hewesfisher
5/15/2020 6:48:17 AMNice koke and an elusive fin clipped one no less! Looks like a great day on the water. :-)
nathanstime
5/15/2020 10:44:17 AMI looked at these fish and you fillets very closely. I think your two red-meated fish are both kokes. One with adipose fin (wild) and one without it, truly a rare hatchery Koke. In any case Nice Job!.
stealheader
5/15/2020 11:17:46 PMI want to agree that there are 2 kokes but the top 1 in the pic with all 3 has the rainbow stub noes. The top and bottom I think are rainbows! Just my guess tho!
Two Brothers #1
5/16/2020 12:02:51 AMGreat looking fish, but where did you launch at ? . Just wondering what kind of shape it was in.
hewesfisher
5/16/2020 8:03:12 AMEnlarge the fish pics. There are two rainbows, top and bottom, and one kokanee, middle. If you look closely you can see the spots on the bodies and the tails on both rainbows, there are none on the kokanee which is correct. Also, the top rainbow is a native and I'll bet it was the one with pale flesh. Before native trout retention on Roosevelt was banned, the native fish always had lighter color flesh than the triploids.
Aaron
5/16/2020 9:19:31 AMI've added 2 more photos of the heads and tails. It's definitely just 1 koke in the middle. If the head shot doesn't convince you, the tail shot will. This isn't the first time I've caught a mixed bunch in this lake on previous trips, but opinions on the others were more varied than on this bunch.
Either way, I blackened, breaded and fried these up to a crisp perfection with some yellow rice and candied carrots. 5 star reviews all around.
Either way, I blackened, breaded and fried these up to a crisp perfection with some yellow rice and candied carrots. 5 star reviews all around.