PB WA Trout

Not really a report but got out and fished a few hours around sunset last night and got into a healthy specimen. Shot upstream across the heavy current and ripped my index finger from peeling line. Chased him down for 30 yards or so. Surface take in heavy current. Definitely got the blood pumping.




Love a good whitey

 

[Jonnytutu]

nice work!

 

[Matt B]

Helluva fish!! Quite the trophy for Washington waters.

The trout ain't bad, either.

Srsly tho, do you think the trout was full rainbow or possible cuttbow? The body spotting, in addition to being really striking, looks possibly cuttbow-y.

 

[jeradjames]

Helluva fish!! Quite the trophy for Washington waters.

The trout ain't bad, either.

Srsly tho, do you think the trout was full rainbow or possible cuttbow? The body spotting, in addition to being really striking, looks possibly cuttbow-y.

My friend was hating on my affinity for the whitey. He lives in Idaho though so he's used to better trout fishing.
Only thing I don't particularly enjoy is removing the fly from their little pea shooter mouths.

It was a cuttbow! I'd really like to know why they get so big in comparison to a pure cutthroat or rainbow.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

It was a cuttbow! I'd really like to know why they get so big in comparison to a pure cutthroat or rainbow.

I thought they are sterile, thus the energy spent on growth rather than sex. Or I’m just having a senior moment……

 

[the_chemist]

I thought they are sterile, thus the energy spent on growth rather than sex. Or I’m just having a senior moment……

They typically aren't sterile i thought. Triploids are sterile which bows and cutties both can be.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

They typically aren't sterile i thought. Triploids are sterile which bows and cutties both can be.

Calling Salma (sp?, Curt?) or SalmoG

 

[the_chemist]

Cutbow - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Wiki says they are a fertile hybrid. My guess is stocked varities are triploids.

 

[Matt B]

My friend was hating on my affinity for the whitey. He lives in Idaho though so he's used to better trout fishing.
Only thing I don't particularly enjoy is removing the fly from their little pea shooter mouths.

It was a cuttbow! I'd really like to know why they get so big in comparison to a pure cutthroat or rainbow.

There’s a genetic phenomenon known as “hybrid vigor” where the offspring of two different species exhibit enhanced qualities of both. Genetics is pretty out of my wheelhouse but I think it is sort of the opposite of inbreeding in a simplistic way—new genes and increased heterozygosity avoid some deleterious traits and allow beneficial ones to shine.

 

[Coach Potter]

Giant fish!

 

[jeradjames]

There’s a genetic phenomenon known as “hybrid vigor” where the offspring of two different species exhibit enhanced qualities of both. Genetics is pretty out of my wheelhouse but I think it is sort of the opposite of inbreeding in a simplistic way—new genes and increased heterozygosity avoid some deleterious traits and allow beneficial ones to shine.

That's interesting and makes sense.

 

[dflett68]

congratulations, that's a magnificent fish.

 

[Florida Man]

Great fish

 

[Crawbugger]

My friend was hating on my affinity for the whitey. He lives in Idaho though so he's used to better trout fishing.
Only thing I don't particularly enjoy is removing the fly from their little pea shooter mouths.

It was a cuttbow! I'd really like to know why they get so big in comparison to a pure cutthroat or rainbow.

Hybrid vigor.

 

[skyriver]

Oink!