collapse

Advertisement


« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3  All   Go Down

Author Topic: What is this guy?  (Read 7190 times)

Offline Iveexcaped3

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2019
  • Posts: 671
  • Location: Yakima,WA
    • Riverside Construction, LLC
What is this guy?
« on: May 21, 2019, 07:46:29 AM »
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.
Logged

Offline WapitiTalk1

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 7992
  • Location: Wet Side, Rainier, WA
  • Groups: RMEF, NRA, US Army (R)
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2019, 07:47:39 AM »
Bull trout. 
Logged
Darton Archery Maverick II
Traditions Vortek StrikeFire Smoke Pole
Weatherby VG-2 Boomstick
"Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life's great satisfactions." Patrick F. McManus

Offline Old Dog

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 1191
  • Location: Pierce County
  • Groups: Old Dog
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 07:49:09 AM »
...or Dolly Varden.  Either way you can't keep them.
Logged
Hunt hard and shoot straight!

Offline Oh Mah

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+12)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2015
  • Posts: 6614
  • Location: region 3 Montana
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2019, 07:51:58 AM »
Dog Lake on White pass?
Logged
"Boss of the woods"
(this is in reference to the biggie not me).

Offline h20hunter

  • Trade Count: (+16)
  • Legend
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2010
  • Posts: 20872
  • Location: Lake Stevens
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2019, 07:56:55 AM »
Looks like a dolly to me.
Logged

Offline WapitiTalk1

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 7992
  • Location: Wet Side, Rainier, WA
  • Groups: RMEF, NRA, US Army (R)
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2019, 07:59:40 AM »
Quote from: Old Dog on May 21, 2019, 07:49:09 AM
...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  ;) 
Logged
Darton Archery Maverick II
Traditions Vortek StrikeFire Smoke Pole
Weatherby VG-2 Boomstick
"Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life's great satisfactions." Patrick F. McManus

Offline Parasite

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2018
  • Posts: 555
  • Location: Olympia
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2019, 08:01:24 AM »
Looks like a Lake Trout to me, but I'll defer to the experts here who say bull or dolly.
Logged

Offline HighCountryHunter88

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2010
  • Posts: 1213
  • Location: GRAHAM
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2019, 08:06:19 AM »
thats a lake trout..
Logged
-Matt

Offline boneaddict

  • Site Sponsor
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Legend
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 50602
  • Location: Selah, Washington
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2019, 08:46:54 AM »
Quote from: Parasite on May 22, 2019, 08:01:24 AM
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.... :chuckle:

Its a Lake Trout.
Logged

Offline WapitiTalk1

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 7992
  • Location: Wet Side, Rainier, WA
  • Groups: RMEF, NRA, US Army (R)
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2019, 08:50:46 AM »
Quote from: HighCountryHunter88 on May 22, 2019, 08:06:19 AM
thats a lake trout..

No, that's a Mackinaw  :chuckle:
Logged
Darton Archery Maverick II
Traditions Vortek StrikeFire Smoke Pole
Weatherby VG-2 Boomstick
"Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life's great satisfactions." Patrick F. McManus

Offline boneaddict

  • Site Sponsor
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Legend
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 50602
  • Location: Selah, Washington
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2019, 08:52:06 AM »
 :yeah:   True!
Logged

Offline Stein

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+11)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2013
  • Posts: 13193
  • Location: Arlington
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2019, 08:53:32 AM »
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.
Logged

Offline WapitiTalk1

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 7992
  • Location: Wet Side, Rainier, WA
  • Groups: RMEF, NRA, US Army (R)
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2019, 08:53:49 AM »
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."
Logged
Darton Archery Maverick II
Traditions Vortek StrikeFire Smoke Pole
Weatherby VG-2 Boomstick
"Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life's great satisfactions." Patrick F. McManus

Offline HighCountryHunter88

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2010
  • Posts: 1213
  • Location: GRAHAM
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2019, 09:00:46 AM »
Ok its a lake char... lol
Logged
-Matt

Offline Parasite

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2018
  • Posts: 555
  • Location: Olympia
Re: What is this guy?
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2019, 09:12:07 AM »
Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 


* Advertisement

Quick Links

* Recent Topics

Perfect 4 by elkaholic123
[Today at 06:07:20 PM]
35 whelen by Night goat
[Today at 05:41:23 PM]
Idaho Trapping Journal 2025/26 by Gooseassassin
[Today at 05:12:29 PM]
Ice fishing for walleye by Southpole
[Today at 04:58:10 PM]
Define Wide by pianoman9701
[Today at 04:52:43 PM]
Your Idea of the perfect bull elk by SkookumHntr
[Today at 04:27:24 PM]
Learning his ducks by metlhead
[Today at 04:07:20 PM]
GSP Breeders- looking for GSP puppy by gallion_t
[Today at 02:41:10 PM]
Curvy Damascus Utility Fighter by A. Cole
[Today at 02:38:47 PM]
Big changes to skamania county boat launching by dilleytech
[Today at 01:44:52 PM]
“Recreational trappers”? by MADMAX
[Today at 01:44:47 PM]
Idaho on the verge of outlawing by bearpaw
[Today at 12:02:52 PM]
Nice bachelor herd by nwwanderer
[Today at 06:06:25 AM]
Montana Cutting Deer Licenses by hughjorgan
[Yesterday at 08:18:03 PM]
GO 2025 15th Annual Hunting-Washington Christmas Gift Exchange by JakeLand
[Yesterday at 04:39:12 PM]
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal