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u/insanecorgiposse 3d ago
To think it swam out to the pacific ocean from Spokane as a fry, dodged predators for four years in the open ocean and then swam back up the river to spokane thinking he was going to hook up and hook up he did, just not the way he intended.
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u/Haydukelivesbig 2d ago
No ocean adventures for that fishy unfortunately. It was raised in a hatchery on the Colville Reservation and released into the Spokane R by the tribe in August as part of a salmon reintroduction study. Crazy bit of history, that fish would be a little baby compared to the Kings that used to run up the Spokane before the dams went in. Chinook over 100lb’s were common catches right in downtown Spokane up until the 1930’s.
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u/Wickums 2d ago
That's a naive summer Chinook transported from the anadromous zone and released into Lake Roosevelt. These fish are for ongoing behavior and survival studies by the Upper Columbia United Tribes.
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u/Haydukelivesbig 2d ago
That makes zero sense. Native to where, the Columbia in general? What ‘anadromous zone’ are you talking about? This fish came from the Entiat Hatchery as I stated. Also, you’ve made 4 posts in 6 years on Reddit, why’re you chiming in here with disinformation? 🧐
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u/Wickums 2d ago
I said naive not native, which in this context means the natal waters for this fish is not above Chief Joseph Dam so it is naive to the area. The Columbia River below Chief Joseph Dam is called the anadromous zone and since there is no fish passage at Chief Joseph, above is called the blocked area.
This fish looks like it was caught in the Spokane arm of Lake Roosevelt and not the Spokane River. You said Colville reservation is where this fish came from and now its Entiat, which is not on the Colville. You have no way of knowing where this fish came from as the Tribes only release adipose intact juvenile Chinook. The Tribes present this information yearly at fisheries conferences and public forums. My post history doesn't matter, I'm just trying to provide additional context to this thread.
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u/Haydukelivesbig 2d ago
It’s called the ‘Spokane Arm’ because it’s the Spokane River that’s simply been flooded by Grand Coulee. Also a ‘naive’ salmon is not a thing 😂 Good try.
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u/velawsiraptor 1d ago
Idk man…he was kinda spitting there
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u/blindexhibitionist 1d ago
Yeah, I don’t know shit and also don’t even know how I got this in my feed but if I had to pick the person who knows what they’re talking about that dude definitely seemed to know their shit
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u/Distinct-King-6735 3d ago
Are these common in Spokane?
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u/Top-River5094 3d ago
I’ve caught 2 the other was this time last year in the same spot but all together I would say probably not
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u/Distinct-King-6735 3d ago
Hmm what would you put the fish to hour ratio. Currently it’s 22hours here
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u/Dennis_Celery 3d ago
Are you going to eat that?
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u/Top-River5094 2d ago
No I let it back that ones about to spawn out dude shitty meat might as well let it have its babies and go get some more next year
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u/NerveNo5086 3d ago
What kind of fish is that?
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u/Pure_Management6635 3d ago
That’s a old spring chinook getting ready to finish its spawning phase and feed it babies with it rotting corpse
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u/B3L1AL 3d ago
Can I ask what you used?
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u/Top-River5094 3d ago
Kastmater green and yellow
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u/B3L1AL 3d ago
Nice! Ive used daredevls but havent had luck with the kastmasters on the spokane. I'll have to try again some time 😁
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u/Top-River5094 3d ago
I used jerkbaits all summer and had a lot of luck with them but I also fly fish funny enough it was the first day using a kastmaster on the Spokane since last November where I also caught a landlocked chinook.
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u/ExtremeDawdling 3d ago
I'd bet that is an ocean fish placed upriver by the tribe to determine what areas reintroduced chinook might use in the future. There is apparently an ongoing study.