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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: WALLEYEGUY on December 15, 2015, 08:30:33 AM
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WALLEYE 1668
BURBOUT 8
Crappie 45
Perch 264
Bass 204
Trout 33
Others 2
Total 2224
For the last couple of years I have been tracking the fish that come into my boat, These are caught not cleaned numbers so dinks included. I Had a bad back this year so was somewhat limited, and I usually do way better on crappies. Biggest lessons looking back on my notes for the year, don't leave biting fish to find better biting fish and trolling catches walleyes ( I still hate it but it does work)
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:yike: that's a lot of walleye. I need to go fishing with you!
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:yeah:
:drool:
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What were the "other" fish?
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Carp? Catfish/bullhead?
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Real good numbers! Might start doing the same.
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The others were 2 Pike caught out of Roosevelt, and I usually do at least one kokanee trip a year and never made happen this year.
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Very Cool
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The others were 2 Pike caught out of Roosevelt and I usually do at least one kokanee trip a year and never made happen this year.
:tdown:
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i don't keep numbers for the same reason i stopped keeping a journal, it's just too depressing any more for me :bash:
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I'm just impressed that you caught 8 burbot.
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It depends on the fish you are leaving. if im catching a bunch of dink walleye (Under 16") I don't have a problem looking for bigger fish. I would rather catch a half dozen over 20s than a hundred 16 n unders.
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I used to catch over a 100 burbout per year fishing the Spokane arm in Dec and Jan in the deep holes way up river on Roosevelt but I spent my winter at Potholes this year. I target big fish at certain times of year but will take a day of 50+ 15-17" fish over a few big fish any day. I throw back anything over 20" now out of Roosevelt because of the heavy metals and the limit being 16 fish. Don't want to risk keeping a good breeding hen, and I eat walleye 1 to 3 times a week so I am way above the consumption advisory. My opinion but the younger fish I believe to be less risk. Grew eating fish out of lake Erie, figure I should be careful.
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:tup: yeah I tend to agree on eating younger fish.
Also to clarify, what I meant by my " :tdown: " is that I don't like seeing pike in the Roosevelt system. How big of pike have you caught/seen?
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Very impressive numbers! I noticed an abundance of oversize walleye on Potholes this year , which was nice cause I did not get an oversize that I can recall on Moses Lake. Thanks to help from folks here, I had good success up at Banks as well. Salmon was great up until the sockeye closure, then king fishing was fair. Was a very fun fishing year. Jumbo perch should start really turning on soon.
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I am going to southern Idaho for perch this winter, potholes perch was a dud this year for perch and I got spoiled eating perch tacos last year so I need my fix, and I have never fished Moses. The pike were both over 25" and were actually tasty treats, wish I was better at cleaning them.
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Well good luck on the perch venture. :tup:
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So how many days do you fish a year? If you could hook up with a tribe member, u could share with the bounty there paying.
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To clarify. I throw back almost every walleye I catch and keep nothing over 18". My numbers would easily top those numbers. I fish walleye ALOT. Kings in the fall and walleye. Probably 150 days a year on the water. I don't target anything else, catch others but not on purpose. I would just rather catch bigger ones as apposed to numbers.
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Unfortunately I still work full time so I am a weekend warrior but do take vacation to fish, last year I was on the water 52 days, had a lot 50-60 day fish in the spring, got blanked only once :bash:. I normally get 70+ days in, but bad back no good . I thought about the Tribe thing :bdid: and it makes me so mad :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: that I can't do it. even though it would be a decent chunk of change.
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I work full time but have the best schedule that you could hope for. 12 hr shifts, Work 2 off 2 work 3 of 2 work 2 off 3. throw in vacation and holidays and I don't even work half the year, I love my job, :tup:
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I work full time but have the best schedule that you could hope for. 12 hr shifts, Work 2 off 2 work 3 of 2 work 2 off 3. throw in vacation and holidays and I don't even work half the year, I love my job, :tup:
. Are you a Fireman?
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Here you go Snake
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Nope, maintenance at a French fry plant.
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I see! Thanks!