What is this guy?

[Iveexcaped3]

Took the father in law out fishing this weekend while he’s up from Comifornia. He caught a huge fish and before we could get a picture he wiggles out of his hands. Probably why he was so big. Anyway I ended up catching this guy and couldn’t find anything that resembles him in the WDWF book picture wise.

[WapitiTalk1]

Bull trout. 

[Old Dog]

...or Dolly Varden.  Either way you can't keep them.

[Oh Mah]

Dog Lake on White pass?

[h20hunter]

Looks like a dolly to me.

[WapitiTalk1]

...or Dolly Varden.  Either way you can't keep them.

Old Dog, I agree.  Back in the day in NW MT, we called em "Dollies" but over the years, they started classifying them as two different fish (Dolly Varden and Bull Trout).  And yes, you can keep them in some areas in WA as part of your daily fish catch limit IAW the WDFW Fish Regs.  Been years since I ate them but remember they weren't that good   

[Parasite]

Looks like a Lake Trout to me, but I'll defer to the experts here who say bull or dolly.

[HighCountryHunter88]

thats a lake trout..

[boneaddict]

Looks like a Lake Trout to me, but I'll defer to the experts here who say bull or dolly.

I think you should be more assertive....

Its a Lake Trout.

[WapitiTalk1]

thats a lake trout..

No, that's a Mackinaw 

[boneaddict]

    True!

[Stein]

Probably a lake trout, you could be sure if the tail was shown.  Lakers have a deep fork and bulls don't.  Otherwise, I think they look very similar.

[WapitiTalk1]

To add some info to this great thread: 

"Bull trout (scientific name: Salvelinus confluentus), like their cousins, the lake trout and brook trout, are not considered trout at all. Along with the Dolly Varden (and of course Arctic char), they are members of the char family. For years people believed that the bull trout was just a localized version of Dolly Varden, but it is now accepted that they are two different species."

[HighCountryHunter88]

Ok its a lake char... lol

[Parasite]

thats a lake trout..

No, that's a Mackinaw 

Don't you mean Mackinac