Western WA's husky rainbows 4/30/2024

[Starman77]

I've been posting about the husky rainbows in central WA, but western WA also has some husky rainbows. Check out this husky rainbow hooked today on a western WA lake (a general regulation lake):



It was 21 inches long (based on my Measure Net) and 5.25 pounds (based on my handheld scale). It had nothing in its stomach. It took a BH Dark Olive Rabbit Fur Leech that I was casting and stripping about 6 feet below the water surface in 12 feet of water. It was a very good fighter and jumper.

Rex

 

[Greg Armstrong]

I've been posting about the husky rainbows in central WA, but western WA also has some husky rainbows. Check out this husky rainbow hooked today on a western WA lake (a general regulation lake):

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It was 21 inches long (based on my Measure Net) and 5.25 pounds (based on my handheld scale). It had nothing in its stomach. It took a BH Dark Olive Rabbit Fur Leech that I was casting and stripping about 6 feet below the water surface in 12 feet of water. It was a very good fighter and jumper.

Rex

Healthy looking fish. Those colored up fins stand out.

 

[Matt B]

Curious how it eats compared to the C WA huskies.

 

[dep]

nice job catching big fish Rex!

 

[Starman77]

Curious how it eats compared to the C WA huskies.

Since I'm finding empty stomachs on both sides of the mountains, I guess they compare similarly.

 

[Matt B]

Since I'm finding empty stomachs on both sides of the mountains, I guess they compare similarly.

I didn’t realize that was how it works! Interesting theory anyway.