CLK 305
6/22/2008 2:47:00 PMHey salmonbelly,
Great picture - That's a nice fish!!
Hope you make it out to the lake more often - at least more often then every few years!
Cheers!
~CLK
ps - Those blackmouth sure are fun! They don't jump like the cutts, but boy do they fight! And they're gorgeous fish.
Great picture - That's a nice fish!!
Hope you make it out to the lake more often - at least more often then every few years!
Cheers!
~CLK
ps - Those blackmouth sure are fun! They don't jump like the cutts, but boy do they fight! And they're gorgeous fish.
FishingFool
6/22/2008 4:23:00 PMSo what kind of fish is that in the pic? I'm not very good at identifying all the salmon/trout species.....
CLK 305
6/22/2008 8:34:00 PMHi FishingFool,
salmonbelly is holding a really nice cutthroat trout. The cutthroat is the most predominate trout in lake Washington, & is usually most easily identified by the reddish & sometimes yellow lines/marks, beneath it's lower jaw. Aside from the marks beneath the jaw, the cutthroat also has a longer jaw line, which usually extends past the eye. The lake also has rainbows. In comparison to the cutts, the rainbows tend to have smaller looking heads & are perhaps lighter in color & with fewer spots on the lower half of their bodies. Rainbows over 20" in lk Washington are considered steelhead, & must be released. The rainbows tend to hold closer to the surface, than the cutts.
'Chinook' & 'King' are different names for the same fish. These fish have a black gum line & mouth. 'Blackmouth' is a name for immature chinook, or those that never go to sea (stay in the sound). The blackmouth in lk Washinton are charcoal on their backs & silver & lavender in color on the sides - they have a very beautiful purple hue to them. I tend to catch the blackmouth deeper down - usually in the 30-40 ft range.
'Coho' & 'Silver' are also different names for the same fish. They have white gum lines, & are very 'silvery' & tend to have few spots on their tails (usually just on the upper section).
'Sockeye' & 'Red' are also different names for the same fish. Immature sockeye, less than 15", are called kokanne, The kokanee are more green/blue on the back & silver on the sides, with only small faint spots. If they're under 15", you can keep them, otherwise, they're considered sockeye, & you must release them.They tend to hold much deeper, in the colder water, then then the cutts. Sockeye have a white gum line & aren't heavily spotted, on their tails or body.
Currently, you can fish for trout (cutts & bows) year round. Silvers/Cohos are in season from Sept 16 - Oct 31, north of the 520 bridge. The sockeye season is as yet to be announced. To my knowledge, their is no Chinook/King/blackmouth season in the lake.
All the above is to the best of my knowledge.
Cheers!
~CLK
salmonbelly is holding a really nice cutthroat trout. The cutthroat is the most predominate trout in lake Washington, & is usually most easily identified by the reddish & sometimes yellow lines/marks, beneath it's lower jaw. Aside from the marks beneath the jaw, the cutthroat also has a longer jaw line, which usually extends past the eye. The lake also has rainbows. In comparison to the cutts, the rainbows tend to have smaller looking heads & are perhaps lighter in color & with fewer spots on the lower half of their bodies. Rainbows over 20" in lk Washington are considered steelhead, & must be released. The rainbows tend to hold closer to the surface, than the cutts.
'Chinook' & 'King' are different names for the same fish. These fish have a black gum line & mouth. 'Blackmouth' is a name for immature chinook, or those that never go to sea (stay in the sound). The blackmouth in lk Washinton are charcoal on their backs & silver & lavender in color on the sides - they have a very beautiful purple hue to them. I tend to catch the blackmouth deeper down - usually in the 30-40 ft range.
'Coho' & 'Silver' are also different names for the same fish. They have white gum lines, & are very 'silvery' & tend to have few spots on their tails (usually just on the upper section).
'Sockeye' & 'Red' are also different names for the same fish. Immature sockeye, less than 15", are called kokanne, The kokanee are more green/blue on the back & silver on the sides, with only small faint spots. If they're under 15", you can keep them, otherwise, they're considered sockeye, & you must release them.They tend to hold much deeper, in the colder water, then then the cutts. Sockeye have a white gum line & aren't heavily spotted, on their tails or body.
Currently, you can fish for trout (cutts & bows) year round. Silvers/Cohos are in season from Sept 16 - Oct 31, north of the 520 bridge. The sockeye season is as yet to be announced. To my knowledge, their is no Chinook/King/blackmouth season in the lake.
All the above is to the best of my knowledge.
Cheers!
~CLK
salmonbelly
6/22/2008 9:11:00 PMThanks CLK, went out again Sunday afternoon/evening, mainly to have a little picnic, but did fish and C-and-R'd one nice cutt 16-18 inches. Will be back out again Monday morning before work, probably along 520. Yes, that blackmouth fought like crazy once it saw the boat!
Cheers,
Greg
Cheers,
Greg
FishingFool
6/22/2008 10:42:00 PMthx CLK for the info. i figure that must have been a cutt, but i cant see the red line under it's jaw, so i wasnt sure. But then again, to my untrained eyes, they all look alike. :(
salmonbelly
6/23/2008 11:07:00 AMHit the water today (Monday) at 5:30 a.m., trolled along 520 and left at 8:30 a.m. with two cutts 16-18 inches C-and-R'd, plus what appeared to be a kokanee, which we also let go. Also, a lamprey eel attached itself to my buddy's herring, one of the weirdest things I've ever seen while fishing!