Bull trout!

Genetic sampling of the Puget Sound anadromous char has shown they all to be bull trout. It was very confusing early on as this region is the only area that the bull trout can be anadromous while those anadromous char of north BC and SE Alaska are Dolly Varden.

Surprising even though the two fish look very similar (virtually impossible to tell apart visually) there are significant genetic differences between teh two which indicates that they may not be bas closely related as one would have thought.

Tight lines
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