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Pend Oreille County, WA

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10/18/2011
Casting
Pike
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Afternoon
10/18/2011
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The wife and I took the afternoon off on a georgeous fall afternoon and headed up to the PO river for our last fishing trip of the year. Put in at Cusick @ 1:00, water temps in the low 50's. Headed down to Davis and dead cow slough and boated only one Pike and missed a few at the boat, lower water temps have made them really slow, most strikes occured at the side of the boat on follows. I picked up this odd looking trout that I'm not really sure what species of trout it is, almost looks like a Tiger trout, which we caught a few of those at Loon this spring. For all you trout folks we did see quite a few hanging out along the weedlines. What a great year of fishing, found a new favorite fish, thanks Mark (aka AJ's Dad)! May give the Tiger Muskie a try next year, hope everyone has a great winter, see ya on the slopes!

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starman1661
10/19/2011 5:29:00 AM
Looks like a Mack. Nice fish
Augwen
10/19/2011 7:02:00 AM
That is definitely a mack! Must have made its way down from one of the big lakes.
AJ's Dad
10/19/2011 7:34:00 AM
Wow what a special fish. It looks like a Hybrid cross between a Northern Pike and a Squaw fish. It has a spotted type coloring like a Pike and the forked tail of a Squaw Fish. I'm convinced we have a new species here. Did you release it? I suggest an all out gill netting program to try to rid the POR of this new preditor. OK I'm just kidding. Although I have never caught one, I to believe that is a Mackinaw that made his way over the dam from PO Lake.
BMGW
10/19/2011 8:26:00 AM
Splake!
deepbuzzer
10/19/2011 11:56:00 AM
That is a Mack, nice catch
Mark K
10/19/2011 5:01:00 PM
Nice Mack! My father in law got one up there last year. They make their way down from Lake Pend Oreille. It's too nice out to quit fishing already!
kevinb
10/19/2011 10:34:00 PM
Nice laker you got there,no doubt it come from Lake Pend Oreille. It has a very large population of them. Nice fish
ilv2fish
10/19/2011 10:34:00 PM
Another fish to cross off my bucket list! Thanks for all the reply's and yes Mark K, your right, it may be too early to call it a season.
hmongspokane
10/26/2011 10:48:00 AM
That's a nice mack! I have to catch me one of those next time on the PO.
paulstory
3/24/2012 5:31:00 PM
Where did you catch that mack?!I've caught only two in the Pend Oreille river,both above boundary dam.I hope they are able to survive in the river and grow large.Nice fish!
ilv2fish
3/30/2012 1:09:00 PM
Skookum Creek inlet.
G-Man
3/30/2012 2:51:00 PM
Nice mack! Unfortunately, I can see this giving the WDFW another reason to panic and start the cleansing of the PO river.
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