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#69957 - 03/31/03 07:00 PM What is this?
Hunter1973 Offline
Fry

Registered: 03/31/03
Posts: 29
Loc: Mill Creek
Whatever it was it is still swiming near Vantage. All trout are closed in that area. But what a fight . I only hope it lives. It was not hooked deep, but it was bleeding. I was fishing for bass with a crangbait when this thing hit. I snaped a few pics and sent it on its way.

Take a look. Caught 3-30-03

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#69958 - 03/31/03 07:44 PM Re: What is this?
HBP Offline
Spawner

Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
looks like a steelhead to me.
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#69959 - 03/31/03 07:44 PM Re: What is this?
bri24 Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 283
Loc: Renton, WA
Looks like a steelhead to me. I have stayed at the campground there and fished in that little cove where you are at, and only caught bass. That was a nice looking fish. Good catch. thumbs
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#69960 - 03/31/03 09:03 PM Re: What is this?
Easy Limits Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
Looks like a brood stock trout to me. You let it go? If it was bleeding I doubt it will make it.
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#69961 - 03/31/03 10:18 PM Re: What is this?
HBP Offline
Spawner

Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
Easy,
other than being dark,it's in pretty good shape for a broodstock.
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#69962 - 03/31/03 11:13 PM Re: What is this?
Hunter1973 Offline
Fry

Registered: 03/31/03
Posts: 29
Loc: Mill Creek
Yes. I let it go. I had no choice. All trout are closed in that area. What can a guy do?
I don't think it was a broodstock. It was in very good condition. I've caught boodstock before and the fish are all beat up. Turned the bass back also.

I aways pack the camera nowadays...

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#69963 - 03/31/03 11:36 PM Re: What is this?
Easy Limits Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
Was that body of water part of the Columbia?
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#69964 - 03/31/03 11:44 PM Re: What is this?
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Offline
Spawner

Registered: 10/15/01
Posts: 888
Loc: Enumclaw
Hey not sure bout the fish (the other guys got that handled pretty well id say), but I do love the expressions! Especially your kids!

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#69965 - 03/31/03 11:54 PM Re: What is this?
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Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 05/02/01
Posts: 246
Loc: Tacoma Wa,
I hate it when that happens, don't those salmonoids know what the bottom of a bass boat looks like. laugh
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#69966 - 04/01/03 12:02 AM Re: What is this?
HBP Offline
Spawner

Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
Easy,
Vantage is where I-90 crosses the Columbia,before you head up to George.
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#69967 - 04/01/03 12:35 AM Re: What is this?
Easy Limits Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
Right, I know where Vantage is. That is what I am wondering. Was that fish caught in the body of water that is part of the Columbia River or a lake near there.

If it was caught in the Columbia that very well could be a migrating steelhead.
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#69968 - 04/01/03 01:01 PM Re: What is this?
bri24 Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 283
Loc: Renton, WA
Getty's cove is where the picture is takin. It is a little body of water rite off the columbia. It's just south of the town of vantage about 5 or 6 miles. My guess is that it is a steelhead. thumbs
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#69969 - 04/01/03 07:22 PM Re: What is this?
fish monger Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 09/08/02
Posts: 418
Loc: Seattle
Gotta be a steelhead. I noticed on the COE fish counts site that there's a bunch of steelhead going over Lower Granite Dam. Apperently they're fish that have overwintered before moving up again in the Spring. Who knows, maybe it overwintered above Wanapum?
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