How about some bass by-catch...

[clarkman]

crushin' nates...

 

[Slimy Deck]

 

[Billy]

 

[Evan B]

 

[mcswny]

Now I regret not taking a picture of that 20" yellow bellied sucker that I caught off the boat ramp at Beavertail last weekend.

 

[Northern]

On a Fly Rod Ike stripped through a weed bed

 

[Wanative]

crushin' nates...

Not much freeboard left there.

 

[Wanative]

Will you settle for bluegill bycatch?
16" LM on my 4wt on #10 elk hair caddis.

 

[Rob Allen]

I wish I had a pic of the Willamette spring chinook I caught on a rattle trap while pre-fishing for a tournament in March.

 

[clarkman]

I wish I had a pic of the Willamette spring chinook I caught on a rattle trap while pre-fishing for a tournament in March.

would've loved to see that!

This last Spring I caught a chrome bright steelhead in a Columbia backwater fishing for smallies....came unpinned right next to the boat...

 

[Slimy Deck]

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Clarkman and Evan are holding fishes that don't swim around my neck of the woods. What are they? Targetable? Cool fish!

Those yellow perch would have gone in the creel.......tasty guys.

 

[clarkman]

Now I regret not taking a picture of that 20" yellow bellied sucker that I caught off the boat ramp at Beavertail last weekend.

Yeah, but were you bass fishin'? Although these days, might not be a bad idea that far up in the summer anyway...

 

[clarkman]

Clarkman and Evan are holding fishes that don't swim around my neck of the woods. What are they? Targetable? Cool fish!

Those yellow perch would have gone in the creel.......tasty guys.

Northern Pikeminnow. They're actually native. Definitely targetable but they fight like shit. They do hit hard though. They can get pretty big as well....I've caught a couple of legit 24" on 9" flies targeting tiger muskies.

 

[Evan B]

Northern Pikeminnow. They're actually native. Definitely targetable but they fight like shit. They do hit hard though. They can get pretty big as well....I've caught a couple of legit 24" on 9" flies targeting tiger muskies.

Yeah they hit super hard and that first few seconds can be pretty exciting. Then you pull them in.

When I lived in Redmond, WA years ago, I used to walk over to the Sammamish Slough near my apartment and strip streamers for them. It was actually a ton of fun. Caught some big ones too.

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Hatchery porter-cable. Fought like shit.

 

[Big K1]

Back in the mid nineties I was fishing the sunken forest area of Lake Sammamish and caught a nice Coho on a white spinnerbait.
Thing hit like a freight train and bent the shit out of the wire.

 

[PhilR]

Now I regret not taking a picture of that 20" yellow bellied sucker that I caught off the boat ramp at Beavertail last weekend.

I had one of of @clarkman with a beauty of a sucker, but can't find it any more

Hatchery porter-cable. Fought like shit.
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Now that is a great swift-current plunking weight.

 

[clarkman]

I had one of of @clarkman with a beauty of a sucker, but can't find it any more

this one?

sadly, that was by-catch fishing for troutskis...

 

[mcswny]

this one?

sadly, that was by-catch fishing for troutskis...

Exactly! Those guys fight surprisingly hard!

 

[longputt]

I was fishing for LMB in Banks and caught a Tench...I had no idea what it was and spaced out on a picture. It hit a large wooly bugger.

I googled Tench once I figured out what it was: "...great food quality much like a carp..." it was a UK website!