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DJL
06-23-2018, 10:45 PM
Wondering if I caught a laker or bull here. The pattern and fork in the tail scream laker to me but when I looked at the pics once I got home I am not noticing any black spots on the dorsal fin. Wondering what you guys think as I have never caught a laker before so not used to seeing them.

https://ibb.co/bHDK78

https://ibb.co/mk3mn8
millsboy79
06-23-2018, 11:16 PM
Laker
Badflies
06-23-2018, 11:20 PM
Laker
Bigwoodsman
06-24-2018, 08:39 AM
Laker

BW
barbless
06-24-2018, 09:18 AM
Lake Trout (Char) no black spots on side, pale spots on dorsal fin, deeply forked tail. Little guy
Fishing4Trophies
06-24-2018, 10:13 AM
Small Laker
DJL
06-24-2018, 10:43 AM
Cool, thanks for the replies!
-JR-
06-24-2018, 10:51 AM
From the back ground it looks like you are in a river.
Where are you fishing .may not be a laker
Fishing4Trophies
06-24-2018, 03:20 PM
From the back ground it looks like you are in a river.
Where are you fishing .may not be a laker

I have caught a few lakers out of the Bow before, they are actually a pretty common catch on the river stretch between the Ghost and Bearspaw dams. If this is the Bow, I would be 100% confident with this fish as a laker.

Cheers
DJL
06-24-2018, 04:02 PM
From the back ground it looks like you are in a river.
Where are you fishing .may not be a laker

NSR by Abraham. I’ve been told Lakers are occasionally caught in there
Bushrat
06-24-2018, 04:58 PM
NSR by Abraham. I’ve been told Lakers are occasionally caught in there

Yes, common in the river out there.
spoiledsaskhunter
06-25-2018, 08:43 PM
I thought sardines were salt water fish!:fighting0030:
Marty S
06-26-2018, 07:02 AM
It's a baby.
Puma
06-26-2018, 05:21 PM
I have caught a few lakers out of the Bow before, they are actually a pretty common catch on the river stretch between the Ghost and Bearspaw dams. If this is the Bow, I would be 100% confident with this fish as a laker.

Cheers

There are a lot of hybrid Splake/ Slake Trout in that area as well.

(Male Brookie mated with a female Laker.)
Fishing4Trophies
06-26-2018, 07:14 PM
There are a lot of hybrid Splake/ Slake Trout in that area as well.

(Male Brookie mated with a female Laker.)

Oh really? I never would have thought. Only rarely do I catch Brookies on the Bow in that area. Do you have a photo of one caught in the Bow?
Puma
06-26-2018, 08:56 PM
Oh really? I never would have thought. Only rarely do I catch Brookies on the Bow in that area. Do you have a photo of one caught in the Bow?

We used to have access to Bearspaw res through the old gravel pit. From there, we would Zodiac upstream towards Cochrane. We used to catch them quite frequently. No pics that I know of.