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squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by PaulReilly » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:49 am

Anyone guess the weight of this squaw?

No scale or measuring tape - CNR (Let the comments begin!)
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by zen leecher aka Bill W » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:54 am

2.5 lbs
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by G-Man » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:28 am

I'd say this fish would go about 2lbs. It looks like a river fish, more sleek than one you'd catch in a lake. CNR? :scratch: I'd have bonked it and left it for the buzzards.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by dilbert » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:51 am

Shoot, I just CNR'd a carp. I couldn't bring myself to hurt the ugly critter.

I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by racfish » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:16 pm

1.75 is my guess.It looks like a cat.Nice deep coloring for a squawfish.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by Rollin with Rolland » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:22 pm

2-2.5. Looks like it's belly is full of salmon smolts!! How's that motor coming along?

oh, yeah, C&R?? Squawfish?? I hate mercilessly killing, but did you know the DFW will give you 4 bucks for that fish!! Woops, my bad, I guess thats only on the lower Columbia and snake...oh well...
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by bpm2000 » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:22 pm

dilbert wrote:
I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by Derrick-k » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:36 pm

bpm2000 wrote:
dilbert wrote:
I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
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Post by Anglinarcher » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:40 pm

Weight? Before or after I cut it from stem to stern, drop the guts into the water, smash the head into rocks, and then "release it"?

How is that for CNR?
Too much water, so many fish, too little time.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by PaulReilly » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:13 pm

dilbert wrote:Shoot, I just CNR'd a carp. I couldn't bring myself to hurt the ugly critter.
I knew I'd catch some **** for releasing a squawfish - call me a tree hugging hippie, call me a pansy, call me a ( add name here )

I just have a hard time killing things if I'm not going to eat them

Oh well... what is a tree hugging pansy hippie shitbag supposed to do

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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by PaulReilly » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:18 pm

Rollin with Rolland wrote:2-2.5. Looks like it's belly is full of salmon smolts!! How's that motor coming along?

oh, yeah, C&R?? Squawfish?? I hate mercilessly killing, but did you know the DFW will give you 4 bucks for that fish!! Woops, my bad, I guess thats only on the lower Columbia and snake...oh well...
Hey man, for 4 bucks I would have carried the thing around all day...

Engine is coming along - spent the day saturday pulling the thing apart - parts arrive tommorrow, so far so good

The reassembly / getting it to run part is what scares me..

I'm all in now though, I just spent 100 bucks in parts.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by fishnislife » Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:06 pm

Nice catch PaulReilly. I'd say just under 2lbs. for sure. How'd ya catch it?
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by VHMLLC » Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:08 pm

Anglinarcher wrote:Weight? Before or after I cut it from stem to stern, drop the guts into the water, smash the head into rocks, and then "release it"?

How is that for CNR?
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by kevinb » Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:15 pm

Looks like muskie food:-"

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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by travislikesfishing » Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:20 pm

i would say 1.5-2lb i you always kill those thing unless you dont like trout or something
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by PaulReilly » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:14 am

fishnislife wrote:Nice catch PaulReilly. I'd say just under 2lbs. for sure. How'd ya catch it?
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Spokane River - Nice catch for the fight yes, but not exactly the targeted species. Caught it on a single hooked spinner, he hit is as soon as a cast it in the water on the fall.

Was a good fight, but I would have prefered a trout.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by PaulReilly » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:15 am

vancouverhandyman wrote:
Anglinarcher wrote:Weight? Before or after I cut it from stem to stern, drop the guts into the water, smash the head into rocks, and then "release it"?

How is that for CNR?
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by racfish » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:36 am

When I'm fishing Lk Wa and I catch a Squawfish I dont outright kill it either. I leave it on the dock .If it falls back in it lives.If it dont Oh Well!!!Its never a waste to kill fish like that .There is something on that Lk that will eat it.Be it a eagle ,hawk,seagull,or heron.Nothing goes to a total waste .Squaw do wipe out salmon eggs and small fry.
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?

Post by Proverb » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:40 am

We have those on the snake river. I caught one about that size on a spinner once. If you don't want to kill it or turn itin for the bounty just toss it up on the bank. I know around here we have a lot of Musk rats, raccoons, river otters, coyotes and water foul that would love a free fish snack. They destroy salmon habitat.. so that mean it has to go in my book. ;)
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