[AngelesCrestHighway]

Tecnically it may be an ocean run steelhead

[VRWCarea51]

I don’t consider them Bows till they start showing color. Until then, Steelhead.

[gundog]

You expect anyone to believe that that fish just swam from the Pacific?

[TexasCajun]

While DuPont believes Warren’s fish was indeed a trout, the fact that the angler released the fish before weighing it on a certified scale bars the fish from record consideration.

But, according to DuPont, Warren didn’t have a choice—the fish had an unclipped adipose fin, indicating that it was wild, and anglers must release all wild Clearwater rainbows and steelhead.

Moreover, Idaho maintains specific guidelines on the catch-and-release handling of wild fish. One of the stipulations is that anglers can’t hang wild fish from a scale.

...at least they didn't charge him for taking the picture.

[mylife]

That is not a steelhead.

[Uncle Miltie]

Not with that body-shape.

I’ve caught hundreds of both. That’s a localized rainbow.

I’ve caught a 20 pound steelie. They are much more bullet-shaped. Always. Never that fat in the center.