tele_maniac
10/22/2012 9:48:00 PMThat is a beautiful fish Salmonslaya! Thanks for the report and picture.
Salmonslaya
10/22/2012 10:56:00 PMThanks alot! Hopefully I'll be able to get out there soon and keep the reports coming.
fear_no_fish
10/23/2012 12:12:00 AMYour report is for the sky not the wallace just so you know, but my buddy and me where the 2 guys that came and started fishing with you guys right before you all left.
jumpinjim
10/23/2012 9:04:00 AMNice work on the steel, gollie, I love free twitchin jigs for those guys. Most people write me off as nuts when I tell them about the art of freely drifted jigs, no float just driftntwitch.
Remember, fishes like to stay in the water if they are not going to be clubbed. I am pretty sure fish would prefer not to be clubbed in general but you are not supposed to remove them from the water. One other thing, and I say all this to help, not to harp on ya because I have made the same mistakes and been corrected by friends that were more experienced, but you should never put anything and certainly not your fingers in the gills or near the gill plates of a fish you are going to release. Steelhead are some of the most sensitive fish to sediment and other dirt when breathing and the oils and dirt from your hands will affect that fish once released. Enough of the naggin.
Remember, fishes like to stay in the water if they are not going to be clubbed. I am pretty sure fish would prefer not to be clubbed in general but you are not supposed to remove them from the water. One other thing, and I say all this to help, not to harp on ya because I have made the same mistakes and been corrected by friends that were more experienced, but you should never put anything and certainly not your fingers in the gills or near the gill plates of a fish you are going to release. Steelhead are some of the most sensitive fish to sediment and other dirt when breathing and the oils and dirt from your hands will affect that fish once released. Enough of the naggin.
rcthepirate
10/23/2012 10:20:00 AMJumpinjim: having a hard time seeing how your nagging is even relevant, considering he said nothing about releasing this fish. If I had to guess I'd say he probably bonked it on the head and took it home to eat, considering the fact that the stretch of the Wallace he was fishing is currently open for retention of steelhead.
jumpinjim
10/23/2012 10:36:00 AM@RC - You be right totally irrelevant, I request retraction and issue a firm apology ... Not sure what I was thinkin, I just re-read it and I guess I imagined or dreamed that he was releasing it. Sorry bout that.
rcthepirate
10/23/2012 10:43:00 AMNothin to worry 'bout. I had to double check to make sure that that stretch of the Wallace was even open for retention of steelhead right now.
RyanJamesHung
10/23/2012 11:11:00 AMHaha, Jim; I'm pretty sure Micah took his fish home; little spawned out, but still Chrome! Nice work, Cuz :)
Salmonslaya
10/23/2012 11:23:00 AMI realized after I posted that I actually put it in as a skykomish report but since it's all part of the same river system I didn't think it would cause to much confusion. Yes I did keep the fish! She was FULL off eggs to which is nice for when I head back up there again:)
enforcer
10/24/2012 2:23:00 PM@ RyanJamesHung
Regarding your comment " little spawned out"...of course it's not spawned out. All steelhead in WA spawn in late winter or spring. Hatchery fish were bred to spawn earlier (January, Feb, etc,) while the real nate fish spawn later in the spring and sometimes as late as June. I only bring this up because I so often hear people call a summer fish in the Fall as spawned out when it's biologically impossible. Good luck.
Regarding your comment " little spawned out"...of course it's not spawned out. All steelhead in WA spawn in late winter or spring. Hatchery fish were bred to spawn earlier (January, Feb, etc,) while the real nate fish spawn later in the spring and sometimes as late as June. I only bring this up because I so often hear people call a summer fish in the Fall as spawned out when it's biologically impossible. Good luck.