Post by: scotta on February 25, 2013, 02:01:04 PM
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on February 25, 2013, 02:29:00 PM
My friend reluctantly is letting me post this photo of what he calls a steelhead of a life time. I'm not much of a fishermen but he claims it could be one of the biggest caught this year . Can't say where , of course .
He is reluctant because it isn't clipped and you aren't suppose to take wild ones out of the water even for photos.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on February 25, 2013, 02:45:02 PM
It isn't just wild, but anything that will be released.My friend reluctantly is letting me post this photo of what he calls a steelhead of a life time. I'm not much of a fishermen but he claims it could be one of the biggest caught this year . Can't say where , of course .
He is reluctant because it isn't clipped and you aren't suppose to take wild ones out of the water even for photos.
Though, plenty of bios pull them out of the water for pictures and then leave them out on tables while tagging and measuring and probing with needles.
Tell your bud nice fish!
Post by: Button Nubbs on February 25, 2013, 02:46:55 PM
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Post by: Bone_Collector on February 25, 2013, 03:52:29 PM
B_C
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 25, 2013, 03:52:48 PM
Giant. Looks like the quinalt to me... Hint hint
Q hasent been that low and clear for months. Looks like the Salmon to me. ;)
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Post by: Hunterman on February 25, 2013, 04:51:47 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: jackelope on February 25, 2013, 05:27:37 PM
If the fish was handled carefully and then released I dont see a big problem with it. Its like admitting to speeding on your way to work or something. Besides.... look at that grinI agree. Mostly.
Post by: singleshot12 on February 25, 2013, 05:36:27 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on February 25, 2013, 06:00:48 PM
Some things probably should reluctantly not be posted on the www for all the world to see. Good law or bad law, if its a WA fish, it's probably a broken law. Call it what you want.You can keep wild steelhead on some of the rivers. There are reservation rivers in WA where it is legal to keep wild fish and photograph them out of water even if they are to be released. There are state rivers where you can keep the wild fish and you can photograph them out of water if you don't release them.
Post by: Button Nubbs on February 25, 2013, 06:09:42 PM
the one that didn't get away! he's gotta be close to 30 lbs. It would be nice to get some kind of a story, like what state or if he caught him on the fly?
Washington. Not on fly gear.
Post by: huntnphool on February 25, 2013, 06:31:12 PM
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Post by: ML_Hunter on February 25, 2013, 06:51:54 PM
My friend reluctantly is letting me post this photo of what he calls a steelhead of a life time. I'm not much of a fishermen but he claims it could be one of the biggest caught this year . Can't say where , of course .
He is reluctant because it isn't clipped and you aren't suppose to take wild ones out of the water even for photos.
It is legal to not only take a native fish out of water, but to tag one native fish a year on selected rivers after Feb 15.
Page 17 of the WDFW 2012-2013 reg book:
"WILD STEELHEAD RETENTION RULES: one wild STEELHEAD per license year may be retained
from one of the following rivers: Bogachiel River, Calawah River, Clearwater River, Dickey River, Hoh
River, Quillayute River, Quinault River, or Sol Duc River, as listed in the special rules."
With that said, Fish of a lifetime for sure! :IBCOOL: If I landed that hawg, I would tag it (if legal to do so). Not one for tagging nates, but I would make an exception for a fish like that! :drool:
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Post by: sumbeech66 on February 25, 2013, 11:28:43 PM
I've heard that just for taking pics like this you get served search warrants and they go through your entire house and computers. :rolleyes:
:stirthepot: :chuckle:
Anyways what a great fish!! :tup:
Post by: bankwalker on February 26, 2013, 01:00:22 AM
I've heard that just for taking pics like this you get served search warrants and they go through your entire house and computers. :rolleyes:
:chuckle: that's funny chit.
I can't wait for my fish to make the internet circle. It just got forwarded to 30+ people yesterday by my *censored* friend :bash: :bash:
Post by: TommyH on February 26, 2013, 07:41:19 AM
Post by: WSU on February 26, 2013, 09:10:38 AM
people on here preaching about taking a wild fish out of the water...right...catch a steelhead of a lifetime and not take a pic
Who says you can't get a picture without removing it from the water?
