Recent content by ClearCreek

Bad Tuna - looks like you caught a Oregon State record fish if you caught a blue catfish. I just checked the Oregon State Records and they do not list a blue catfish. Next time you catch one turn it in to be recognized as the state record!! ClearCreek

Bad Tuna - are you sure they were blue catfish. Rarely see one of those west of the Missouri River. Do you have photos?? ClearCreek

beaverfan: While you are correct triploidy can occur naturally, it is very, very rare. The fish in question is just a hatchery rainbow with a different spotting pattern than is commonly seen. I have seen numerous hatchery rainbow in the last 40 years that have the similar spotting pattern...

For those of you that think the fish is a brook trout: - Brook trout (and other chars like lake trout, bull trout, etc.) have a dark background color with light colored spots. The trouts (rainbow, cutthroat, brown, etc.) have a light colored background with dark spots. This is a sure fire way...

That is a hatchery rainbow trout, just looks a little different thats all. I have seen many like that coming out of hatcheries. ClearCreek

Salmon kid - you say you want to learn - that is a great attitude to have! If you google lactic acid and fighting fish you should be able to find some info. Fish will build up lactic acid when they are fighting on the end of your line. They can and do swim away and the angler believes the...

After fighting the fish for almost an hour there is a good chance it will not survive to fight another day!! Lactic acid build up = latent mortality. ClearCreek

troutdude - I guess my point is this: how much do or can you stretch mono line before the "weak spots" are created? Just a little tug may not do anything, but pulling hard will create those weak spots; and I don't think you could actually see the weak spots caused by excessive stretching. I...

OK, here is the line stretch info I referred to above.. A couple years ago a guy on another fishing forum did a test of 10 lb lines. He tested 17 different brands and types (fluro and mono) of line. He started with a section of line from a new spool, then tested the breaking strength by...

H-man: That may be a little extreme because just fighting a fish in most cases would not stretch mono line the same as getting a snag and really pulling hard to try to get free from the snag. But, as troutdude mentioned for smaller fish that would not be a problem. I will try to find the...

Doesn't this stretching of monofilament line weaken it? I have seen line tests where the line breaking strength is tested prior to stretching and then after stretching and the results are pretty clear - stretching mono will reduce it's breaking strength. The amount of reduction in breaking...

My picks ain't famous My picks ain't famous The same guys I have been fishing with for many, many years. I know what to expect from those guys and a couple of them are probably just as good a fishermen as the people on the "fishin shows". ClearCreek

Jeanna - I think you are confused as to what a "wild" fish is and what a "native" is. A "wild" fish is a fish that has spawned naturally in a stream (or lake for lake spawning fish) - no hatchery influence. Native fish are ones whose ancestors existed in this country prior to the Europeans...

Blderman: I am not sure how you see 8ppm at 60 degrees F. Please take a look at the graph (of the right side, down a little) at this link: EPA > OWOW > Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality > Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual > Chapter 5 > 5.2 Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical...

Blderman: Take a look at the graph that beaverfan posted. 38F is about 3.3C and 60F is a about 15.5C. The oxygen concentrations are just as I indicated. I am not being rude, I just don't like this kind of misinformation being posted on these fishing websites. Especially when there is so much...