Hi Folks, I was catching what I thought was rainbows on the upper Quinault river here on the west coast of Washington. Somebody said that they were steelhead. OK, this river dumps into a lake (Quinault Lake) and then continues about another 10 (just guessing) miles to the ocean. So, if the fish just go to the lake or are just resident in the river they are rainbows? Right? If they continue on to the ocean then they are steelhead? Right? So how do you tell? They don't seem to be huge & I've seen some very big steelhead. Can anybody help me clear this up? DEAN? Where are you. Oh, by the way I just got my copy of "Trout and Salmon of North America" today. What an awesome book... maybe it will help. Thanks in advance...
Bill
