As soon as I saw this I said Seatrout.but others said brownie, as did the angler who took it,It was about 2.5lb I'm still convinced it's a coloured seatrout.I have some scales to send to Fascally Lab.What do you think.
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It came from the river North Esk.

Jim

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Hard to say, without knowing from where & when it came from & even then would only be a guess but it certainly could be a Sea Trout, the shape is right.
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Whoops, just noticed North Esk, yeah I'll still go for Sea Trout, shape screams Sea Trout but guys whover is right it is only a guess. Very hard tell, in the Photos of Sea Trout there is one I would swear is a Brown but again an educated guess.

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For my tuppence worth I would say coloured sea trout.

If it is I am surprised it didn't feel different when they get to that stage they start to feel a bit leathery.

Most definitely a coloured sea trout in my opinion - the markings, colour and shape all fit. Never seen a brownie with those marking and colouration.

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OK, I'm going to be a minority!! It's a large Brown Trout! Even if the fresh water washed away the salt, it would still have some white or silver makings somewhere! JMO of-course.

I think the scale reading will show brown rather than sea-trout.

What was in her stomach and was the flesh white? Would have eaten a lot of smolts in the North Esk.

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If I was a betting man I would say coloured sea trout. It just has that look about it, and I agree with cammy about that leathery feel.

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For my money its a coloured sea trout too. Either that or I've caught a lot more very big brown trout than I realise!


Andy

Not like any Sewin I've ever seen, I'd guess it's a brown trout.