Northwest Fishing Reports

Are whitefish and pikeminnow the same fish? I googled images and they appear very similar......

Nope.

In the pictures they look very similar. In your hand they're quite different. Whitefish have a very small mouth compared to the Pikeminnow as well as other subtle differing characteristics. If I remember right, the Whitefish are also typically more of a silver color with brass/bronze highlights vs. Pikeminnow that are more of a dirty yellow.

white fish;

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=At ... t-901&fp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

squawfish;

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=At ... t-901&fp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

sauger;

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=At ... t-901&fp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

pictures here to show the difference between a squaw fish and peamouth;

DON'T KILL THE PEAMOUTH!

http://www.pikeminnow.org/wp-content/up ... -Guide.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and of course it depends on which specie of white fish a person is talking about.

here are a couple of pictures that might help;

squaw fish;



white fish;

The Whitefish pic looks a little more like a White Bass.

Anything is possible, it's a picture from one of the web pages about whitefish, so I don't really know.

I didn't think I could find that page again, but did, says that fish is a white perch. Man did I screw up. lol

Ok, there are 2 pictures, mountain white fish and lake white fish. 1/2 way down the page;

put your curser over the pictures and a panel will show up with what the fish is.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/ ... white+fish" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I got it, did a search for Banks Lake white fish. lol


https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=At ... t-901&fp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

there are a couple pictures. One is of a bunch of fish laying there, and one is titled 'four men convicted of illegally taking fish from Banks Lake'

But then there is one picture labeled 'Banks Lake Walleye' but it's a big Smallmouth.

I guess I am not the only one who has a hard time distinguishing these fish, since I have not knowingly caught either before. Any thoughts on this fish caught at barrier dam?

That's a pike minnow,it has more like a bass type mouth when white fish have a small mouth and tend to be more silver.

they both swim in the river i fish most and both hit the mepps i toss for cutts. whitefish taste pretty good, especially smoked. pike minnow, not so tasty. haven't tried the suckers but heard they are decent.

the pike minnow are a blast to fish for, pound for pound they beat cutts to shame when comes to fight and how hard they slam the fly. since people don't eat them i can find a lot bigger ones in the Seattle area. I have giant hands and couldnt get them all the way around this guy.