Hi folks-- This fish wasn't a dolly or bull trout-- they have light spots on a dark-colored background. This fish had black spots, which also takes it out of the Atlantic camp as well, I believe. In discussion with some other fishermen, the thinking is now that it was either a steelhead, a big searun or a hybrid of the two.

The gold color was what I would expect from a searun in the salt, but the spots didn't continue down the sides past the median line-- it was steelhead looking from there down. It was a nice fish regardless; it's just too bad it didn't take the fly instead of being foul-hooked.