Salmon or Trout?

[RC0]

My wife took this picture in Betws y coed, Wales, last weekend, can you spot the fish at the base of the falls. I was staring at those falls for ages and never noticed anything like that, the camera obviously picked it up though, much to my delight:proud:

 

But what would it be Salmon or Trout, does anyone have knowledge of the area?

[Marc]

I thought this thread was going to be to be about which you'd prefer to eat, which is rainbow trout for me.

 

I'd say they are Salmon in the pic, if my little knowledge in this area is correct.

[MattyF]

id go with salmon as sea trout tend to run at night or early evening still would be hard to tell from a photo!

I find them amazing to watch running upstream and could watch them all day but usually my girlfriend has to drag me away...

[Charlieh]

i think possibly a salmon there appears to be a slight fin showing on the lower back (all though this could just be something in the picture) this fin isnt normally visible in sea trout at this sort of distance.

 

That said its very silver for a salmon thats running this late in the season, most over here in derbyshire are now very dark, but thats due to them being in freshwater stuck in nottingham for about 3weeks due to low river flows, no such problem today as everywhere is flooded, going to get some pics later on for work!

 

tough call,

 

Charlie

 

EDIT: on second looks, its is quite dark so almost certain its a salmon

[MattyF]

good to hear the salmon are not stuck in nottingham any more mate! does the flooding put them off there course though?

[Charlieh]

no they still head the right way, but i was having a chat with some EA guys on the bank on thursday at the wier where they usually get stuck. We couldnt decide if the extra water helped them get further up the river as there is currently about and extra 6feet of water coming down the river, or if they just laid up on the bottom and waited for the levels to slow a bit.

 

i suspect we will never know as you cant see them in these water levels, and they could possibly be swimming up the wiers rather than leaping, its very impressive to watch, went out 2wks ago and saw about 45 leaps in an hour! (the fish arent in as good condition this year as they have been in the past though)

[Mr Ed]

Its a salmon, Betws is about 25 minutes from me, been to watch the salmon running lots of times.

[skyhuck]

sorry! It a beer bottle, I was sat behind the wall at the top having a few beers and throwing the emptys over my shoulder, ooopps......

[Lee Winger]

yep i'd go with salmon, what a picture i'd send that off to Countryfile next year for sure..

[Mac McLennan]

It doesn't matter if it's a Salmon or Sea Trout. ...To be stood there without the noise of a saw or chipper in the background must have been heaven