Post by: h20hunter on February 26, 2013, 09:24:57 AM
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Post by: 7mmfan on February 26, 2013, 12:52:24 PM
With that said, Fish of a lifetime for sure! :IBCOOL: If I landed that hawg, I would tag it (if legal to do so). Not one for tagging nates, but I would make an exception for a fish like that! :drool:
...and this is why fish like this are fish of a lifetime now. Once the fish is dead, its dead, and so is its gene pool. Hard to make babies when you're dead. Do the rest of the fishing community a favor and take measurements, take good pictures, get a replica made. Let someone else catch their fish of a lifetime.
Post by: WSU on February 26, 2013, 12:55:17 PM
With that said, Fish of a lifetime for sure! :IBCOOL: If I landed that hawg, I would tag it (if legal to do so). Not one for tagging nates, but I would make an exception for a fish like that! :drool:
...and this is why fish like this are fish of a lifetime now. Once the fish is dead, its dead, and so is its gene pool. Hard to make babies when you're dead. Do the rest of the fishing community a favor and take measurements, take good pictures, get a replica made. Let someone else catch their fish of a lifetime.
Agreed. And people wonder why our fish our smaller than they were historically.
Post by: Limhangerslayer on February 26, 2013, 03:01:47 PM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 26, 2013, 03:12:55 PM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 26, 2013, 03:28:39 PM
With that said, Fish of a lifetime for sure! :IBCOOL: If I landed that hawg, I would tag it (if legal to do so). Not one for tagging nates, but I would make an exception for a fish like that! :drool:
...and this is why fish like this are fish of a lifetime now. Once the fish is dead, its dead, and so is its gene pool. Hard to make babies when you're dead. Do the rest of the fishing community a favor and take measurements, take good pictures, get a replica made. Let someone else catch their fish of a lifetime.
This is soooo true. In WA there are a few streams left were you can kill. But not because these rivers are making escapment. In fact NONE of the rivers open to kill have ever made escapement in the last few years.
You can kill on these rivers thanks to the Forks city council and a handful of local guides. Just cause its legal, dosent make it right....
Post by: npaull on February 26, 2013, 03:29:45 PM
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Just wondering, how many people saying let that fish go if he's dead he is no longer in the gene pool try to go kill the biggest buck or bull every year and take it out of the gene pool? Next time take a picture if that buck instead of shooting him, but make sure not to lift him off the ground for the pic! Btw nice fish and pic
The only difference is that deer and elk are not literally going extinct while we watch. Steelhead are.
I agree - freaking out about a picture is probably a bit of an overkill. But killing a fish like that, with the species disappearing, would be a bad move.
Post by: huntnphool on February 26, 2013, 03:53:42 PM
Another major difference is a fish that size not only has good genes but more importantly has been allowed to mature. If our deer and elk were allowed to mature to their prime we would see a whole lot more monsters running around, even a 3 point making it to that 7-8 year old range would be a monster. :twocents:QuoteJust wondering, how many people saying let that fish go if he's dead he is no longer in the gene pool try to go kill the biggest buck or bull every year and take it out of the gene pool? Next time take a picture if that buck instead of shooting him, but make sure not to lift him off the ground for the pic! Btw nice fish and pic
The only difference is that deer and elk are not literally going extinct while we watch. Steelhead are.
I agree - freaking out about a picture is probably a bit of an overkill. But killing a fish like that, with the species disappearing, would be a bad move.
Post by: Curly on February 26, 2013, 04:04:14 PM
What a pig! :tup:
Post by: scotta on February 26, 2013, 09:12:32 PM
Just wondering, how many people saying let that fish go if he's dead he is no longer in the gene pool try to go kill the biggest buck or bull every year and take it out of the gene pool? Next time take a picture if that buck instead of shooting him, but make sure not to lift him off the ground for the pic! Btw nice fish and picthe fish was released .
Post by: jackelope on February 26, 2013, 09:57:07 PM
Just wondering, how many people saying let that fish go if he's dead he is no longer in the gene pool try to go kill the biggest buck or bull every year and take it out of the gene pool? Next time take a picture if that buck instead of shooting him, but make sure not to lift him off the ground for the pic! Btw nice fish and picthe fish was released .
Hopefully it survived.
Post by: JLS on February 26, 2013, 10:00:18 PM
people on here preaching about taking a wild fish out of the water...right...catch a steelhead of a lifetime and not take a pic
Who says you can't get a picture without removing it from the water?
