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Rob G.
5/13/2009 11:16:00 AMLast year my buddy caught a chinook that looked just like this one off of some POWER BAIT! Crazy.....
steelhead64389
5/13/2009 4:37:00 PMHi Joe. It's Scott.
It looks like there are quite a few Chinook in Lk Chelan. Are the numbers growing? Why? Is it the resource (Shrimp and Kokanee) that are helping their #s? Is this a hatchery thing?
Also, Knowing that you work in the fisheries field, I wanted to get your opinion on a bacteria or parasite I have seen on Kokanee that I've caught out of Lake Sammamish. There seems to be lesions on the fish with brownish wormy looking parasites. I noticed the Kokanee have been jumping and breaching on the top of the surface as if they were trying to get rid of an itch or get away from a fish. Ithought this was unusual. The Kokanee of Lake Sammammish are large 15" or so and there aren't a whole lot of "HUGE" fish that would chase them in the middle of the lake. Would you know what this bacteria is and if it will kill the fish? As you may or may not know, the Lake Sammamish Kokanee is an Endangered Specie and protected. This year there seems to be lots of them which I thought was encouraging, but I am discouraged by seeing the parasites. Also, last year, I caught several Sea Lamphrey like fish in LK Sammamish. I wanted to show WDFW the eels, but they managed to fall through my Live well plug hole. I meant to close it. I felt terrible about that. Are Lamphreys a problem or perhaps a cause of this Kokanee problem?
On another note, I'd like to come up and tangle with "Walter" of Rufus Woods which you fought a couple weeks ago.. Is the fishing good there right now?
As always, I look forward to hearing from you Joe! thanks for your reports.
It looks like there are quite a few Chinook in Lk Chelan. Are the numbers growing? Why? Is it the resource (Shrimp and Kokanee) that are helping their #s? Is this a hatchery thing?
Also, Knowing that you work in the fisheries field, I wanted to get your opinion on a bacteria or parasite I have seen on Kokanee that I've caught out of Lake Sammamish. There seems to be lesions on the fish with brownish wormy looking parasites. I noticed the Kokanee have been jumping and breaching on the top of the surface as if they were trying to get rid of an itch or get away from a fish. Ithought this was unusual. The Kokanee of Lake Sammammish are large 15" or so and there aren't a whole lot of "HUGE" fish that would chase them in the middle of the lake. Would you know what this bacteria is and if it will kill the fish? As you may or may not know, the Lake Sammamish Kokanee is an Endangered Specie and protected. This year there seems to be lots of them which I thought was encouraging, but I am discouraged by seeing the parasites. Also, last year, I caught several Sea Lamphrey like fish in LK Sammamish. I wanted to show WDFW the eels, but they managed to fall through my Live well plug hole. I meant to close it. I felt terrible about that. Are Lamphreys a problem or perhaps a cause of this Kokanee problem?
On another note, I'd like to come up and tangle with "Walter" of Rufus Woods which you fought a couple weeks ago.. Is the fishing good there right now?
As always, I look forward to hearing from you Joe! thanks for your reports.
Lake Chelan Adventures
5/13/2009 6:16:00 PMScott there is a few Parasites that can irritate the fish...We have a lake here Roses Lake that the trout get raspberry disease that they get these red blotchy spots on them...They act the same as your koks are doing..Then there is another which fish in fish tanks get Ich..I would contact the wdfw and let them know about what you are seeing...maybe take a fish to regoinal office..Pathologist would really like to look at what it is...
I have got to thank the WDFW for the numbers of Chinook that we are catching now...Triploid Chinook Program started 5 yrs ago and now we are seeing the results...and boy do these fish battle...
I have got to thank the WDFW for the numbers of Chinook that we are catching now...Triploid Chinook Program started 5 yrs ago and now we are seeing the results...and boy do these fish battle...
steelhead64389
5/14/2009 12:32:00 PMThanks Joe, if I can catch another one of those Kokanee I'll try and keep it alive and show the WDFW. That's awesome about the Chinook fishery on Chelan. I hope you continue to catch fish like that for a long time. I'll call you soon to schedule another trip for those Chelan Lakers and Rufus Woods.