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bull trout
« on: July 05, 2010, 10:13:38 PM »
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.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010, 12:49:03 AM »
i call them squafish(spelling). i think that they're actually called northern pikeminnows. and they have a bounty on them.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2010, 06:53:53 AM »
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. 

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2010, 07:21:54 AM »
Squaw fish. the PC name for them is Northern Pike minnow. I have never understood why they call them a minnow.  :dunno:

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. :yike: The more you catch the more they give you per fish. They allso have bonus tagged fish.


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Re: bull trout
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2010, 07:31:59 AM »
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.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2010, 10:29:01 AM »
Well now I feel like a *censored*  :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2010, 11:13:16 AM »
look at the mouth - squaw fish.
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Re: bull trout
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2010, 05:19:35 PM »
Squaw Kill it! Shoot kill bulltrout worse than squaws on steelies and salmon.  :chuckle:

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2010, 07:05:19 PM »
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.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2010, 07:07:42 PM »
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.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2010, 08:23:15 PM »
Well now I feel like a *censored*  :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:

I just hope you didn't get it mounted!   :chuckle:
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Re: bull trout
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM »
Well now I feel like a *censored*  :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:

I just hope you didn't get it mounted!   :chuckle:
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Re: bull trout
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2010, 08:41:35 AM »
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.

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Re: bull trout
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2010, 08:11:26 PM »
why would they have tagged a bounty problem fish like a squaw?
So that more people will fish for them.
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