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WALLEYE MIKE
07-02-2007, 08:49 PM
Took out PA Papas toy II and 3 of his friends. Set out from Marine city and trolled down stream. Marked alot caught little. Tried a couple of different baits I don't usually use. Nothing was caught on crawlers. GULP with a harness on one and a walleye spoon for the other. Never tried walleye spoons in the river trolling. Decided to try because they didn't seem to want crawlers. Also had a surprise catch. Which was caught by Jim (PA Papas toy). His wife got the trip for him for his 50th birthday. And he happen to catch this:

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/531/P1010019-2.JPG

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/531/P1010021-2.JPG

Weighed in at 7 1/4 lbs. never thought kings would still be in the river at the end of June. It was caught down where the NC and SC split. It was caught on one of the walleye spoons.



sailfish
07-02-2007, 09:02 PM
Nice catch.Looks more like steel than king by that canoe tail.;)
WALLEYE MIKE
07-02-2007, 09:11 PM
Nice catch.Looks more like steel than king by that canoe tail.;)

Had spots on the back and it tail just like a king, plus a straight tail. But then again, I'm not a salmonoid type of guy.
FishTales
07-02-2007, 09:34 PM
Looks like a Steelhead to me also.
Steelie's have a white mouth, Kings are black, fish in pic looks like a white mouth to me.
Click on the link below for Salmonoid ID
Rich
Trout and Salmon ID (http://www.great-lakes.org/fishid.html)
WALLEYE MIKE
07-03-2007, 06:55 AM
What color flesh do they have?. This one was biege/ light orange.
Big Daddy Benelli
07-03-2007, 07:00 AM
That's what I was thinking too FISHTALES. No black mouth no king:) .. Looks really blue in the first pic also.. Light orange flesh....
RIVER LADY
07-03-2007, 07:04 AM
Looks like steel to me. The tail, the mouth. It's gotta be steel.
andy capp
07-03-2007, 08:07 AM
I filleted a bunch of steel sunday and the meaqt dont look no different that salmon meat. The steel we caught had an emerald colored back.
shalegac
07-03-2007, 08:44 AM
The king we have caught had a darker orange color compared to the steel which were a mild orange. Lake trout were even lighter still. But that can all be different per fish. The real tell is the mouth color like FishTales said. black mouth = King, white = steel.
Contender
07-03-2007, 09:22 AM
99.9% certain that is a steelie... check out the eye and blue-ish face. Tail is pretty square too.

Catch a few of them in the NC, closer to grassy thru July.

Nice fish!
tgafish
07-03-2007, 10:35 AM
99.9% certain that is a steelie... check out the eye and blue-ish face. Tail is pretty square too.

Catch a few of them in the NC, closer to grassy thru July.

Nice fish!
I'll fill in the other .1%. :) That is 100% a steelhead. Try grilling it on a cedar plank. Very tasty! Cool bonus fish Mike!
WALLEYE MIKE
07-03-2007, 02:56 PM
It had olive color on the very top of its back with black dots within that color all the way to the tail and on the tail. Flesh was a very light orange. Did not look in the mouth for its color. No fork in the tail

Looked like the one thats in the DNR rules phamphet. Well whatever it is, it was a very surprise catch.
dtg
07-03-2007, 03:06 PM
Kings have black gums. As for the rest of the salmon groups, I'm clueless. White mouth, white gums, Steelhead,.... White mouth black gums, Coho That one looks to be a Steelhead.
tgafish
07-03-2007, 03:53 PM
Here's a king and a steelie side by side for reference.
http://rumdaddy.ipbhost.com/uploads/monthly_06_2007/post-648-1182956305.jpg
Robert Hoover
07-03-2007, 04:09 PM
my buddie got one over their the other night also ,kinda weird,Hopefully their making a comeback?
WALLEYE MIKE
07-03-2007, 07:41 PM
Here's a king and a steelie side by side for reference.
http://rumdaddy.ipbhost.com/uploads/monthly_06_2007/post-648-1182956305.jpg

Steelie on the left? If so, guess thats what we got. See my first photo. Looks like white gums.
jakeo
07-04-2007, 12:56 AM
Trout stamp needed ????

Buddies daughter caught one off Monroe last year and he released.
PLEASE ONLY SERIOUS ANSWERS
michhank
07-04-2007, 01:43 AM
[quote=jakeo]Trout stamp needed ????
Yes
WALLEYE MIKE
07-04-2007, 07:02 AM
Trout stamp needed ????

Buddies daughter caught one off Monroe last year and he released.
PLEASE ONLY SERIOUS ANSWERS

Yes, if you want to keep it or if you are targeting that specie.
sailfish
07-04-2007, 08:40 AM
Steelie on the left? If so, guess thats what we got. See my first photo. Looks like white gums.

Steel on the left.King on right.
jakeo
07-04-2007, 08:42 AM
Thank you.
Bruce William
07-04-2007, 11:51 AM
No that's a Skamania ... Just kidding I don't know the difference but it is a nice catch must have been a surprise.
shalegac
07-04-2007, 08:55 PM
Yes, if you want to keep it or if you are targeting that specie.

Doesn't that depend on the age of the child? I know a license is not needed if under a certain age for most species, but does it matter in regards to salmon/trout if under the licensed age?
WALLEYE MIKE
07-05-2007, 07:05 AM
Doesn't that depend on the age of the child? I know a license is not needed if under a certain age for most species, but does it matter in regards to salmon/trout if under the licensed age?

I was assuming someone over the age of 17.