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Title: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: bwhntr350 on August 05, 2012, 05:19:48 PM: Caught it today in Summit Lake on a green pumpkin tube in 8' of water. It did not really fight much. Hate catching weird fish as I do not know how to handle them, you know, like do they have teeth? This one did not. I started to lip it but then went for the gill plate.

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Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: NW-GSP on August 05, 2012, 05:22:39 PM: I have no idea
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: PolarBear on August 05, 2012, 05:27:03 PM: Squawfish aka "Northern Pike Minnow"
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: jrebel on August 05, 2012, 05:27:48 PM: Is that the summit lake on the way to aberdeern area from Olympia??? If so I have fished that lake many times and never seen somthing like that. Kinda curious myself what it is. :dunno: :dunno:
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 05, 2012, 05:33:23 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on August 05, 2012, 05:27:03 PM
Squawfish aka "Northern Pike Minnow"

:yeah:
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 05, 2012, 05:34:46 PM: Isn't there still a bounty on them or did that go away?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow)
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: skybusterbo on August 05, 2012, 05:36:47 PM: Squawfish
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: HntnFsh on August 05, 2012, 05:37:04 PM: Quote from: DoubleJ on August 05, 2012, 05:34:46 PM
Isn't there still a bounty on them or did that go away?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow)

Yep,but they have to be caught in the mainstem Columbia. You have to check in every day. Its sponsored by BPA
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: jrebel on August 05, 2012, 05:53:28 PM: do people eat them????
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: Gobble Doc on August 05, 2012, 06:02:56 PM: Don't eat. Squawfish not tasty. Bone and more bone.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: NW-GSP on August 05, 2012, 06:10:48 PM: I have only seen squaw fish when they are small. I was fishing a river and kept catching squaw fish so I would just throw them on the bank behind me. A fish and game officer checked my stuff and asked if I was the one tossing them up there I said yes it was me and he thanked me and said kill as many as I could
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: oldcamper on August 05, 2012, 06:22:01 PM: To bad there wasn't much fight, could be fun if there was.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: bwhntr350 on August 05, 2012, 06:24:00 PM: Quote from: jrebel on August 05, 2012, 05:27:48 PM
Is that the summit lake on the way to aberdeern area from Olympia??? If so I have fished that lake many times and never seen somthing like that. Kinda curious myself what it is. :dunno: :dunno:

Yes, Summit Lake off of HWY 8.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: TONTO on August 05, 2012, 06:39:53 PM: Quote from: jrebel on August 05, 2012, 05:53:28 PM
do people eat them????
The Lewis and Clark expidition coined the term "Squaw Fish" as in only fit for a squaw to eat.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: h2ofowlr on August 05, 2012, 06:46:13 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on August 05, 2012, 05:27:03 PM
Squawfish aka "Northern Pike Minnow"

Ditto! A fish eating machine.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: jrebel on August 05, 2012, 06:50:41 PM: When we fished that lake years ago it was choked with trout. It was amazing fishing and the the salamanders were everywhere. It was one of my favorite lakes. It was also one of the clearest lakes I have ever seen. You could seet 10-20 feet to the bottom and count literally hundreds of salamanders. To Bad it now has squafish....especially if they are fish eating machines. Sounds like the could devistate a lake that size.
Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: johng on August 06, 2012, 11:57:29 AM: There are a ton of them in Lake Washington. I hate them. They take my worm when I am fishing for perch!

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Title: Re: Could someone tell me what kind of fish this is?
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 06, 2012, 12:09:20 PM: Quote from: DoubleJ on August 05, 2012, 05:34:46 PM
Isn't there still a bounty on them or did that go away?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pikeminnow)

The dams around here used to pay people to catch them around the dam fish ladders because they eat so many salmon smolts. Haven't heard of any "Squawfish Derbys" lately. :dunno: