Hit Martha again bloom in full swing, it was moving around ? Is it turning, not heard of this till this spring. Anyway I went 2 for 3 on my cronimids. Happy times, 14" on the nose.
This is the situation where I have to question the planting of fingerlings.tonight i figured out where all those cutthroat fry ended up....
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I wish I could give you a “don’t like!”C'mon Steve, she's D-O-double G approved!
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I've caught them in the past, but that was quite a long time ago. They were very tough to find and catch. And they were never interested in any of the flies that worked on the RBs and BTs. My best there was 16". I haven't checked the recent plantings, so can't speak to matters of holdovers and such.Never seen one
I remember your favorite game was the "Trifecta" one of each in a single outing at Martha Most of the cutts were long and skinny compared to the other 2.I've caught them in the past, but that was quite a long time ago. They were very tough to find and catch. And they were never interested in any of the flies that worked on the RBs and BTs. My best there was 16". I haven't checked the recent plantings, so can't speak to matters of holdovers and such.
True that! But much harder to do these days: I no longer have Rhode Island Red hens to tie flies from.I remember your favorite game was the "Trifecta" one of each in a single outing at Martha Most of the cutts were long and skinny compared to the other 2.
what makes you say you know? like everyone else, i can make no sense of why we don't encounter them, and we all know govt. reporting is as likely to be false as true - but this is what wdfw has published (actuals, not planned):Do you guys know if the Cutthroat in that lake are natural? I know they aren’t currently stocked
if you go from catching one of the zillions of stocked legals this time of year, to catching a bow of the same size that's grown up in that lake from a baby - you won't question the stocking of fry - you'll question the stocking of legals! additionally, if the legals weren't there every spring, we wouldn't have illegal anglers angling in illegal fashion at the boat launch and all around the lake....This is the situation where I have to question the planting of fingerlings.
There's a Selective lake near Spokane that has really gone down the toilet in recent years and I have to believe that fingerling predation has to be a significant contributor. I'm certainly no biologist but it seems like stocking larger fish in lakes that have a spiny ray population would make far more sense and result in better survival.
Sorry for the drift.
i've only been out once this year, first week of june, and i got another big fat sloppy crappie right where i was catching stocked bows, in tight.tonight i figured out where all those cutthroat fry ended up....
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I wonder if WDFW has some intel or the signs are going up everywhere as a precaution?Took a look, what's this ?