TR Five species in 5 hours

I drive north today to a favorite spot hoping for a couple silvers and
maybe some dolly varden. The sun was out full, the air was cool, the
North Cascades were freshly snow capped, and I was fishing. How could
it get any better? In about 200 yards of the river I managed:
6 or 8 silvers, none fresh enough to keep, but hard fighters still.
3 whitefish snuck in for some exercise.
1 chum had to sample my single egg
3 dolly varden, the biggest 23 inches and fat
1 steelhead, my first of the winter run.

The steelhead was an odd fish. A hatchery male 19 inches long. He
fought hard, jumped about 6 times, and I released him as thanks for the
ride.

Anybody ever catch more than 4 anadromous species in one day? The
whitefish is a resident, he didn't count.

Chas
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Chas Wade wrote:
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Anybody ever catch more than 4 anadromous species in one day? The
whitefish is a resident, he didn't count.

Nice TR, thanks.

I've never fished for anadromous species unless you count Lake
Michigan steelhead (isn't there a -dromous word that describes
fresh water lake to fresh water stream ?), but I've caught browns,
rainbows, brookies and cutthroat all in one afternoon and all on
the same stream. In Yellowstone, just below Gardiner off the
incinerator road. (Unless you're a know-it-all from North Carolina
in which case the incinerator road is located *above* Gardiner. ;-)

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Ken Fortenberry

Ken isn't there a -dromous word that describes fresh water lake to
Ken fresh water stream?

Maybe 'lacustrine' or 'adfluvial'?

http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publicatio...7/Glossary.htm

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Jarmo Hurri wrote:
Ken isn't there a -dromous word that describes fresh water lake to
Ken fresh water stream?

Maybe 'lacustrine' or 'adfluvial'?

Temporary brain fart, sorry. The word I couldn't come up
with is potadromous.

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Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:


Temporary brain fart

Some may quibble with that. ;')

Russell

Couldn't resist.

Russell D. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Temporary brain fart

Some may quibble with that. ;')

Russell

Couldn't resist.

Don't f*** with me, Russell, or I'll hire Timmmaaaay to search
out your vehicle and plaster it with Bush-Cheney stickers. ;-)

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Russell D. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Temporary brain fart

Some may quibble with that. ;')

Russell

Couldn't resist.

Don't f*** with me, Russell, or I'll hire Timmmaaaay to search
out your vehicle and plaster it with Bush-Cheney stickers. ;-)

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Russell D. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Temporary brain fart

Some may quibble with that. ;')

Russell

Couldn't resist.

Don't f*** with me, Russell, or I'll hire Timmmaaaay to search
out your vehicle and plaster it with Bush-Cheney stickers. ;-)

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Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:


Temporary brain fart

Some may quibble with that. ;')

Russell

Couldn't resist.

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
The word I couldn't come up with is potadromous.


Thanks for reminding me of that word. I'd count that all the same. I
was mostly wondering if there are ever more than 4 species of
anadromous fish in a river at one time. I can't think of an example if
you reject the non-sport fish like lamprey and smelt.

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