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travis_lightner
seems white fish have taken over the river my dad lives 3 miles out madras hwy on the river lately i have only caught white fish and small rainbows. When he first moved in(4 years ago) we would reel in some nice size rainbows and lots of them. Wonder what has happened? DID I get all the rainbows in the crooked river ??? LOL.
Same thing is currently happening to a creek I grew up fishing in the valley and get back to about once a year. Are you talking whitefish or squaw? Until recently I thought they were the same thing. I generally turn them into fertilizer. I know I can't make a dent, but I like to think that I'm doing something.
Whitefish are not "sucker fish".... Most Whitefish are native species. I like catching whitefish... but I HATE Northern pikeminnow and the squaws...
im not sure what they are exactly but they are white i will have to do some more research i guess
How often do you fish that river and do you keep all the larger rainbows?
no worries i throw em back every time tried to eat one not very good at all and a lot of big bones.Yea all Im saying is just dont kill em... I'd much rather catch a bow like you were saying anyday. I just see some people here on the South Sant. kill them thinking they are trash fish.
i have never fished the loing tom to mudy for me but if there is fish in it i would like to try my uncle lives in monroe and i gosee him every once in awhileThat very thing happened to one of my favorite bass rivers too (several years ago & hear in the valley). Not sure how that happens, but it sure is a big BUMMER!
[the river I am referring to is the Long Tom]
Here's a pic of a whitefish I caught a couple of years ago. http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq290/tedfishmon/0425091417.jpg