[jeremycallahan]

I was up at 11-mile on sunday and caught a nice fat 15+ in bow. I noticed that the front right fin was clipped. It was just a little stub. I have seen this before on other fish i have caught. Is this a "sign" that this fish was raised in a hatchery?

 

[NeWcS]

Is this a "sign" that this fish was raised in a hatchery?

I would think so but I thought they cut the little top fin.

Ive been thinking about buying those really little safty pins and tagging some fish just for the hell of it. Is there a law against this?


[me=Jay_In_Parker] [/me]

 

[afishman]

i cannot think of any laws that would apply in that situation

 

[rottal]

Its normal to see fish that were raised in a hatchery with worn fins, if not missing them all together...they get worn off in the concrete runways they swim around in.....

 

[Guest]

I caught one like this at evergreen, we called it nemo

 

[roadkill]

the trout in hatcheryes also bite the fins due to over crowding even more so than wearing out on the concrete

the only reference (that i have found) to tagging/marking fish is that it is illeagle to hold a competition that awards prizes for marked fish with out special permision

 

[epic]

Nemo had a small fin

 

[rottal]

Nemo had a small fin 

maybe Nemo was hatchery raised.....

 

[jeremycallahan]

I have just been curious. It always seems that the stubby fin is on the right side of the fish.

 

[roadkill]

you can bait your hook with the other hand to star catchung the left stuby fin fish

i try to use both hands equally and tend to catch fish with both fins stubby lol

 

[left_turn56]

I caught one at Red Feathers like that