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FRESHWATER ANGLING => Fly fishing => Trout fishing => Topic started by: WalkersKiller on February 07, 2012, 03:43:07 PM
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How To Tell The Difference Between A Male (Cock) & Female (Hen) Trout
A male Trout is referred to as a Cock and a female is known as a Hen. The obvious difference between a Cock and a Hen Trout is that when a Hen is gutted in spawning season they contain orange eggs inside... Some Hens have these orange eggs all year round. However I have come across a few Hen Trout that have not had eggs in spawning season...
When the Trout are in full spawn the Cock (Male) fish develops a very prominent "underbite" where it's jaw extends quite far out, similar to Salmon when they breed. On larger specimens, out of the spawning season, a bigger jaw can be observed on the Cock fish opposed to a rounder proportional mouth that the Hen has. Please see the images below for differentiation:
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc440/WalkersKiller/Trout/trout.jpg)
WK :ult:
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:tkx: :FST: Now we know, a bit of usefull information...
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:tkx:
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Nice one Walks have some of the good stuff +1 cred
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Thanks Lichia!!!
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Also from the above pick, the Cock is dinner and the Hen isn't ... :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: :creep: ... :hyst: :hyst: :hyst:
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:lolo:
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must have been very difficult to sex that hen with that big cock lying next to her. Thanks for showing us how it is done
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And now I know why you spend so much time at footloose..........
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And now I know why you spend so much time at footloose..........
Trout teazer
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:lolo: your topic for this thread had me worried there for a second...
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:hehe: :hehe:
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:shre: WK
Nice stuff (clap) (clap)
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:tkx: MJ