# what kind of fish is this??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Trout & Salmon\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179 "2010-04-25T01:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slumpbuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@slumpbuster](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/slumpbuster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/1 "2010-04-25T01:27:05Z")
my buddy and I went fishing on the cowlits river near I-5 last weekend and pulled a bunch of these little guys out. just wondering what they were, im thinking some type of trout, maybe steelhead smolts or char or something? thanks in advance for any help! ---
**Author:** ![doolay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@doolay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/doolay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/2 "2010-04-25T05:21:19Z")
Got a picture for us? ---
**Author:** ![slumpbuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@slumpbuster](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/slumpbuster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/3 "2010-04-25T06:51:16Z")
oh yeah, that would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![doolay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@doolay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/doolay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/4 "2010-04-25T14:54:55Z")
Well…that is a trout of some kind, but its hard to tell exactly what kind it is. Its looks like a rainbow (steelhead) but I’m not familar with the area so I’m not sure what kind of fish live there. ---
**Author:** ![vashe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9a140/32.png) [@vashe](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/vashe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/5 "2010-04-30T03:28:00Z")
looks like a rainbow to me. I would ask around to see if they stocked any and if they stocked fingerlings. just looks like a fingerling to me. basically a baby trout ---
**Author:** ![Dan3260](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Dan3260](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Dan3260)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/6 "2010-05-10T18:22:02Z")
That is definitely a rainbow. Looks like a female. The jaw doesn’t extend past the eye and look at the tail fin and lateral line those are dead giveaways. ---
**Author:** ![osprey02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85f322/32.png) [@osprey02](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/osprey02)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/7 "2010-05-14T03:47:50Z")
and being a steelhead is a sea run raibow… SMOLT? ---
**Author:** ![lskiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@lskiles](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/lskiles)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/8 "2010-05-25T15:42:27Z")
I fish Caterpillar Island on the Mighty Columbia, not too far from where you are fishing, except I am on the Washington side. I catch them once in a while and wondered what they were and an experienced fisherman was putting his boat in and I caught one and asked him. He said it was a stealhead smolt also. I was going to cut it for bait and he told me he thought it was allowed. The regulations in this state are so complicated and cumbersome I would not be surprized at any reg anymore. It almost keeps me from fishing at all, which is what I think the whole point of so many restrictions is. ---
**Author:** ![sputnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sputnik](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/sputnik)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/9 "2010-05-28T16:19:42Z")
Yep, i would say that is rainbow too. Btw, I don’t know about you guys but with the fishes that i catch i don’t eat or sell them i just put them back… =\ ---
**Author:** ![chrome\_junky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@chrome\_junky](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/chrome_junky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/10 "2010-05-29T18:41:38Z")
i only keep them if im planning on eating them that night. ---
**Author:** ![Basser119](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@Basser119](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Basser119)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/11 "2010-06-08T21:36:27Z")
that is a trout the pic im small so i cnt tell w/ exact type tho. nice fish ---
**Author:** ![StuartHolden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@StuartHolden](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/StuartHolden)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/12 "2010-10-05T12:01:56Z")
Wow !!! Yeah I really liked those pics. Would have been much better if you could some more of them. It would be so nice of you. Keep posting… Regards Stuart [http://www.neusportinggoods.com](http://www.neusportinggoods.com) ---
**Author:** ![fishingcanada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@fishingcanada](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishingcanada)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/13 "2010-12-16T15:05:32Z")
i thought this kind is a family of trout fish. ---
**Author:** ![pharaoh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pharaoh2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/pharaoh2)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/14 "2010-12-26T13:28:46Z")
No doubt, she’s a rainbow. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/9/e/9e3445c07e493eba4c23dbcd46543c6beda880ad.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LargeLakeFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@LargeLakeFish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/LargeLakeFish)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/15 "2011-09-25T03:48:21Z")
my buddy and I went fishing on the cowlits river near I-5 last weekend and pulled a bunch of these little guys out. just wondering what they were, im thinking some type of trout, maybe steelhead smolts or char or something? thanks in advance for any help! baby trout, for sure ---
**Author:** ![BassMaster734](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@BassMaster734](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/BassMaster734)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/168179/16 "2011-12-31T22:21:52Z")
Definitely a Rainbow Trout. They don’t get their pink band until they are older, and that one looks pretty small, so that suggests that it is a young trout.