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Topic: Tualatin River - What is this fish?  (Read 8986 times)

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Stackofhay

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  • Location: Hillsboro OR
  • Date Registered: Jan 2009
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Put in at Rood Bridge Park this evening and saw some surface action about 1/2 mile downstream.  Floated a "Parachute Adams" fly and this guy took it down.  It had no teeth and I was not sure what I caught.  Is it obvious and I'm missing something?

Ironically when I put in a guy was there training his dog to fetch a decoy bag and he told me that he once read in Guiness book of records (before he moved to Oregon in 1982) that Tualatin river was listed as a river with a record number of species.  Really?


craig

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  • Location: Tualatin, OR
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A pea mouth chub i think.


craig

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I just found this link for a more accurate description.  It was the first fish I ever caught when I moved to Oregon.  I had no clue what it was so i photoed and released to research it when i got home.

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fish_profile/peamouth_chub.html


Stackofhay

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That seems a likely candidate.  The description said they are poor fighters and he did give up pretty quickly.  He had a fairly chunky belly...whatever he was eating there must be plenty of it.  Thanks for the info...my first pea mouth chub!    Wonder if that species is in the AOTY contest!?  :D


INSAYN

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That seems a likely candidate.  The description said they are poor fighters and he did give up pretty quickly.  He had a fairly chunky belly...whatever he was eating there must be plenty of it.  Thanks for the info...my first pea mouth chub!    Wonder if that species is in the AOTY contest!?  :D

No, that would be..."Bait".  ;D
 

"If I was ever stranded on a beach with only hand lotion...You're the guy I'd want with me!"   Polyangler, 2/27/15


Pelagic

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  • Location: Oregon City & Netarts
  • Date Registered: Aug 2008
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Looks more like a Northern Pike Minnow (aka squawfish) to me.  Would be more certain if I had a better view of the mouth.  I'm sure Bsteves will set us all straight.


EOB

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Pelagic is right you got yourself a squawfish.


INSAYN

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This should help a little.   ;)

How to tell the difference between a Northern Pikeminnow, and the Peamouth.
http://www.pikeminnow.org/How%20to%20tell%20a%20peamouth.html
 

"If I was ever stranded on a beach with only hand lotion...You're the guy I'd want with me!"   Polyangler, 2/27/15


Stackofhay

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His body shape was more like the Pikeminnow as shown in the description site INSAYN posted.  Particularly that chunky belly.  Also, his mouth went to his eyeline, I noted that.  Interesting that they get confused with Pea Mouth since we seem to be showing a clear example of that.  Now I know!  ;)


 

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