Washington Fish Trivia

[Dman]

 1. How many species of trout are native to Wa.??

 2. Which of these fish is native to Wa. (walleye, pike, largemouth bass, channel catfish, blue catfish)?

 3. What sport fish record (salwater) was broken three times in 2001 in Wa.?

  4. What Washington river system was responsible for producing all the steelhead in the Great Lakes?

  5. What is the ugliest fish in all Wa.??

 

[jackelope]

I can answer 2 real fast...the others i need some time with.
#4-washougal(as long as chambers creek is part of the washougal system )
#5-just my opinion...the ugliest fish in washington is a boot spawned out male humpy.
i'll work on the others and get back to you.
#1-not as many as a lot of people think...and how specific are you gonna be??

[jackelope]

actually i changed my mind about the last 1...northern pikeminnow.
i hate those things.

[Dman]

 #1Specific as what is recognized by State biologist's....

 #4 Skamania stock. Lewis River.

 #5 Yup, agree there...

[Dman]

 I meant to say also, your 1/2 right on the Washougal. Skamania hatchery stock reared from Lewis river broodstock initially populated the great lakes.

[jackelope]

OK...attempt #2--
#1-coastal cuttthroat(searun), westslope cutt, coastal rainbow, redband rainbow, beardslee rainbow, and then are we talking char too?? dolly varden, bull trout.

#4..i cheated and got my information  here:
"We have two strains of steelhead along with domestic rainbow trout in our Lake Ontario tribtaries. Chambers Creek steelhead are a winter-run variety, and the most plentiful. They originate from Chambers Creek broodstock in the Pacific Northwest and are stocked from the Salmon River hatchery in Altmar. Winter-run steelhead begin to enter our tributaries in the early fall and remain, to varying degrees, until they spawn in the spring.

Skamania steelhead are a summer-run variety. I believe they orginated from the Washougal River, also in the Pacific NW, and are named for the hatchery that maintain the broodstock. These fish are also stocked, in minimal numbers, by New York out of the Salmon River hatchery. The Skamania has developed the unique trait of entering it's natal watershed as early as May, remaining throughout the summer, until it spawns in late winter or early spring. Some feel these fish are sleeker and more acrobatic. The Skamania steelhead that are stocked in the Salmon River (about 48,000) have a left-pectoral and adipose fin clip (LP/A). This mark, coupled with observing them in a summer tributary environment makes for a fairly confident identification. Skamanias stocked in other tributaries (approx. 2500) are unmarked, making identification more difficult. Summer water temperatures limit their range, so they are only found in a handful of tributaries. There has been an attempt to pen-rear 5,000 "skamies" in the Little Salmon River in 2002. Those fish were also LP/A marked."

excerpt from here:  http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/skamie.html
i've been to the hatchery at altmar and fished the salmon river and other lake ontario tributaries and i can say one thing for sure...they are doing better there than they are here.
the little salmon river is a cool little stream that produces some monster brown trout every year.

[jackelope]

where's chambers creek??

[Dman]

 Awesome on the first, though you missed one "Crescenti Cutthroat -Lake Crescent". -No char's, good distinction.

 Bingo on the the winter fish from Chambers though I believe they were introduced after the summer runs. The fish trapped in the Lewis River are sent to Skamania hatchery for rearing, the release. The Lewis generally has greater numbers of fish, but I guess you could say that both the Lewis and Washougal are the same run of hatchery fish. I used to live near lake Erie, looks like an ocean. Nice in the fall there though.

[Dman]

 Chambers Creek hatchery is right on the sound near Steilecoom. It is a very short run creek, but the hatchery serves as a broodstock harvesting facility for many State rivers for smolt release.

[jackelope]

how about #2-none of em(guess)
#3 pink salmon?
i know the world record pink salmon was broken twice in the same season, maybe even the same week either 4 or 6 years ago, just can't remember for sure.

[Dman]

 #2 -right zilch

 #3 -Coho salmon, broken three times in the month of September out of Sekiu, resulting in the current 25 3/4lb record.

 I caught a wild fish I had to let go in 2005 up there that was 36" long and girth 23 -24 inches. According to any table I find it would have been around 25lbs. When I first saw it roll, I just assumed it was a king. After I netted it I was in disbelief it was a coho. Didn't even have a camera.               

 To make matters worse, the coho derby was going on that weekend and 2nd place was 15.5 pounds, I landed a 15.5 pound hatchery fish also, but did not enter. 

[brush hunter]

actually i changed my mind about the last 1...northern pikeminnow.
i hate those things.

They will always be squaw fish to me.

[sisu]

Great trivia! My wife says I muddle up my mind with useless information so I guess I'll put this to use also.

[Alchase]

With out a doubt the ugliest fish in Washington would be the ratfish, as kids we use to spear them from the fish cleaning station at Olsens Resort in Sekiu, bring them up on the dock and let them loose. they would crawl around on their front fins and hiss like a rabid dog....would scare the crap out of the tourists, LOL

[Dman]

 That's true, but they are friendly little buggers...

 Alchase, welcome bud!! Good to see you here.


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[jackelope]

i caught one of them things in a crab pot one day.
didn't know what the heck it was.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

I think you might have forgotten the golden trout. And the yellow speckled brown trout native to the sewres of seattle.

Ugliest fish, spawned out chum all beat up, so nasty you do not even want to unhook it. I would rather just cut my line...

[Alchase]

Thanks Dman, BTW you have one gorgeous boat!

Big Tule has a good point, spawned out chum with their teeth sticking out in different directions, and their mouth constantly moving up and down in a chewing motion and chunks of skin hanging off are pretty evil looking.

[jackelope]

goldens are planted in washington...native to the sierra nevadas.