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Swafford pond
« on: April 30, 2016, 03:32:50 PM »
Well family and I are out camping in silver creek at the paradise resort thousand trails wife went to work on Saturday morning I decided to take kids to Swafford pond I never fished it before and we ended up getting 1 out of 2 take downs on power bait fishing the bottom kids and fun and it was a great time out there

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2016, 06:59:07 AM »
That's a great pond for largemouth bass. I've caught my biggest WA LM in there.
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2016, 07:42:26 AM »
Fun. We spent hundreds of days down there on Mayfield and Riffe. Swofford was always a fun little spot to fish when the littlest kids were with us.

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2016, 10:14:27 AM »
Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2016, 12:14:27 PM »
Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.
Electric motors only, right?
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2016, 12:20:08 PM »
Nice trout, and it's wild, not hatchery stock!

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2016, 02:42:48 PM »
Yes, electric motors only the last I knew. I haven't checked the newest regs.

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2016, 02:44:32 PM »
That's a great pond for largemouth bass. I've caught my biggest WA LM in there.

Me too.  A few over 10lbs.
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2016, 03:39:39 PM »
Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.
Electric motors only, right?
We rowed it.
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2016, 05:39:25 PM »
it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?
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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2016, 06:24:41 PM »
Yes electric motor only that's what a boater said when I asked how he did in his boat and to make sure it's only electric motor only

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2016, 09:19:11 PM »
it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?

In the picture, the adipose fin is intact.  That is the small fleshy lobe behind the dorsal fin.  All hatchery fish have this fin removed before they are released.  This is common practice in the US.  Fish with an intact adipose fin are born in the wild (or they slipped through the trimmer at the hatchery!).

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2016, 09:24:44 PM »
it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?

In the picture, the adipose fin is intact.  That is the small fleshy lobe behind the dorsal fin.  All hatchery fish have this fin removed before they are released.  This is common practice in the US.  Fish with an intact adipose fin are born in the wild (or they slipped through the trimmer at the hatchery!).

Not to dispute your logic but these are hatchery fish and they still have the Adipose intact.

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2016, 09:31:19 PM »
I've never heard of hatchery fish that don't have the adipose fin clipped.  However, I certainly can't claim to know everything!  Perhaps tribe hatcherys don't remove the fins? 

Many regs specify that only hatchery fish are allowed to be kept within a specific fishery.  The indication that a fish is a hatchery fish is the removed adipose fin. 

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Re: Swafford pond
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2016, 09:34:16 PM »
Those are not Tribal fish. Planted by WDFW
« Last Edit: May 03, 2016, 05:03:15 AM by Ridgeratt »

 


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