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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Nov 20, 2011 - 01:13pm PT
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nov 20, 2011 - 01:16pm PT
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Sandstone C: Guanaja is a little paradise for sure
Great shots stimbo!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Nov 20, 2011 - 01:22pm PT
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Bonefish..... they're high on my bucket list. Great job.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 20, 2011 - 04:04pm PT
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Stimbo,
That 10 lb class hen you're teasing us with - that's not a typical Klamath-system steelie. No marks - a native? Wait, adipose is missing.
Sweet fish - wet fly or nymphing??
I haven't been to the Trinity for years...we used to pull plugs, BITD.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Nov 20, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
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@Rattlesnake -- you found the marker, the adipose fin. As you know, the clipped fin means a hatchery fish. Here's another image, a wild steelhead from a couple of weeks ago, my first non-hatchery fish. Stoker! I'm usually showing up on the Trinity after the water cools and gets higher so I'm usually nymphing. So far no success swinging flies. I think it merits a trip up there in September or early October when they are more willing to shred a fly on the swing. Anyway... the Trinity is an awesome place to fish.
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ruppell
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Nov 20, 2011 - 07:35pm PT
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Nice guys. No photos here but 2 23" rainbows out of a lake on the east side today. Now here is the interesting thing. They where what I thought to be just fat females. I was wrong they both were carrying mature eggs. In November. Anyone else ever see this? My only guess is that there some cross breed. Either cutts or steelhead because both of those have multiple breeding seasons. Aplers are supposedly crossed with steelies. Could it be that after years of stocking the dna is getting mixed? Any thoughts?
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ruppell
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Nov 20, 2011 - 07:55pm PT
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Fritz thanks for that. Guess if I would of read only 3 pages back I could of caught it. These fish were not hatchery fish though. All fins intact with slight abrasions on the tail fin. From scraping rock prior to laying eggs. Not from cement cages. Just makes you wonder if the dna has been crossed even with DFG attempt to keep it from not being so. Or like I said maybe a cross with steelhead which supposedly alpers are.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Nov 20, 2011 - 09:09pm PT
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 21, 2011 - 06:04am PT
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This is the experience I'm always seeking...
Perfect place (Maligne Lake, Canadian Rockies)!
Companionable fishing guide who works for chocolate!
Fly caught 'bow (trolling counts here).
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FeelioBabar
Trad climber
One drink ahead of my past.
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Nov 21, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
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Great fish everyone! And thanks Pate....that little gallo was hard won from the surf. I'm hooked.
All those fish came in on a Beulah Surf 9/10 weight.
Yo Pate...drop me a line before your next Rooster hunt....I'll float a few flies that seemed to work pretty well on them and the Jacks
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 21, 2011 - 04:40pm PT
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I still can't believe BG's trout. Look at the girth on that football!! What do they eat in that Eastern Sierra Lake!!
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 22, 2011 - 06:12am PT
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hard won from the surf...
Yeah...cruisin' down the Baja beach lookin for tail (avoiding the bikini-clad babes). Daquiri's at the palapa hut afterwards, while folks up north are drillin' holes thru the ice..
Jus kiddin!
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FeelioBabar
Trad climber
One drink ahead of my past.
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Nov 23, 2011 - 12:52pm PT
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more like.....wind in your face, dodging a 3/0 hook, jellyfish, and puffers.....and battling a nasty hangover in the hot hot sun......f*#king brutal I tell ya.
but someone has to do it :)
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 26, 2011 - 03:44pm PT
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Some Yellowstone River color:
Not very large, but nice variety from one system.
BTW I'm not in favor of purging the non-native rainbows and browns. They got more between the ears than the cuts, IMO.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Nov 29, 2011 - 11:59am PT
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It's hard not to like browns and 'bows.
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Rattlesnake Arch
Social climber
Home is where we park it
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Nov 29, 2011 - 12:25pm PT
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Beeautiful, Stimbo!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Nov 29, 2011 - 12:30pm PT
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Thanks, back at you. Good job on the Yellowstone. All I pinned were a couple of whitefish, "Rocky Mountain Bonefish." I would love to go back and explore. I did have a good day on the Shields (a tributary to the Yellowstone). Anyways, fun post.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Nov 29, 2011 - 04:45pm PT
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Genetically engineered "designer trout" from Laguna Niguel lake, Orange County, CA
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Nov 29, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
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That designer trout is a bit scary! Do they live in higher temps?
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