Pikeminnow

[HunterStrait]

Does anyone here go for them? They're fun to catch! Although you don't eat them (only if you wanted to), but they're good for fertilizing your garden.
Recently i caught my personal best pikeminnow on a clear bobber and a chartreuse woolly bugger fly , 20 inches long and about 2-3 pounds.

You can catch them anywhere on the Columbia river. And they like shallow water with a rocky bottom, if you're interested in trying for them.

They will bite on just about anything. But i prefer to use a spinner or a fly.

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fish_profile/northern_pikeminnow.html

[Heredoggydoggy]

Years ago, my uncle caught some of those and buried them in his garden.  later, you had to watch where you stepped, because the oil would spurt out of the ground where he buried them! 

[bowhunterwa87]

Called um squaw fish growing up...lots in the lower valley. There was someone paying u to catch um on the columbia river...think there are multiple stations to sign up at

[HunterStrait]

Years ago, my uncle caught some of those and buried them in his garden.  later, you had to watch where you stepped, because the oil would spurt out of the ground where he buried them! 

Oh god! I guess he didn't bury them deep enough!

[Heredoggydoggy]

Called um squaw fish growing up...lots in the lower valley. There was someone paying u to catch um on the columbia river...think there are multiple stations to sign up at

I think most of the PUDs that have dams and fish ladders have a program each year. 

[jackelope]

http://www.pikeminnow.org/

The 2014 Sport reward payment schedule is as follows:

0-100 fish: $4 per fish

101-400 fish: $5 per fish

401 and above: $8 per fish

TAGGED FISH rewards are $500 per tagged fish

Minimum size is 9 inches.

[h20hunter]

There was a thread a while back...year or two....a forum member kept an ongoing log of his p'minnow season. I think he made some money doing it. It was quite the thread....flooded camps...long time away from the family. I did a search but it lagged out on me trying to find it.

[Mfowl]

They need to start a bounty program in lk Washington and especially lk Sammamish. I catch a bunch of them every year but this year seems particularly bad in Sammamish. No telling how many smolts get eaten each year while trying to make it out to the sound.

[HunterStrait]

http://www.pikeminnow.org/

The 2014 Sport reward payment schedule is as follows:

0-100 fish: $4 per fish

101-400 fish: $5 per fish

401 and above: $8 per fish

TAGGED FISH rewards are $500 per tagged fish

Minimum size is 9 inches.

i heard you have to register in every day, and there isn't a place to register in the tri-cities.

[ElkBOW79]

I believe you can register for pike minnow at Columbia Point Park in Richland.  My buddy registered the other day due to the amount that we catch while we are walleye fishing.

[demontang]

Ive caught some monsters but havent fished for them in years. Believe the biggest ive caught was 30"  id have to dig up the old pics

[bowhunterwa87]

Heck...post um up!!

[demontang]

Ill try I got to fish in closed waters so had an unfair advantage lol. Never fished for the bounty. Had the best luck with beads a white and red spinner and a worm.

[270Shooter]

I caught a 5-6 pounder a few years ago at Doug's beach by Lyle while bass fishing. It hit a green curly tail grub. Catch them all the time on the Yakima while trout fishing with spinners, nothing over about 18 inches though.

[HunterStrait]

I believe you can register for pike minnow at Columbia Point Park in Richland.  My buddy registered the other day due to the amount that we catch while we are walleye fishing.

That ain't far at all. But i don't remember seeing any stations down there before.