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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: ribolovac02 on January 08, 2011, 07:33:30 PM
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I fished the vedder with a friend today and mid river we stumbled into this?
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/ribolovac02/IMG_0092.jpg)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/ribolovac02/IMG_0088.jpg)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/ribolovac02/IMG_0089.jpg)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/ribolovac02/IMG_0090.jpg)
This fish was just lying in the shallow water,STILL GIVING SIGNS OF LIFE belive it or not,but clearly was not gonna survive.
How this happened was the question for the rest of the day for me and my friend,we through the fish into the river to let nature take its course with it,from the pictures its clear that the fish was hooked at least once I would say couse of the markings of the line on the head,but the rest is a mistery.
Any thoughts on how this may of happened ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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Looks like it was hooked, maybe even snagged right under the fin and didn't survive the release. My guess is that a seagull got at the eyes right away and probably too a couple of bites at the hooked area... ???
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My guess is eagle. Grabbed by the head and wriggled free in flight.
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By the location of the line marks, I'd say the fish was hooked in the eye or slightly behind. The injury on its throat looks like a it was done with a knife. Was it a hatchery fish?
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if you put your hook in its mouth is it a legal catch? :D
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could be an eagle kill, doesnt look like a knife wound. looks like a hatchery fish. could have been bonked and lost while wading, doesnt look like a slit fish.
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seals seem to like taking small nibbles then toss them for a new one.
but that's usually only when there are lots of fish...
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The fish was a hatchery,it wasnt a seal for sure, even tho we saw one mid river today, ::)
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not good.
Youd think a bird ate the eye, the wound under it is odd.
we may never know?
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the wound in the neck area is showing broses and is not a sharp cut like a knife cut.
looks more like a eagle attack.
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If it was an eagle wouldnt there be marks on its back?
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yes, the other mark is the strange wound in its eye.
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The fish was a hatchery,it wasnt a seal for sure, even tho we saw one mid river today, ::)
seal mid river? ;0
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If it was an eagle wouldnt there be marks on its back?
You'd figure there wouldn't be much left of it if it was an eagle...
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Someone hooked it under the chin.
It then got snagged up in something and tore its way to freedom or the fisher broke it off.
While thrashing around against a stump or?it poked its eye out with a sharp stick.
Ok none of us really know but it was definitely in a battle with a fisherman as the line scars are there.
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Eagle
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Quite a few years ago I was fishing the Alouette when I noticed an injured steely thrashing around in the shallows. I picked it up and it had similar (not exactly the same) marks on it, as the one in our thread here. I stood there wondering about it when I heard a rustle above me and saw this eagle looking down at me from his pearch on a tree branch. I'm sure he was thinking "get away from my breakfast"; I put the fish back in the water only to see the eagle finish the job.
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the gash at the heart and liver looks like a knife to me.
My guess would be some one caught it and bled it out through the heart and liver cut and forgot about it or eye hooked it really really bad and killed it with the heart and liver cut. Usually from what I have seen is that wounds that penetrate the belly wall from seals and sealions, snags etc are "v" shaped and torn. That is a cut from an instrument. I also think that penetrations by birds usually appear round or oval and hambergery.
A photo of the other side of the fish may add information.
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Snagged, knife wounds, you guys are ridiculous.
Birds of prey can do a lot of damage, don't over think this.
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All the fish in the river should be treated with care and respect. But there are many who fish and do not care much about this. It is sad and we have to find away to educate and inculcate a responsible culture into the people who fish our rivers. If we can achieve this goal, we will have hope for posterity who will come after us and the world will be a better place for all.
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All the fish in the river should be treated with care and respect. But there are many who fish and do not care much about this. It is sad and we have to find away to educate and inculcate a responsible culture into the people who fish our rivers. If we can achieve this goal, we will have hope for posterity who will come after us and the world will be a better place for all.
What does that have to do with this topic? Their is no proof that this fish was caught and not cared for.
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Sorry, it was my fish. I went home to get my licence so I could mark on it before coming back to get it.
I hope you left the fish there. ;)
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End of topic.
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that does look like the work of a seal or eagle....this is more along the lines of the work from a human
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee375/cgpconstruction/SAM_1375.jpg)
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Sorry, it was my fish. I went home to get my licence so I could mark on it before coming back to get it.
I hope you left the fish there. ;)
You could have just called Chris and he'll mark it on his licence. ;D
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It's a dead fish-deal with it.
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I think it was suicide.....
Rather than dying a slow and painful death at the hands of a fisherman it killed itself.....
Probably impaled on a sharp rock... :(
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call CSI Grissom...
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Looks like a hungry bear looking for roe!
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I'm no expert but if you look closely you see no CLAW marks anywhere,I'm sure if an eagle went for this fish it would left some nasty scars all over this fish,I do belive an EAGLE has some PRITTY sharp claws,dosn't it
The eyes were picked out by a SEAGULL,obiouvously,if some one had cought this fish and maybe they lost their catch for some reason(RIVER CURRENT)I m sure they would of bonked it when they coughtit,but there is no marks on the most common area of the head where people WACK the fish when they kill it......
The scar below the fin is the one I cant figure out
MY guess is the seagull made a whole and took the heart,which is i think very uncommon if he did,but for sure leaves me clueless?
My conclusion based on this is the fish died from POOR PRACTICE OF CATCH AND RELEASE,and thats why I posted this picture in the first place,not to steer the pot but to put this message across:
IT IS STEALHEAD SEASON AND THESE FISH NEED TO BE TREATED WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND CARE,PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP INTO THE WATER WHEN LANDING THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES,THE WATER DOES NOT FREEZE OVER ONCE THE 600$ SIMMS WADERS AND 250$ PAIR OF BOOTS TOUCH IT,DONT WORRY THATS WHAT THEY ARE KNOW FOR GOOD QUALITY,LOL,PLEASE PRACTICE CAREFULL CATCH AND REALEASE SO OUR KIDS CAN ENJOY THE BEST OF WHAT NATURE CAN OFFER TO US.
THANKS AN GOOD LUCK OUT THERE
CHEERS....
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The scar below the fin is the one I cant figure out
i have seen marks like this on fish quite a few times in that exact spot and usually its from birds or scavengers trying to get access to the gut cavity of the fish. it isn't thin enough to be a knife mark. i think the seagulls or eagles use their beaks to puncture the belly...picking away at the meat around the puncture then open there mouths to stretch the wound.
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definately birds, my buddy and i were fishing a few years ago in the canal. We turned around all the time to scare the seagulls away. when we finally went back to our fish we each had a fish that had been half eaten !! and all the others were missing their eyes >:( >:(
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wow, that's high for a seal
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Ribolovac, it would've been easy to tell if it was caught or not...did you notice any marks in it's mouth where it was hooked? if there was, then it's obvious what happened. If there weren't any hook marks then it was probably an eagle or something else.
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come on sherlock's. It's obvious to me that it was Col. Mustard with the knife, and somehow he made it out of the house to the river!!!! :D
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Sorry, it was my fish. I went home to get my licence so I could mark on it before coming back to get it.
I hope you left the fish there. ;)
So many more theories after my admission. Is it really that hard to believe that I actually caught a steelhead?
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So many more theories after my admission. Is it really that hard to believe that I actually caught a steelhead?
Yes !!! Why do you leave yourself open like that ? ;D
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Yes !!! Why do you leave yourself open like that ? ;D
Watch your back, I'm going to steal all the pinks you catch this september. ;D
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What does "wtf" mean?
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What does "wtf" mean?
What the f356
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What does "wtf" mean?
Watch this fish
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What does "wtf" mean?
WHY THE FUSS
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wheres the funk?