Some people have a hard time adapting :rolleyes:
Post by: TheHunt on February 27, 2013, 12:06:35 PM
I see pictures of people like NW Wild Country, Steelhead nation, Young Hot Women fisherwoman steelheaders, etc... You get the point and they have 95% of the fish out of the water. YOU know darn well it was a photo opt with that fish so they can sell more goods and products.
So why aren't you call jumping on them? If it was a Washington Fish I would hope he would have taken a quick picture and get it back in ASAP. And if it was an OP river the state allows on native kill on a few rivers. YIKES!!!
Post by: huntnphool on February 27, 2013, 12:14:31 PM
Let me add some gas to this Bonfire...Can you prove your point with some pictures please. :rolleyes:
I see pictures of people like Young Hot Women fisherwoman steelheaders You get the point and they have 95% of the fish out of the water.
So why aren't you call jumping on them?
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 27, 2013, 12:43:55 PM
Post by: sirmissalot on February 27, 2013, 12:46:51 PM
My Facebook feed is full of "professional" fishermen posting pics of steelhead this time of year, many of them big natives and majority of them out of water. Not saying its right, but it absolutely happens, and often.
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 27, 2013, 12:53:22 PM
Post by: huntnphool on February 27, 2013, 01:03:19 PM
In Canada ther is no STUPID "SPARKY" rule. And April knows how to handle fish!!!Thats what I'm talking about. :tup:
Post by: Hawgdawg on February 27, 2013, 01:29:52 PM
:yeah:Just wondering, how many people saying let that fish go if he's dead he is no longer in the gene pool try to go kill the biggest buck or bull every year and take it out of the gene pool? Next time take a picture if that buck instead of shooting him, but make sure not to lift him off the ground for the pic! Btw nice fish and picthe fish was released .
Hopefully it survived.
I read on the Internet that Hershal the State pet Sea lion had it for lunch!
Post by: 7mmfan on February 27, 2013, 03:53:22 PM
I think as long as the fish is properly supported (guy doesn't have a finger in the gills, or a hand halfway up the stomach causing the fish to bend in half) and is lifted from the water, snap photo, back in the water, there are no problems. I also make sure that the fish has had time to relax after landing it. Its amazing what 45 seconds in a net with their head in the current will do for a fish that just battled for 5 minutes. Let him recoup, take your photo, let him swim.
The law wasn't put in place because lifting the fish from the water kills them, we all know that. Those fish are way tougher than we give them credit for. It was put in place to at least minimize the abuse from people that have absolutely no clue how to handle a fish.
Post by: Limhangerslayer on February 27, 2013, 04:11:11 PM
In Canada ther is no STUPID "SPARKY" rule. And April knows how to handle fish!!!
Is that blood in the water and on her fingers?
Post by: h20hunter on February 27, 2013, 04:12:34 PM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 27, 2013, 04:16:22 PM
Its part of the game....
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 27, 2013, 04:28:40 PM
Its her Fly she was using. Notice the very faint piece of it coming off her finger thats under the Vent fin. ;)
Post by: Limhangerslayer on February 27, 2013, 04:44:41 PM
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Post by: GEARHEAD on February 28, 2013, 10:26:42 AM
Post by: WSU on February 28, 2013, 10:36:07 AM
When it comes to Wild fish, people are like dicks, half have one, and half of those, are one. ;)
So half of everyone has a wild fish and half of those that have a wild fish are a wild fish?
Post by: Dhoey07 on February 28, 2013, 10:51:48 AM
In Canada ther is no STUPID "SPARKY" rule. And April knows how to handle fish!!!
Looks like a resident rainbow to me
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 28, 2013, 11:00:39 AM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on February 28, 2013, 01:37:48 PM
i've got lots of pictures, some in the water, some out of the water...you don't see me posting the ones of fish i may or may not have held out of the water.
Post by: Mr Mykiss on February 28, 2013, 03:54:11 PM
this is a big part of why i'm not so enthusiastic about steelhead fishing any more. it's become a huge dick waving contest, seems like everyone's just out for glory instead of trying to enjoy themselves on the river. guess you can say that about a lot of outdoor pursuits these days.
i've got lots of pictures, some in the water, some out of the water...you don't see me posting the ones of fish i may or may not have held out of the water.
I'm all for waving!! Just don't have anything big enough to wave :'(