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My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 7:02 pm
by Twism86
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Caught this guy at Seneca Lake today (finger lakes of NY). I was just messing around off a dock with a bunch of fish under it and this one grabbed my jig. So I'm wondering if this is my first LLS?

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 9:44 am
by martalus
I honestly have a hard time differenting them from brown trout, especially when they are smaller. Something about the tail is supposed to be different I think.

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:41 pm
by Kronk
The eye is too far forward for a landlock,tail is to square and the telltale red spots therefore I believe it is a Brown Trout.

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:00 pm
by joe_panella
Kronk wrote:
Mon May 14, 2018 2:41 pm
The eye is too far forward for a landlock,tail is to square and the telltale red spots therefore I believe it is a Brown Trout.
I looked at a 100 pics this morning and eye head are the only things i could say didn't look quite right. Hatchery fish have been known to be mutants though from time to time so i didn't comment. I assume they hatchery fish at least.

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:36 pm
by garden hackle

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:34 am
by Twism86
Yea looks like just a regular old stocked brown. Damn. I know the finger lakes have LLS so I was hopeful.

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:10 am
by troutfishing4life
Either way its pretty cool to just be jigging under a dock and get a brown trout

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:16 am
by Twism86
troutfishing4life wrote:
Wed May 23, 2018 8:10 am
Either way its pretty cool to just be jigging under a dock and get a brown trout
Yea, there were a ton of fish, mostly sunnies, perch and shiners but this guy grabbed it out of no where. This is at the lake where im getting married in October. I plan to fish the morning before the wedding.......

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:24 am
by troutfishing4life
Twism86 wrote:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:16 am
troutfishing4life wrote:
Wed May 23, 2018 8:10 am
Either way its pretty cool to just be jigging under a dock and get a brown trout
Yea, there were a ton of fish, mostly sunnies, perch and shiners but this guy grabbed it out of no where. This is at the lake where im getting married in October. I plan to fish the morning before the wedding.......
Now thats a great plan!!!

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:14 pm
by Castaline
That would be cool to fish the morning of your wedding. You should do it... it will be something you alway remember! Ha!

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:20 pm
by garden hackle
Twism86 wrote:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:16 am
troutfishing4life wrote:
Wed May 23, 2018 8:10 am
Either way its pretty cool to just be jigging under a dock and get a brown trout
Yea, there were a ton of fish, mostly sunnies, perch and shiners but this guy grabbed it out of no where. This is at the lake where im getting married in October. I plan to fish the morning before the wedding.......
There better not be an evening hatch going on or there will be HELL to pay on your wedding night.

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:23 pm
by Twism86
Castaline wrote:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:14 pm
That would be cool to fish the morning of your wedding. You should do it... it will be something you alway remember! Ha!
The real question is, will it also be something my WIFE always remembers!

Re: My First Land Locked Salmon?

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:49 pm
by njdugger
great catch, a brown I am sure, I have a photo of a brown and a landlock that I caught in NJ last year (too large to attatch). and it looks more like the brown.