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The Huge Kokanee of Lake Clementine

April 1, 2006 By JD 8 Comments

Clementine kokanee

I received a very interesting call the other day from Abril Tolo, a buddy of mine who works for Game and Fish. He asked if I could help him out with a research project he’s been overseeing for the past several years. Tolo (or “Island” as we call him, which morphed from when we used to call him “A-Tol” but I digress) said all I needed to do was tow my boat down to Lake Clementine where we were going to do a little “hook & line” sampling. He said to bring some light-action steelhead rods and he’d have everything else.

It sounded cool to me and I was particularly intrigued by the fact that he made a specific point to have me bring steelhead rods. I didn’t have the foggiest notion what we’d need them for at Clementine, considering the largest fish I’d ever caught there was a 2-pound smallie. So, it was with great eagerness that I met him at Raley’s in Train Village last Tuesday. As we slowly crept down the winding road to the launch, he gave me the full scoop.

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Filed Under: Best of FishwithJD, Humor Tagged With: world record kokanee salmon

A Day in the Life of a Giant Brown Trout

March 19, 2006 By JD Leave a Comment

Mr. Hogito was hungry. Being early spring, there was not much life out and about and meals were few and far between.?? He hadn’t eaten anything in about a week, and then it was only a small chub that he surprised along a shallow flat — hardly enough to sustain his great body for more than a day.?? He cruised along a rocky shoreline, 20 feet down, hoping to intercept a careless sucker or perhaps a rainbow.

In the light of early dawn, nothing edible exposed itself and Mr. Hogito continued on a parallel track to the bank for another quarter mile.?? As he rounded the point, the huge brown’s lateral line sensed commotion in the distance and his exceptionally sensitive nostrils picked up a faint scent that made his fins twitch with anticipation.

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Giant British Columbia Steelhead

March 15, 2006 By JD 1 Comment

Thirty pound steelie

If the steelhead of a lifetime is something you’ve been dreaming of, look no further than the streams of Northern British Columbia — the home of the largest steelies in the world.

My top pick for an outfitter in the area is Gill McKean’s West Coast Fishing Adventures, who caters to small groups of  anglers and has many, many, many fish over 30 pounds (including this jumbo hawg in the photo) to his credit. He’s also hooked at least one steelhead that would have gone over 40 pounds and guided an angler to a 28-pound world line class record.

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Your Fish Tasting Fishy?

March 9, 2006 By JD Leave a Comment

So, that fish you caught the other day didn’t quite turn out to be as good on the grill as you had expected. In fact, you decided that it tasted a little too “fishy.” The funny thing is, however, fish shouldn’t ever taste fishy — and when it does, it usually means it was not properly taken care of between the time it was caught to the time it was eaten. The good news is that dreaded fishy flavor can be avoided!

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Pink Plastic for Trout

March 8, 2006 By JD 2 Comments

What I’m about to tell you is going to sound a little crazy, but hear me out. I’ve been sitting on this for quite a while, but I figured it was finally time to let the secret out and clue you all into some of the most productive trout lures I’ve ever come across.
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Filed Under: Trout & Kokanee Tagged With: pink plastic worms, pink worm, trout

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