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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: flyfishWA on December 04, 2018, 06:22:14 PM

Title: summer fishing
Post by: flyfishWA on December 04, 2018, 06:22:14 PM: some pics from a summer fishing trip :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 04, 2018, 06:55:11 PM: Nice fish dude, nothing more fun than fishing small water for trout.👍
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Post by: branches on December 04, 2018, 06:58:26 PM: That fish looks great. Thank you for the pictures. I bet that lake is covered in ice now.
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Post by: rasbo on December 04, 2018, 07:35:31 PM: Awesome pics,takes me back to fishing high beaver ponds in idaho
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Post by: pd on December 04, 2018, 07:37:16 PM: Brook trout like that are really interesting. They can only feed during the ice-free months, which are generally June to November (just 1/2 year). The rest of the time they starve under the ice cap. Thus, they develop huge heads (the heads keep growing, the body doesn't). Some of the old timers have heads much bigger than their bodies. Really interesting.

Remote mountain lakes are a lot of fun.
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Post by: flyfishWA on December 04, 2018, 09:21:49 PM: thanks everyone! It was lots of fun, first pic was at a beaver pond, bottom three were at a high mountain lake, and I can guarantee that it is now covered in ice.
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Post by: Angry Perch on December 05, 2018, 05:04:13 PM: Quote from: pd on December 04, 2018, 07:37:16 PM
Brook trout like that are really interesting. They can only feed during the ice-free months, which are generally June to November (just 1/2 year). The rest of the time they starve under the ice cap. Thus, they develop huge heads (the heads keep growing, the body doesn't). Some of the old timers have heads much bigger than their bodies. Really interesting.

Remote mountain lakes are a lot of fun.

I don't know. I've seen lots of videos of guys catching them through the ice.
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Post by: boneaddict on December 13, 2018, 01:20:58 PM: Ive caught hundreds ice fishing, so not sure about that. I do agree about some with their big ole heads. I just figured too many fish to compete for food sources
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Post by: robodad on December 13, 2018, 02:03:34 PM: Quote from: pd on December 04, 2018, 07:37:16 PM
Brook trout like that are really interesting. They can only feed during the ice-free months, which are generally June to November (just 1/2 year). The rest of the time they starve under the ice cap. Thus, they develop huge heads (the heads keep growing, the body doesn't). Some of the old timers have heads much bigger than their bodies. Really interesting.

Remote mountain lakes are a lot of fun.

Interesting...! Then there are some lakes that contain the exact opposite trout in that their body keeps growing and their head stops.....oh and they are a rainbow variety !!