I'm no expert. That doesn't look to be a tiger. That appears to be an injury or some type of marking. Thanks for the report

Thats what I thought...frankly, they were ugly fish. When I first saw it I was thinking he was some lucky little fish that escaped a predator I figured they were scars, but after catching a few with the same markings it kind of made me wonder a little. Oh...forgot to mention, the markings looks EXACTLY the same on both sides of the fish.

man thats pretty crazy. you should call wdfw fish program number and ask if they know about them

That is a baby rainbow

Any idea what the markings are Kingchinook?

im no expert, but i think that could be some parasite or injury but after heary that all the fish had the markings i would think its a rainbow

I dont know what the markings are, but i can say that isn't a Tiger trout. I have been catching tigers up north of Colville in Black Lake for the past 7 years or so (?). Personally, and i could be wrong to think so, but I'm afraid when i hear they are planting those things around now. When they first started with them in Black Lake, the lake had rainbows and browns and other fish to i believe... in the last 5 years not one person i know has caught anything but a tiger out of their. Just makes me think they must be eating all the fry of the other fish, to the point of killing everything else out. On the brighter side of it though, even those little 6-8 inch fish put up a fight that always surprises you how small they are once you actually get them eyes sight.