Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ?

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CAPTAIN HOOK
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 11:01:57 (permalink)
I don't have any photos of the event but sometime in the late 80's we were Fall fishing at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek N.Y. at night for King Salmon. We were using egg sacs for bait and ended up landing 7 American Eels ! They were all silvery grey colored and fairly large adults most at least 3 ft. or better. Until you have handled an Eel that size you have no idea what slippery means ! Fortunately I had a pair of heavy duty work gloves in the boat that helped remove and release them. The slime on those Eels is amazing, also makes a real mess in your boat !  
 
Those Hornyhead Chubs look like the ones we caught back in the day.
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 15:20:38 (permalink)
Here's a pretty heavy quillback. Seem to be most aggressive during the pre-spawn. They'll eat little mr. twisters, and sometimes smack tiny wob-l-rite spoons. 
 

 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 15:30:17 (permalink)
Double mudpups on the south pier. These guys can be very annoying, but they are undoubtedly cool. Dig the external gills!
 

 

 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 17:07:17 (permalink)
DM,
That is a pink salmon you are holding, not a chinook.

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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 17:45:29 (permalink)
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DM,
That is a pink salmon you are holding, not a chinook.


Thought it didn't look right. Good eye! Personally I think that's cooler than a chinook since the only pinks left in the great lakes are wild
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 18:10:59 (permalink)
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DM,
That is a pink salmon you are holding, not a chinook.


Seriously?! When I first caught it I thought it was a steelhead. Then I posted a picture of it online and I had tons of people tell me it was a Coho. I wasn't sure so I posted on a different forum asking for identification and everyone told me Chinook. And know you guys think it's a Pink. LOL

Are there any specific characteristics that indicate it being a Pink rather than the other species?
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 18:41:15 (permalink)
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/pink.html
 
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/chinook.html
 
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/coho.html
 
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/steelhead.html
 
 
 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/14 19:32:53 (permalink)
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http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/pink.html http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/chinook.html http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/coho.html http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/steelhead.html   Happy reading.


I guess it does sound most like a Pink. That makes it all the more cooler since instead of being a small Chinook, it's a large Pink! Wish I would've gotten a decent fight out of it, didn't know I had it on until I raised the cannonball and checked the line, thing didn't even trip the release so who knows how long we were dragging it around. Even after unclipping it, it just sort of did the "walleye spiral of death" the whole way in. Maybe I'll get lucky and catch another one this year, or maybe I'll be even luckier and get a Chinook and Coho to add to my lifelist as well!
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/15 08:19:28 (permalink)
April 2011 - Clarion River at Portland Mills


On the internet, EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion!
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/15 09:11:02 (permalink)
caught this bad boy on a white jig

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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/15 11:59:27 (permalink)
Man...that's the same fish ! Good thing your cousin tossed it back for you to catch !   LOL.....


 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/16 18:11:20 (permalink)
troutguyAnd a bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrid? from my favorite wild brown and brook trout creek. 

 

 
Green eared sunfish.  
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/17 07:11:12 (permalink)
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troutguyAnd a bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrid? from my favorite wild brown and brook trout creek.  
 Green eared sunfish.  


That looks like a Green Sunfish X Pumpkinseed to me. Lepomis hybrids can be tricky though, a local lake I fish has Bluegills, Pumpkinseeds, and Green Sunfish and they all readily hybridize with each other so there's about 6 strains of different Sunnies in the lake.
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/21 15:07:03 (permalink)
Caught this at High Point Lake. Sent pic to PFBC and they said it was a pike and pickerel hybrid. There are no known tiger muskies there and notice the pickerel black mark under the eye
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 12:34:04 (permalink)
Had to put up a couple male bowfin pics. They don't get big like the females, but they are the peacock of the species.
 
During the spawn their underbellies and lower fins turn psychedelic colors. Have even caught a few with fluorescent blue and green mouth/tongues.
 

 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 12:35:57 (permalink)
Here's another:
 

 
 
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 14:18:35 (permalink)
Attachments are not available: Download requirements not met This is a black and white version of a yellow perch that we caught at Deep Creek last fall.

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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 14:29:51 (permalink)
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Had to put up a couple male bowfin pics. They don't get big like the females, but they are the peacock of the species. During the spawn their underbellies and lower fins turn psychedelic colors. Have even caught a few with fluorescent blue and green mouth/tongues.  


What time of year do those beasts spawn?
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 16:30:33 (permalink)
Spring. The male guards the eggs, and later the fry. Aggressively.  If you wander too close to a cloud of fry, papa might just take a bite out of your waders.  Hasn't happened to me, though I've been in a few standoffs.
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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 19:04:42 (permalink)
Cool pictures Maynard and interesting info about the spawn.

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Re: Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? 2016/02/23 21:45:37 (permalink)
All great photos......odd stuff too ! Keep adding..........
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