How about a kiss? (Name that Fish Contest)
September 6, 2008 by JD
Filed under Name that Fish!
Okay, so we’re currently searching for another sponsor of our Name That Fish Contest, so this time around it’s just for sport.
Got any idea who this guy is? Here are some hints:
You’d hate to meet him in a dark alley if you were say, a sculpin, vole or smolt….
troy m on Sat, 6th Sep 2008 10:12 am
maybe a banana lipped char from your recent float trip in Alaska?
Jim Ponsford on Sun, 7th Sep 2008 9:00 am
I would hate to run into a cutthroat in an alley……, so I am going to guess that this is a sea-run cutthroat in spawning colors.
Minh Hoang on Sun, 7th Sep 2008 1:14 pm
SOCKEYE
Hung Lo on Sun, 7th Sep 2008 1:24 pm
Sockeye salmon
Craig Bentley on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 12:34 pm
my first Guess would be a char, but it could be a huge dollie or bull trout as you call ‘em. CB
troy m on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 4:28 pm
nobody likes a Wolly Bugger with that much bling!
Ryan Sabalow on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 9:11 pm
It’s a yellow-lipped eastern Bohemian sand bass.
Duh.
I keep waiting to collect on my winnings, JD, since I’ve totally smoked this contest like 31 times in a row.
JD on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 10:17 pm
Sabs, you are en fuego! Of course, I could throw you out on a technicality…the fish is actually a Yellow Lipped (orange phase) southwestern Bohemian Sand Bass, but you’re close enough. Don Pardo, go ahead and tell Mr. Sabalow what he’s won.
“Get ready for 7 days and 6 nights of fun and excitement on your all-inclusive vacation in wonderful Los Banos, CA at the Turdville Golf Club and RV Park. The package includes all meals at the local Burger King and tickets to Midgets on Ice and the Friday Night Cage Fights!”
Actually, Troy M wins this time around with the proper guess — a “banana lipped char from my recent Alaska mission,” submitted mere moments after the post appeared on http://www.fishwithjd.com.
Nice work!
troy m on Tue, 9th Sep 2008 5:55 am
mere moments………uh, I’ll be back later, I think I need to go find a life! just kidding but you could send out that magic p’ martin that you guys (and the char) were fight’n over!
Michael J Peckham on Fri, 12th Sep 2008 10:10 pm
I think it is a Male Artic Char? From that picture its hard to see the leading edge of the front fins. If they are white. I think it is an Male spawning Artic Char. What a nice fish. What type of fly did it hit? MJP
Jameson on Sat, 8th Nov 2008 8:44 pm
Well Mike J, It looks like it hit that type of fly thats uhh… hangin’ out of its mouth there….
Just a guess…