Wow, you guys are all losing it....

It's 100% steelhead to me... Although the tail looks forked it's the way the kid is holding the fish squeezing the wrist of the tail causing it to appear forked...

The head in the second picture screams hen steelhead as well as the anal fin screams steelhead as well...... The chromeness/snow belly screams steelhead as well. Don't forget the gumlines screaming steelhead too.... Some hatchery steelhead can have some funny noses...

Although not common to see the scale loss, I've seen it on smoking chrome tidewater steelhead...

Are those the only two pictures to choose from?

Being a clipped fish, it can't be a Chinook this time of year assuming it was caught recently.... The chances of a clipped king being in the Trask this time of year is about .0000001%....

Keith thumbs
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It's time to put the red rubber nose away, clown seasons over.