Caught this fish today, strange colors, black mouth. I was in a tributary to Lake Michigan but above a dam. This stream is stocked by our dnr. The black mouth makes me think it’s a king that somehow got accidentally stocked but the tail is flat not forked. I returned it to the stream after taking pictures. Do you guys have any ideas?
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Looks like a Brook Trout
Looks like Brooke to me
Brook trout
Brooke trout, a species of char. Nothing about this guy suggests chinook salmon, If images could be posted in this sub I’d provide a reference photo to show just how different the two species look. Salmon will have a forked tail as well.
That’s the state fish of Michigan, the brook trout! They are very tasty if caught from clean waters
Brookie.
Choke me daddy
Brook my dude