jjthom2 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Lake or Mountain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agbff Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiabeticKripple Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Lake I find Rockies have a blueish hue in their cheeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeler Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Any pics of the dorsal fin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyrod1970 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Hard to tell exactly from that pic but, I agree that it would seem to be a lake whitefish. As already mentioned rockies have a blueish or reddish spot in their cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthom2 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Any pics of the dorsal fin? Can't see it from the pic but it was sharply pointed with a concave curve on the backside. Even from above the surface looking down this fish appeared much larger and darker than all the other Rockies in the school - larger scales as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeler Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 http://www.bowriverfishing.com/Mountain_Whitefish.htm "The Rockies dorsal fin is shaped like that of a stereotypical mountain - one that you can walk up and down on both sides without any cliffs. It is in the shape of an acute equilateral triangle, whereas the top of the dorsal fin of a Lake Whitefish reaches back over the base of dorsal, generally forming an obtuse isosceles triangle - a mountain with an overhanging cliff on one side." Probably the most obvious method of differentiating between the two that I have seen. Sounds like a lake from your description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Good info guys. I agree it looks to be a lake whitefish. Was this in the Bow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthom2 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Caught in the Red Deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraserN Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I would say that is a lake whitefish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJensen Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Let me guess - north bank, upstream of the launch along the gravel deflections? A few pods of lake whites right there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthom2 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Let me guess - north bank, upstream of the launch along the gravel deflections? A few pods of lake whites right there. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROOKSIE Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Don't care about either really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthom2 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Don't care about either really. Thanks for contributing ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJensen Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Actually, you can learn a lot about delayed gratification from dry fly fishing lake whites. Sight-fishing those particular whites in that particular spot teaches you something about the difference in takes, turns, etc between hatches and fish spp. The delay in hook set on those pods there are the same delays required for large, methodical browns. And I bet you might care for those. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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