Impressive native

[JimKennedy]

Got a solid native on the little Juniata. Anyone else care to post pics of wild trout by-catch?

 

[krayfish2]

That's a dandy.

 

[tjsingle]

Caught a big fall fish in SEPA this spring:

I was fishing a river in Montana 2 weeks ago, and I thought I hooked into the big brown. I had noticed one rising for a while. Fought like hell and than I realized that the brown I was fighting was in fact a mondo whitefish.

I got the brown trout's cousin or maybe it was him a few days later, about 100' upstream.

 

[dudemanspecial]

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Got a solid native on the little Juniata. Anyone else care to post pics of wild trout by-catch?

I see what you did there.......

 

[tomgamber]

Caught a big fall fish in SEPA this spring:
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I was fishing a river in Montana 2 weeks ago, and I thought I hooked into the big brown. I had noticed one rising for a while. Fought like hell and than I realized that the brown I was fighting was in fact a mondo whitefish.

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I got the brown trout's cousin or maybe it was him a few days later, about 100' upstream.

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Those whitefish eat so much better than a chub. And yes, it's a big brown until it isn't.

 

[Broodstock]

Also from the LJ and I really like the blue/green gill on this fallfish. The larger one was colored up in hi spawning hues.

 

[Mike]

Also from the LJ and I really like the blue/green gill on this fallfish. The larger one was colored up in hi spawning hues.
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Nice pics. The fish in the larger pic and the fish on the left are River Chubs. They are a different Genus and Species from Creek Chubs and Fallfish. Creek Chubs and Fallfish are within the same Genus. The fish to the right is a Fallfish. Can’t recall River Chubs ever being mentioned or their pics displayed here before, but I could be wrong. They’re a nice looking fish. You may notice that when holding the two species to unhook them the River Chubs feel firmer.

 

[JLB]

One from late spring

 

[Swattie87]

Nice pics. The fish in the larger pic and the fish on the left are River Chubs. They are a different Genus and Species from Creek Chubs and Fallfish. Creek Chubs and Fallfish are within the same Genus. The fish to the right is a Fallfish. Can’t recall River Chubs ever being mentioned or their pics displayed here before, but I could be wrong. They’re a nice looking fish. You may notice that when holding the two species to unhook them the River Chubs feel firmer.

How do you visually tell a River and Creek Chub apart? I’ve known they’re separate species, and I’m sure I’ve caught both, but never cared enough to learn to tell them apart.