Male Fish Vs. Female Fish

[misterbig]

Many posts state that is a nice hen, or big male, rooster, etc. How does a person tell them apart? Is there, different colors, specific markings, shapes,etc?

Also are they really called hens and roosters like chickens?

 

Just curious

 

M

[dogpound]

Many posts state that is a nice hen, or big male, rooster, etc. How does a person tell them apart? Is there, different colors, specific markings, shapes,etc?

Also are they really called hens and roosters like chickens?

 

Just curious

 

M

 

Female fish are pickier, have the best lies and the good ones rarely never fall to your first drift. If you catch one with a small red lightning bolt tattoed near its orifice - take my advice, play with it a bit...but throw it back.

 

[misterbig]

Female fish are pickier, have the best lies and the good ones rarely never fall to your first drift. If you catch one with a small red lightning bolt tattoed near its orifice - take my advice, play with it a bit...but throw it back.

 

Too funny

[SamIam]

I have always called them hens and bucks, as this is what is commonly used on the coast in regards to steelhead. The most obvious way to tell is the shape of the head on trout, the males have a larger jaw/head with a kype, and the females have a smaller more compact headshape. And you can also tell by how they fight, although not always, and sometimes it seems to be the opposite, but males will tend to fight with more of a bulldog technique and the females will be more arial.

[birchy]

I have always called them hens and bucks, as this is what is commonly used on the coast in regards to steelhead. The most obvious way to tell is the shape of the head on trout, the males have a larger jaw/head with a kype, and the females have a smaller more compact headshape. And you can also tell by how they fight, although not always, and sometimes it seems to be the opposite, but males will tend to fight with more of a bulldog technique and the females will be more arial.

 

Same for me..

 

Unlike humans, the females seem to have smaller mouths.

[trailhead]

During spawning time the males are usually more colored too.

[SteveM]

Same for me..

 

Unlike humans, the females seem to have smaller mouths.

 

Oh,no you dittn't!

You gonna be in beeeg troubles, now!

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Hook Jaw = male.

 

Longer snout = male.

[cuttbow]

Took a 30 plus bull couple days ago he had a jaw like a crock. Big old bulge on the lower jaw. The bows get the same but i find not as pronounced as the bulls anyone see the same.

[Guest girlsfishtoo]

Females are harder to land and males will go after anything, just like humans

 

Ok on a more serious note, the corner of the male's jaw goes further back behind the eyes. The female's eyes are above the corner of their jaw. This is a sure way of telling male from female any time of the year.

 

Female

 

Male

 

 

[monger]

The "rooster" comment was referring to pheasant not fish

 

Female fish with rounded nose

 

Male with longer, pointed nose