bull trout

[270Shooter]

I think I caught a bull trout today in the naches river, can anyone verify what it is? Just to be clear, I didn't take it out of the water or even touch it, I just gave him some slack and off he went.

[sirfunkeybut]

i call them squafish(spelling). i think that they're actually called northern pikeminnows. and they have a bounty on them.

http://www.pikeminnow.org/2010-directions.html

[PA BEN]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.moldychum.com/storage/Bull-Trout.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2009/12/9/gone-for-decades-bull-trout-could-soon-return-to-the-clackam.html&h=282&w=740&sz=44&tbnid=FFb0D_TCpSywtM:&tbnh=54&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbull%2Btrout&usg=__rMLaDuWRK3OQdMAJQ9P6Lc926N8=&sa=X&ei=1SUzTP-bD42csQPXtpzgBQ&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAA

[WAcoyotehunter]

tough to tell from the picture, but I can't see an adipose fin there...not sure what you have.  If it was a bull trout, congrats and glad it was released without being harmed. 

[fishcrazy]

Squaw fish. the PC name for them is Northern Pike minnow. I have never understood why they call them a minnow. 

Kill every single one you catch. They basically live off steelhead and salmon fry. BAD FISH!! Like was said above they have a pretty good size bounty in the Columbia river on them. Some guys have make over 100k fishing for them. The more you catch the more they give you per fish. They allso have bonus tagged fish.


Kris

[ing]

Looks like a squaw to me.  You'll know a bull when you catch one...  Big mouths, sharp teeth and they'll strike at just about anything you throw in the water.

[270Shooter]

Well now I feel like a *censored*  kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now

[bow4elk]

look at the mouth - squaw fish.

[fishnate]

Squaw Kill it! Shoot kill bulltrout worse than squaws on steelies and salmon. 

[270Shooter]

I never realized that they were in rivers like the naches, I thought they were only on the columbia. Live and learn I guess, I will kill the rest of these that I catch.

[sirfunkeybut]

i caught one nearly every minute one day on the yakima. no lie i couldn't keep my line in the water without catching one. it only lasted about half hour but it was hit after hit.

[yelp]

Well now I feel like a *censored*  kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now

I just hope you didn't get it mounted!   

[270Shooter]

Well now I feel like a *censored*  kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now

I just hope you didn't get it mounted!   

[Dustin07]

why would they have tagged a bounty problem fish like a squaw?

dolly vardens are really pretty fish though, you'll know when you catch one.

[Ironhead]

why would they have tagged a bounty problem fish like a squaw?

So that more people will fish for them.