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Sammamish Lake Report
King County, WA

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07/16/2017
66° - 70°
Trolling
Cutthroat Trout
Worms
Red And Green
Cloudy
Mack's Wedding Ring
Morning
71° - 75°
07/18/2017
3
1804

Went fishing from 6:30 to 9:30 on Lake Sammamish trolling on the south side of the lake for cutthroat trout with 4/0 dodgers and wedding rings with nightcrawlers. I had the downrigger set at 30 ft and my fishing partner was 5 colors out on the leaded line. In total two kokanee (safely released), one cutthroat, and 2 squawfish were caught. I trolled mostly at 3 speed on my electric motor, no clue what that would be in mph. I just wanted to check whether or not what I caught was in fact a kokanee, because after looking at the picture more and more, the more I think they were cutthroats. Also, is the squawfish a sucker (sorry for the bad pictures)? Thanks for any help!


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wedenj
7/18/2017 3:57:49 PM
That first picture is a Kokanee.
mizefish
7/18/2017 4:02:53 PM
Those photos are really small, and one is totally backlit, but I'm gonna say you have there, 1 cutthroat, 1 squawfish, and one Peamouth Chub.
Calling it a cutthroat because I think I'm seeing a bit of reddish blaze under the chin. The backlit fish has the size & mouth-shape of a squaw. Tiny mouth on the 3rd fish is the giveaway that it's a Peamouth.

JoshH
7/18/2017 5:11:47 PM
Based on the jaw line, lack of spotting, and the tail, it looks like a kokanee. Very small image though so can't be 100%.
Jake Dogfish
7/18/2017 5:40:40 PM
Mizefish got it right best I can tell. Last fish is a Peamouth chub. Thanks for the report!
FishingFool
7/18/2017 6:36:13 PM
I have to agree with mizefish but i'm not an expert. The first fish doesn't have a pointy enough tail to be a kok and looks like a red slash under jaw imo.
JoshH
7/18/2017 6:37:41 PM
Based on the jaw line, lack of spotting, and the tail, it looks like a kokanee. Very small image though so can't be 100%.
JoshH
7/18/2017 7:25:40 PM
Based on the jaw line, lack of spotting, and the tail, it looks like a kokanee. Very small image though so can't be 100%.
TrackerPro16
7/18/2017 11:49:00 PM
I see spots on the tail and a slash so will vote Cutt on the first. Crappy second pic but I will say Peamouth on both of the other pics. The second has too narrow of a mouth to be Pikeminnow in my opinion. Should have eaten the first one!!!
Captain Lip Ripper
7/19/2017 7:46:32 AM
That is a cutthroat Kokanee have more of a blue back
bigyfish
7/19/2017 9:27:42 AM
The tail is a dead giveaway for the species identification. Salmon have a very distinct v-fin while trout have a less distinct tail notch. Examine the tails of the trout and koks in pictures on this website and you will easily be able to distinguish the two. This fish is a trout.
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