squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:49 am
Anyone guess the weight of this squaw?
No scale or measuring tape - CNR (Let the comments begin!)
No scale or measuring tape - CNR (Let the comments begin!)
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RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:54 am
2.5 lbs
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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? 
I'd have bonked it and left it for the buzzards.
I'd have bonked it and left it for the buzzards.RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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
I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:16 pm
1.75 is my guess.It looks like a cat.Nice deep coloring for a squawfish.
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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...
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...
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:22 pm
dilbert wrote:
I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:36 pm
bpm2000 wrote:dilbert wrote:
I'll say 1.5 - 2 pounds
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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?
How is that for CNR?
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:13 pm
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 )dilbert wrote:Shoot, I just CNR'd a carp. I couldn't bring myself to hurt the ugly critter.
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
:compress: :compress: :compress:
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:18 pm
Hey man, for 4 bucks I would have carried the thing around all day...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...
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.
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:18 pm
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:06 pm
Nice catch PaulReilly. I'd say just under 2lbs. for sure. How'd ya catch it?
And where are you?
fishnislife
And where are you?
fishnislife
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:08 pm
WOW there some issues for ya! theres help for that.LOLAnglinarcher 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?
its called FISH ON!!!!!
:viking:
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:15 pm
Looks like muskie food:-"
Nice catch
Nice catch
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:14 am
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.fishnislife wrote:Nice catch PaulReilly. I'd say just under 2lbs. for sure. How'd ya catch it?
And where are you?
fishnislife
Was a good fight, but I would have prefered a trout.
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:15 am
LMAOvancouverhandyman wrote:WOW there some issues for ya! theres help for that.LOLAnglinarcher 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?
its called FISH ON!!!!!
:viking:
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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.
RE:squawfish - guess the weight?
Posted: 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. ;)