Trophy hunting....

"these aren't the fish you're looking for...."

crushing the "Columbia River Dace"...but not in the CR

had probably 4-5 lazy follows (from the fish I WAS looking for) and one that I couldn't quite convert boatside....man, I'm rusty.

 

[Oliver1329]

Beautiful.

 

[Oliver1329]

I was fishing a small creek when I was like 11 with bobber and worms, before i started fly fishing, and hooked this beautiful specimen

 

[Stonedfish]

I was fishing a small creek when I was like 11 with bobber and worms, before i started fly fishing, and hooked this beautiful specimen
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Oliver,
Pikeminnow with a good coating of sand panko is delicious.
SF

 

[Evan B]

What a slab

 

[clarkman]

What a slab

Had me fooled for a little bit....

 

[Evan B]

Had me fooled for a little bit....

They're legitimately one of the hardest hitting fish. They just don't do much after.

 

[clarkman]

They're legitimately one of the hardest hitting fish. They just don't do much after.

Too bad they don't fight like small mouth...

 

[Oliver1329]

Oliver,
Pikeminnow with a good coating of sand panko is delicious.
SF

you know I was pretty excited to have caught something that big so I didn't care about the fish at all... whoops

 

[jasmillo]

Jesus. Of course you only had some lazy follows with those beasts swimming around as snacks. Looks like even you need to start tying some bigger flies .

 

[clarkman]

Jesus. Of course you only had some lazy follows with those beasts swimming around as snacks. Looks like even you need to start tying some bigger flies .

Srsly. That tank of a Pikeminnow is a nice snack for the motherload...been a couple of years since we've seen it.

 

[Rob Allen]

"these aren't the fish you're looking for...."

crushing the "Columbia River Dace"...but not in the CR

had probably 4-5 lazy follows (from the fish I WAS looking for) and one that I couldn't quite convert boatside....man, I'm rusty.

Do you ever sign up for the bounty fishery? Could make a little gas money back..

 

[clarkman]

Do you ever sign up for the bounty fishery? Could make a little gas money back..

not CR.

But yeah, I've honestly thought about it but then, I rarely get them on the CR.

 

[Buzzy]

you know I was pretty excited to have caught something that big so I didn't care about the fish at all... whoops

I'm told pikeminnow make great bait for mudbugs should that ever interest you; some spicy etouffee sounds really good.

 

[clarkman]

I do wonder how they'd smoke....I'm not gonna try it myself, but I'm just waiting for someone else to....I'll probably be waiting a while.

 

[skyriver]

That's a healthy one! That size really gets your heart pounding when they crush a skated steelhead fly RIGHT where you were hoping or expecting a steelie. Fun for about 5, maybe 10 seconds.
I caught one on the big C on spinning gear on a walleye jig from shore back in the late 80s that was all of 5 lbs. It actually took line a few times and had me thinking I had a nice bass or even a skinny Skamania steelie. It's the ONLY one I've ever had that fought more that about 15 seconds.

 

[longputt]

"these aren't the fish you're looking for...."

crushing the "Columbia River Dace"...but not in the CR

had probably 4-5 lazy follows (from the fish I WAS looking for) and one that I couldn't quite convert boatside....man, I'm rusty.

Is that apron in centimeters!

 

[clarkman]

Is that apron in centimeters!

feet.