Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Our spring chinook is the holy grail in the NW US and my life's work (you'd think I'd be better at catching em), they're endangered and the #1 reason for salmon research in the hydropower system on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. This was a hatchery fish but the truly wild ones that I work with/on are headed to Idaho headwater which are 1500km from the ocean and 1800M in elevation.

Here you will probably end up spending most of your time looking at these guys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_k%C5%8Dkopu Galaxiidae
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrentfish
or maybe these interesting guys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neochanna

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Here you will probably end up spending most of your time looking at these guys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_k%C5%8Dkopu Galaxiidae
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrentfish
or maybe these interesting guys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neochanna

I find indigenous fish fascinating. Shame there are no sporting species.

Originally Posted by MB

I find indigenous fish fascinating. Shame there are no sporting species.

Torrent and Mudfish are amazing.

Pity this guy is gone, he would have made for interesting sport fishing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_grayling

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Torrent and Mudfish are amazing.

Pity this guy is gone, he would have made for interesting sport fishing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_grayling

Must admit, didn't know about torrent fish, very cool. I have a soft spot for bullies. Don't know how good the grayling would have been for sport fishing as no relation to European or Artic grayling. I have an amateur interest in marine/freshwater biology. Should have been a biologist!

Originally Posted by MB

Must admit, didn't know about torrent fish, very cool. I have a soft spot for bullies. Don't know how good the grayling would have been for sport fishing as no relation to European or Artic grayling. I have an amateur interest in marine/freshwater biology. Should have been a biologist!

Yeah I don't think they were up for a fight but would have added interest, their Australian cousins were popular with fly fishers until they became endangered and now protected.

Originally Posted by MB

Must admit, didn't know about torrent fish, very cool. I have a soft spot for bullies. Don't know how good the grayling would have been for sport fishing as no relation to European or Artic grayling. I have an amateur interest in marine/freshwater biology. Should have been a biologist!

Ichthyologist even