Mamo Squawfish

[270Shooter]

The squaw fish must like me or something, seems like I catch them everywhere I go. I caught this one on the columbia while fishing for smallmouth last sunday. I didn't even know they got this big. 

[DOUBLELUNG]

Please tell me you killed it!

[270Shooter]

Please tell me you killed it!

yep I killed it

[Thenewguy]

It sounds like they are invasive? sorry i am on the wet side

[270Shooter]

It sounds like they are invasive? sorry i am on the wet side

From what I understand they are native, but their populations have exploded because of the dams on the big C.

[DOUBLELUNG]

It sounds like they are invasive? sorry i am on the wet side

From what I understand they are native, but their populations have exploded because of the dams on the big C.

Good job!  They are native, but severely predate smolts, dams have a lot to do with it.

[h2ofowlr]

I caught a 20' one that was tagged several years back.  I think that one earned me $120 or so dollars on that one.  What bait were they hitting for you?

[sirfunkeybut]

lol "wet" side   

It sounds like they are invasive? sorry i am on the wet side

[270Shooter]

I only caught the one, but I caught him on a 3 inch grub smoke with red sparkles

[Dustin07]

I've heard a lot of people tell me they pull them out of wet side rivers.

I caught a 20' one that was tagged several years back.  I think that one earned me $120 or so dollars on that one.  What bait were they hitting for you?

that thing should be in a museum. that's about twice the size of the largest sturgeon i've seen. 

[carpsniperg2]

I caught a 20' one that was tagged several years back.  I think that one earned me $120 or so dollars on that one.  What bait were they hitting for you?

dam h20fowlr for 20' i would of thought you would of got more then 120.00 sounds like they paid you for a 20"er

they are bad there are turn in points all along the columbia river they are bad news for the salmon them and dam seals

[Curly]

I've heard a lot of people tell me they pull them out of wet side rivers.

They are in plenty of rivers over here.  There are check stations for squawfish along the Columbia as far west as Cathlamet that I know of.  They are in any of the rivers tributary to the Columbia.......(Cowlitz, Lewis, Kalama, etc.).  They're in the Chehalis, Satsop, and Wynoochee too.  They are the biggest problem in the rivers with dams since they make picking off smolts fairly easy for them.

[haus]

The native species is the debil!.....not the carp or bass or walleye or channel catfish 

yes I've read the studies, I realize squawfish eats the most smolts, but still....

[Curly]

The native species is the debil!.....not the carp or bass or walleye or channel catfish 

yes I've read the studies, I realize squawfish eats the most smolts, but still....

Well, if they tasted good and/or weren't so damned slimey and ugly....maybe they'd have different status.  

[haus]

  too true. Plus they fight worse than a dogfish, half the time they freeze up and you just drag them in.