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Zaphod

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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2004, 05:57:07 PM »
OK, so I guess mine didn't look *exactly* like the one in the photo from New Zealand. :)

Pretty close tho.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2004, 06:31:05 PM »
You dont need a Salmon stamp to retain Kokanee.  Great smoked.  I like to get them out of Nicola lake for the 'lil chief.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2004, 06:52:04 PM »
Thanks.  What do you use to catch them?
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2004, 08:50:48 PM »
I like them grilled and smoked.  You can grill them just like a trout.
I smoked up the 2 that were in the previous pic.  Just filet and open them up like so.  Real nice neon orange/red meat just like a sock.  Real tasty!

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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2004, 09:02:13 PM »
Wedding rings tipped with worm, maggot or corn behind a gang troll or dodger is the ticket.  Downriggers would help too.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2004, 09:36:28 PM »
Ah!!! Naked fish!
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2004, 07:33:39 AM »
Zaphod,
I was wondering if the koke you caught was a chromer or was starting to colour up for spawning.  I haven't caught a koke this time of year yet.  I caught mine around June.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2004, 08:03:37 AM »
Those look ready for a cedar plank :-*
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2004, 12:04:00 PM »
Mine was silver/chrome in colour.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2004, 04:24:29 PM »
You know, I just realized something -- the meat of my fish isn't reddish, it's white in colour.

But on the outside, it really looks a lot like the picture whose URL I posted earlier.  Could this be a mountain whitefish?
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2004, 04:34:20 PM »
Mountain whitefish:

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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2004, 04:35:30 PM »
It looked more like the Kokanee picture than that (damn, I wish I had taken a picture before cleaning it!).

If a fish's flesh is not reddish in colour, does that automatically rule it out as a kokanee?
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2004, 05:54:19 PM »
I don't know.  All the kokes I've caught are red fleshed.  But I haven't fished them in Buntzen Lake before.   ???
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2004, 05:59:21 PM »
Yeah.. I'm confused.  Of course, I don't know much about fish identification.  I've looked at lots of pics of both Kokanee and Mountain Whitefish, and on the outside, my fish looked much more like Kokanee than Mountain Whitefish, but it has white flesh.  Very strange.

Oh well.  Next one I catch, I'm going to photograph and properly identify.
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Re:Kokanee in Buntzen Lake?
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2004, 07:16:03 PM »
White flesh=no Kokanee.  Unless you scarred the bejesus out of it ;D
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