Hole in the Head Silver

[Chas Wade]

Yesterday I was fishing the Cascade river for Silvers and caught a very
strange fish. It was a Silver with a hole in it's nose large enough
for half my thumb. I've posted a picture on abpf. The margins of the
wound seem to be healed, so I think the wound is old. The fish put up
a fair fight, and was bright enough to keep.

People talk about how delicate fish are when injured in the head. I
think this picture shows that head injuries are survivable. My
understanding is that if the gills aren't cut, the fish will recover.
I've seen a fish recover from gill injuries too, but that was a pike,
and they may be more durable than trout.

Silver fishing has been good. In years past I've had a hard time
getting them to hit anything, but this year I'm catching them
regurlarly, though not nearly as regurlarly as the pinks.

Chas
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[rw]

Chas Wade wrote:
>
> Silver fishing has been good. In years past I've had a hard time
> getting them to hit anything, but this year I'm catching them
> regurlarly, though not nearly as regurlarly as the pinks.

Geez, Chas. I think this is NW Fall 2004 Clave-planning time. :-)

Maybe 2005, if we want the huge pink run.

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[Chas Wade]

rw > wrote:
>Chas Wade wrote:
>>
>> Silver fishing has been good. In years past I've had a hard time
>> getting them to hit anything, but this year I'm catching them
>> regurlarly, though not nearly as regurlarly as the pinks.
>
>Geez, Chas. I think this is NW Fall 2004 Clave-planning time. :-)
>
>Maybe 2005, if we want the huge pink run.
>
Well, Steve, I think that's a good idea. The hard part is timing the
runs. Those folks who have to fly in, would want to pick a time in the
middle of the run without too much rain. When I think about the
various options, it's hard to choose a good time. The pinks in 2005
should be killer. The game department says there are a million pinks
in the Skagit now. I don't have numbers for the silvers, but the
fishing has been amazing until the rain a couple days ago blew out the
Stilly. I was actually there fishing when the water came up. It was
like the tide coming in, except the current increased and the rise was
faster. In the space of 20 minutes the water rose 18 inches and I knew
I had to get out when I had to dodge a tree that vame floating towards
me.

We could have a grand time anytime between late September and
Thanksgiving.

Chas
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