Archie Moses and I went on a date.
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Duck Rodgers
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Can you turn me into Bear Grylls? I need to be able to fish with a spear and my hands only.
I value TheDude's fishing opinions very much, as he's an avid Bum himself. That being said, I value mine quite a bit more. I agree that the fish looks like a rainbow. I thought as much when I first saw it, and still have my doubts. However, having handled thousands of rainbows in my life, I'd never handled one like this. The coloration was like nothing I've seen before, and again, I've caught and handled thousands of rainbows. The fact that the fellers at the docks who took a look at it both said it was a Koke was enough to sway me, but the kicker is this: I kept the fish in my little floating wire creel, and throughout the evening I noticed these little white "bubble" things coming up from below. I then noticed that fish were rising all over and I assumed that this was some sort of hatching bug and got all hot and bothered. It wasn't until I finally thought to "catch" one of these emerging bugs that I realized that they were scales that were coming off of Archibald's fish. Rainbows don't shed their scales like that.
So, while I am loath to do it, I'm going to go w/ Archie on this one. The rest of you are dumb.
I've seen you play, and I think I'll pass on the lesson -- thanks though. I'd be happy to go slaughter fish with you sometime though.
UGLI baby
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Fair enough. You have had plenty of time to watch the way I play after you've been knocked out.
I'm down to fish but I dunno if I'm a serious enough fisher for a fella like you. I basically like to just hang out, and catching fish is a bonus. I can cast a line over 400 yards though, so atleast there's that.
I showed this pic to Mr. Fish Biologist. He tests fish from waters all over the state.
He said it's definitely a kokanee based on two distinguishing traits. He pulled out his magnifying glass and showed me the spots. He says the pattern wasn't important but the spots have a distinguishing shape that I was unable to determine with my untrained eyes. He has species tested thousands of these through PCR as part of his disease documenting process and has never seen rainbow trout DNA show up with this spotting characteristic. He also said the tail is a dead giveaway due to it's unorthodox lining.
He said it's definitely a kokanee based on two distinguishing traits. He pulled out his magnifying glass and showed me the spots. He says the pattern wasn't important but the spots have a distinguishing shape that I was unable to determine with my untrained eyes. He has species tested thousands of these through PCR as part of his disease documenting process and has never seen rainbow trout DNA show up with this spotting characteristic. He also said the tail is a dead giveaway due to it's unorthodox lining.
Archie Moses
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So what do I win from my bet?
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What shape? What lining?
Sure looks like a rainbow.
Maybe juvie kokes look like rainbows.
Maybe this expert is wrong.
Not every koke looks like the one's you see in the fishing magazines. I'm glad Trout and Archie posted a pic of what a real koke looks like.