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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: cohoslayer1 on February 07, 2006, 07:33:56 PM
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well it was a day off after doing some exams on monday. So i decided to go do some fihsing on my fav river ;D :-X
so i started not at my usaul spot and i worked my way up pretty fast to my fav holes. so when i arived at one hole down from my usaul spot, i see 5 floats hanging from the brach accross the way. so i wade over there about cest deep and pic up the 4 foam and 1 basa floats and a handfull of other gear ;D ;D
so when i get up to the first run i extend my rod and do the first cast in the hole. After a couple of cast i decide to cast up stream a bit further then usaul. so after going about 4 feet the float shoot down. bam FISH ON!! so it does a little tiny run and just sits there and i bring it in to my hands. it hasa nice red strip. i take a couple pics and lokk and see there is no tail on this fish ??? ??? it was half gone. thats probly why t nevr fought that great. :o
as i make my way up i start to get scared because i here loud noises comeing from the bushes. so i preceed slowly and i look up and i see 4 deer siting there drinking from the river. ::) ::)i thought it was a bear or something in the bush. so i walk up slowy to them and one walks right over to me. so i take her picture and so goes on her way. same with me
so i move on to the next couple holes and have no luck, but when i arrive to one of my favorite hole i like the looks of the holes and i have a wierd feeling that i might get another steel ;) so after a couple cast my float shoots down again and FISH ON!! This one feel pretty big. it does a couple nice runs and i am haveing trouble getting close to shore. i snap a couple pics of the fisghting fish and when i bring it in to my hands i pull the hook out and it explodes out of my hands and there is no time for pics . oh well it would be better for the fish. ;D
so i have 3 hours left so i decide to go back down and viset the runs i just did over agian. so i retie a new leader and hit evr poct or hole i missed going up. when i get down a couple holes i cast into a little pocket i missed and have never fished before. so to float cruises along and the float shoots down again. all i think that it is a snag. but the a fish shoots upstream and my float follows it. so i start to reel in the fish but it explodes up and down then up agian peeling tons of line . what a great scraper i think. i bring it in and it is around 4 lb steel or is a ranbow? ??? ??? i have no idea what it is . so i take a couple pics and looked at it at home but i cant decided what it is ??? ???
so if you have any idea what it is tell me because that would be my 6 laned and 14 fish total hooked
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0278.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0279.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0289.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0294.jpg)
and this is the ranbow / steel
can you tell me what it is?
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0295.jpg)
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yea i thought so to but there was four deer in total
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the second look like abow there alot of spots. anywayds nice fish and seer
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Definatly a bow,steelhead have a squared end of tail,rainbows have a forked shape end.
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the tail is square tho :-\ :-\ and has the red cheeks
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NICE FISH....
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Good read and accompanying pictures. Sounds like you had an excellent day. Agree with the others that the last picture is a rainbow.
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dot wory ryan it was there for under 2 seconds
no harm to the fish ;D
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first one is a rainbow second is a rainbow or a cutty
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Very nice fish, deer looks like it's a demon.. :o
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nice fish i agree... last one is a bow ;)
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I think second fish is a cutbow. Interbreed of cutthroat and rainbow. There are fish that looks like that in Alice Lake too.
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The last fish pic looks like it could be a cutty due to the spots being all over its body and the spots being smaller and less round than bows spots,also cutties do get the coloring that you see on this fish , did you see any orange slashes under its gill plates,good to see you had a great day regardless.
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it was all white under the gill. i checked there when i first got it to my hands
but i a still confused what kind of fish it is ???
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it was all white under the gill. i checked there when i first got it to my hands
but i a still confused what kind of fish it is ???
I found this thru google, dunnot if it helps you any. http://www.tailwatergallery.com/trips.php
Very nice fish, the deer is awsome... So uh where is this "local flow ;) "
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Looks a lot like a big cutty to me.
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Careful Cohoslayer! The Secret Bait!!!!!!!!!!!!! The second fish is a sea-run cutthroat too. Believe it or not but Cutthroat's slashes under the gills can be so faint that they can not be seen. If you had a better picture of the fish's head I could tell better.
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here is the fish head but the string from the camera got in the way
does this help?
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0297.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/IMGP0296.jpg)
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Its definitely a big cutty, beauty fish.
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my votes on rainbow! Ive seen lots of spotted up ones on interior streams, just like that. Mouth looks too small to be a cutty.
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Yup that is definitely a sea-run Cutthroat. Nice fish.
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I agree with marmot I myself have seen many rainbows with heavy spots However you can tell this is a cutthroat due to the golden head.
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Yes i agree rainbows can have heavy spotting ,but typically the bows spots are more round in shape than the spots on a cutty,the spots on this fish are in a small v shape which is typical of our local cutty population,to be 100% percent sure though i think seeing the fish in person would make it easier to tell.
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Nice fish indeed, and certainly fantastic to see a young angler such as yourself can enjoy and appreciate good quality of fishing without travelling too far. I also just want to bring up the point that some have made about the last fish photo, which shows the fish was laying on soil instead of water. One can only do his or her best of course, so no blames are intended here. My suggestion would be, fish look better in the water when taking photos (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album57/DSCF0073.jpg). :) Although the fish was on the ground for a few seconds, some damages could still take place. I doubt any harm was done to the fish's vital systems, but scale and slime loss can also lead to serious issues later on. This concern is especially voiced for fish populations that are on the decrease in recent years, such as the Fraser Valley wild coastal cutthroat trout.
It's a learning process, and suggestions can never hurt. I once took released fish photos like those, not anymore.
Keep up the good writing and photos.
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hey Rod. What's your guess on the species? ;)
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I ain't saying, my fish professor and all these hard working hatchery people lurk here. ;)
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i was talkin g to a guy on the river today and he said it might be a dolly.
and the first one he said was defintly not a steelhead he said it was a cutbow interbreed specials of fish. that is a resindent to the river.
i picked my second biggest today and nicest fish of all the ones i have landed. ;D ;D
i will sahre pics later after dinner
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Definitly not a dolly. Here's a pic of what a dolly looks like.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/SpringTrip05/P1010484a.sized.jpg)
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(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/kellster43/15inch.jpg)
Thats a sea run cutt
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/kellster43/101_0047.jpg)
thats a res bow from a river
yours is sorta in between
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Not all Cutts look the same remember. Some have lots of spots, some have little spots. It all depends on the fish.
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good point very broad difference from different areas and times of the year.