it. Confused

Nice fish still.

RE: Mystery Fish - dubob - 04-11-2020

(04-11-2020, 09:25 PM)Joe_Hill Wrote:
(04-11-2020, 03:39 PM)dubob Wrote: And since it is a hybred cross between a male Brook Trout and a female Lake Trout, it is 100% char - and WAAAAAY better eating than trout.

I'm not sure I'd agree. Lake trout is dog food at best. Brookies really depend on where they live but generally comparable to trout. Dolly Varden is on Par with trout as well. The only char I've had that I like much better than trout is Artic Char. This was out of the Weber. No way I'd even try to stomach it.
Nice fish still.

Not a problem Joe. I've eaten plenty of splake and they were head and shoulders above trout in taste. And I've also eaten plenty of browns and white fish out of the Weber River and I'm still here with no ill effects from having done so. To each his own.

RE: Mystery Fish - Saltslam - 04-12-2020

Put me in the party of splake being better table fare. I enjoy trout but would take a splake over it every day of the week!

RE: Mystery Fish - dubob - 04-12-2020

(04-12-2020, 12:12 AM)Saltslam Wrote: Put me in the party of splake being better table fare. I enjoy trout but would take a splake over it every day of the week!

RE: Mystery Fish - Joe_Hill - 04-12-2020

(04-12-2020, 12:06 PM)dubob Wrote:
(04-12-2020, 12:12 AM)Saltslam Wrote: Put me in the party of splake being better table fare. I enjoy trout but would take a splake over it every day of the week!

Honestly I've never actually eaten a splake. I'll have to give it a try the next time I catch one. Still not so sure about coming out of the Weber as I everything I've ever eaten from there tasted like mud. I've only had like 5 from there ever, so I suppose 1 more won't kill me. I did fall for the whitefish is great going around Utah 15 years ago. Man was that a mistake.

RE: Mystery Fish - dubob - 04-12-2020

(04-12-2020, 06:56 PM)Joe_Hill Wrote: I did fall for the whitefish is great going around Utah 15 years ago. Man was that a mistake.

I've only ever eaten whitefish from the Weber prepared one way - smoked. The meat was very firm and tasted 'good' - nothing higher. I would not hesitate to pickle it or can it to eat. I canned some grayling in Alaska in 1975 and it was some of the best canned fish I've ever eaten. No reason to expect that whitefish meat wouldn't also be good canned, especially since the bone problem would disappear. But - to each his own.

RE: Mystery Fish - bassrods - 04-13-2020

I will take Lingcod over any of the trout .... Big Grin

Bassrods

RE: Mystery Fish - Joe_Hill - 04-13-2020

If you're talking any whitefish, I'd go with Pacific Halibut. Even Atlantic Halibut are better than any cod. Those little 2-3 foot halibut off the Southern Oregon Coast are like filet mignon.

RE: Mystery Fish - GSP - 04-13-2020

Flint Barber, is that you?