That's on the outside of the mouth, your a snagger........

Keith

No, I just took the photo. It was another boat that hooked this fish. I don't know if it was retained.

It does appear to be hooked outside the mouth, but doubt that it was a case of snagging since this is a saltwater situation and the fish was hooked trolling a spoon off a downrigger.

It may be that it was caught in the corner of the mouth and the treble pulled further back as the fish was being fought, or the fish slammed the lure and the treble hook buried itself.

But I honestly don't know.

neither its a steelhead.

spots on the tail? upper half only?

seb,
he was joking.... the fish in your pic is obviously a dolly though! anyone would know that....

now if he tells you the fish would have been hooked in the throat had you been fishing UEC take him seriously.... does that stuff work in the salt?
I had a very good day last week fishing your cure Kieth. the kings were gobblin it up.

hilarious but true.....

All this debate is silly......anyone with half a brain would know that fish is a hybrid between a mud eel and a chocolate starfish.

Doesn't the Atlantic Salmon kind of look like that? Just through that out there, but I think coho

Great to hear that Neal, I wish I had the opportunity to come up to your neck of the woods to do some fishing. We sure had a blast up there about 3 years ago this time of year. We caught tons of kings and silvers.

I'm headed out for a 6 day deer/elk muzzleloader hunt so my mind will be off fishing for a few days...

Keith

Jack Chinook, Have caught many of the over the years.
Ramprat

It's a Chum/Coelacanth hybrid.

OK one more big-spotted light-gummed jack from the same system...

Whadday'all think now?



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Well here's the full body shot that pretty well confirms that it's a coho: