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Offline cagifford

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Lake trout?
« on: September 27, 2011, 07:28:30 PM »
I caught this today in the yakima and I am not completely confident in my fish identification. It most resembles a lake trout? Its mouth looked a little funny and I really suck at fishing and fish identification so it wouldn't shock me if I am way off base.
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2011, 07:31:27 PM »
I think it might be a whitefish, they have small mouths.  You might want to be careful about keeping a fish you cannot identify though....
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2011, 07:44:35 PM »
+1 Whitefish
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2011, 08:02:21 PM »
whitefish
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2011, 08:13:10 PM »
I knew it was legal because I knew it was either a whitefish or a lake trout(not a complete moron), its just over 12 inches so its legal if its a trout, and there are no size or daily limit for whitefish, I had the fishing regs with me.. It just looks a lot like a lake trout to me but im not convinced its not a whitefish. It looks to dark to be a whitefish to me but I am not sure how much the color varies in whitefish. I have been looking at pictures on google and im still not convinced one way or the other.

I guess I will go with popular opinion and call it a whitefish.
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2011, 08:22:12 PM »
Quote from: cagifford on September 27, 2011, 08:13:10 PM
I knew it was legal because I knew it was either a whitefish or a lake trout(not a complete moron), its just over 12 inches so its legal if its a trout, and there are no size or daily limit for whitefish, I had the fishing regs with me.. It just looks a lot like a lake trout to me but im not convinced its not a whitefish. It looks to dark to be a whitefish to me but I am not sure how much the color varies in whitefish. I have been looking at pictures on google and im still not convinced one way or the other.

I guess I will go with popular opinion and call it a whitefish.

That is good that you knew it was legal, but unless if that lake trout has a mutant disease, then it is a whitefish  :chuckle:
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2011, 09:11:12 PM »
I did not know that you could catch Mackinaw in the Yakima River...
But then I dont fish the Yakima...
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2011, 11:32:54 PM »
thats a whitefish
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2011, 11:54:56 PM »
definitely a Mountain Whitefish! there is a very good population of them in the Yakima River.. don't let that fish go to waste, smoke it!
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Re: Lake trout?
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2011, 06:22:11 AM »
Whitefish make good fish N chips! Fry up those fillets in you favorite batter and enjoy!
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