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    • January 4, 2005 at 2:13 am #81308
      sooperfly
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        Caught my first fish of ’05. Yesterday on the Methow River. Pretty chilly out and the wind was blowing, but there wasn’t hardly a soul on the river.

        😀

        http://tinyurl.com/4x8lg

      • January 4, 2005 at 5:30 am #85150
        mossback
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          Looks like it was worth it. Nice fish.

        • January 7, 2005 at 9:55 pm #85151
          Anonymous

            Nice fish!!!

          • January 7, 2005 at 9:57 pm #85152
            Anonymous

              Indeed!!!

              McPil

            • January 15, 2005 at 4:12 am #85153
              brownster145
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                Wow… that fish is pretty bright for this time of year up there, isn’t it? I still haven’t gotten over there like I’ve been meaning to. Maybe next year…

                I might as well join the fun, here. I caught this fish on the last day of ’04 on the Green River (native, released).

                Still looking for my first fish of ’05. 🙄

                Andrew

              • January 19, 2005 at 7:28 pm #85154
                sooperfly
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                  Not really, most of the ones we have caught so far have been just like this. Maybe the males might be a bit darker. That’s a great fish you have there! Would that be net marks toward the back ? Or maybe it duked it out with a seal? 😀

                • January 21, 2005 at 10:22 pm #85155
                  brownster145
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                    Yeah, those are net scars from the Muckleshoots’ gillnets, which are, about 4 days per week, strung all across the Duwamish waterway up toward Seattle. When the nets are in, you won’t see many fish headed upriver; they take a lot of fish down there. I guess this one was strong enough to fight her way back out, though.

                    Sadly, about 5% of the fish I catch in this river have net scars, and those are the lucky ones. I think I need to head Methow-ward. 😀

                    Andrew

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