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[jacked55]

So i spent a nice bit of 6 hours on the Vedder today and only saw 2 fish caught, one of which was by me, but im not getting too excited because it was only about 12" long. I was trying to properly ID it and noticed it has these features, white mouth and pink tongue, spotting along the whole back of the fish, not silver like a coho, and no adipose fin? Another fisherman nearby said that is was a coho jack? Either way, i kept the fish in the water the whole time, and took the hook out without needing to put hands on the fish. If you ask me it looks like a big trout,lol. Im sure i am going to get the lecture about knowing how to properly ID fish, but before it gets going i wanted to say this is only my second fish ever being caught on the Vedder, the others were pinks, and i do study the books in advance but its a little different seeing it in person and in the water.
The pictures aren't the best but if anyone can give a rookie some help i would love to have it.
Thanks.

[Rodney]

Coho jack, pretty common when you are fishing on the Vedder during this time of the year. Here is another one from last Friday without an adipose fin.

[Blackgivesway2blue]

coho jack, nice catch

[cutthroat22]

I think it's great you posted the pic and asked.  Next time you will be more familiar with the differences of coho vs other fish.

[Matt]

Coho jack.  Note white gums- easiest way to positively distinguish from a chinook jack, as they can look fairly similar.

[fishfulthinkin]

so this is something I haven't heard mentioned before.

Coho = black tongue
Coho Jack = pink tongue?

The tongue changes colour at somepoint? 

[typhoon]

It's pretty hard to tell from the pics, but why couldn't this be a rainbow?
edit: nevermind just read no adipose fin meaning it must be a coho

[doja]

It's pretty hard to tell from the pics, but why couldn't this be a rainbow?
edit: nevermind just read no adipose fin meaning it must be a coho

There are hatchery trout too.

[Nitroholic]

Don't forget marked sockeye too

[typhoon]

There are hatchery trout too.

Of course. I forgot about residualized steelhead. My original question stands.
Clearly not a sockeye due to the spots and eye shape.

[Stratocaster]

From the picture that was shown, its pretty hard to rule out residualized rainbow.  In fact I would lean towards this rather than coho jack.  The spotting just doesn't seem cohoish to me but I could be wrong.  Need to see the tail to make a more conclusive determination.

[iCemAn]

From the picture that was shown, its pretty hard to rule out residualized rainbow.  In fact I would lean towards this rather than coho jack.  The spotting just doesn't seem cohoish to me but I could be wrong.  Need to see the tail to make a more conclusive determination.

+1 First glance I see trout. I look closer I see a pink tongue?

[milo]

I agree with Stratocaster and put my money on rainbow trout.
No scales on the head...pink tongue...that greenish tinge.
Definitely looks more like a trout to me than a coho jack.

[colin6101]

Im going with a hatchery trout as well. I have caught several jacks and trout on the same day lately and that definitely looks more like the latter.

[fishfulthinkin]

so this is something I haven't heard mentioned before.

Coho = black tongue
Coho Jack = pink tongue?

The tongue changes colour at somepoint? 

I guess the subtleties of my sarcasm were not caught...
...I'd say trout in that case haha