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Wow nice job catching a bull trout!!!! great pictures guys, looks like yall had a blast
WOW.......WOW......im defenetly green.eggs said:That's the only pic as we didn't want it out of the water to long but it was for sure a char.. and the fins were more clear looking then yellow as the pic looks which I think has to do with fish color of greenish yellowish brown.. I actually asked the guys if it was a pike and they looked at me like I was crazy and said it was bull.. is there even pikes in the river?? I have only heard of them in the lakes.. there are no lakes where we were..
the_intimidator03 said:Eggs, Just the jaw structure and the fin tint are what gave me the idea of squawfish/northern pikeminnow. I would google northern pikeminnow and bull trout seperately and look at the pictures to draw your conclusions since you have seen and held the fish, Also another possibility is mountain whitefish however it never rang a bell for me cause i didn't see anything on it to make me think such.
As far as pikes in a river... Columbia, Umpqua, willamette all have the northern pike minnow in their systems as a few other rivers im sure as well, The columbia is the only one with a bounty on them. Let me know what you figure out by cross referencing some pictures from google. I want to know it just isn't me that thinks its a northern pikeminnow.
eggs said:Honestly I could careless if it is a bull trout or pike.. it was a fun/different fish to catch... but do beieve it was a bull in spawning colors as metal said..
It was an awesome fishing trip we will have to have one again sometime..