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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bluenoser on October 22, 2013, 07:51:22 AM

Title: Name that fish
Post by: bluenoser on October 22, 2013, 07:51:22 AM

I thought this was a pink but a couple guys argued it could not be due to the river it was caught in.

What do you think?

BN

 (http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/one_nau/848ab9ba-777d-4971-9198-13d2534bba72.jpg) (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/one_nau/media/848ab9ba-777d-4971-9198-13d2534bba72.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: CohoMan on October 22, 2013, 07:53:08 AM

Pink..skinny though

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: EZ_Rolling on October 22, 2013, 07:53:55 AM

That's a pink

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Humpy on October 22, 2013, 08:04:05 AM

pink, not a very clean one.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: bunnta on October 22, 2013, 08:24:16 AM

Not a clean pink but a pink

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: RainbowMan on October 22, 2013, 08:25:15 AM

Pink

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Shawn6o4 on October 22, 2013, 08:26:28 AM

Almost looks like a green sturgeon.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: RalphH on October 22, 2013, 08:48:10 AM

not all salmon return to their birth stream, a certain % stray to other rivers. When there is a return such as we had this year with Pink Salmon literally hundreds of thousands could be straying to rivers they weren't born in so the chances of encountering a pink in a river with none are not insignificant.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: bluenoser on October 22, 2013, 09:31:40 AM

Caught and released on Nikomekl at 184th....guy thats been fishing there for 40 years wouldnt believe me but pictures dont lie.

BN

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Steely on October 22, 2013, 12:26:11 PM

Well not many people know this but pinks were released in the Nic as recent as 10 years ago. So it's not that surprising that you caught one, however the run is very small because for some reason the fish just never returned in very great numbers.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: redtide on October 22, 2013, 07:09:50 PM

was there walking around the nic along 203rd in langley. saw a few dark pinks trying to spawn under the bridge. a very small run for sure.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: milo on October 22, 2013, 07:31:26 PM

It's a young coho dressed as a pink, trick-or-treating up the Nikomekl.
It's Halloween season, you know! ;D

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: HOOK on October 22, 2013, 07:40:39 PM

damn ! guess I need to pay closer attention when I walk the dog along the Nicomekl in the Portage park area. I just was watching off the bridge on 203rd a couple days back and it looked void of life

I did spot a coho in there last year moving very fast upriver as dusk approached

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Sandman on October 22, 2013, 09:31:14 PM

There was actually quite a few that came up in 2009, not many in 2011, and I did not see any yet this year, but nice to see one.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Sandman on October 22, 2013, 09:32:22 PM

Quote from: HOOK on October 22, 2013, 07:40:39 PM

damn ! guess I need to pay closer attention when I walk the dog along the Nicomekl in the Portage park area. I just was watching off the bridge on 203rd a couple days back and it looked void of life

I did spot a coho in there last year moving very fast upriver as dusk approached

We that close? Nice.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Suther on October 23, 2013, 04:27:34 PM

and here I thought we were trying to name someones fish...

You should call it Bob.

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: HOOK on October 23, 2013, 04:29:44 PM

Quote from: Sandman on October 22, 2013, 09:32:22 PM

We that close? Nice.

I guess we are. perhaps we should get together and fish sometime  ;)

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: slick vic on October 23, 2013, 06:46:50 PM

It's a chum! 8) 8)

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: noobfisher on October 23, 2013, 08:12:26 PM

Pink

Title: Re: Name that fish
Post by: Ian Forbes on October 23, 2013, 09:58:15 PM

That's not pink...

THIS is pink. Even someone as colour blind as me can tell real pink.

(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Pink_salmon.jpg)