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Dutifully fishing on Deer Lake sure did pay off for Jake Cagle on June 13, at 10:30 am. Just off the south dock in the Wanakiwin Association, a 7 pound 25” Rainbow wasted no time racing for the power bait craftily molded on the end of Jake’s fishing line that barely hit the water after casting out about 20 feet. Mom, Barbara Cagle, was there to witness all the excitement and hustled for the net. The two could see the fish was a big one as it kept to the surface before it took a strong u-turn to the bottom. Jake reeled it in slowly and steadily giving the fish some line so as not to break the pole as the tip nearly bent into the water. Pure luck the feisty fish didn’t jump up and spit out the small hook. The exhilarating fight was on between fish and fisherman while Mom prayed that the fish would surface without jumping so she could successfully net it. The two couldn’t believe their eyes when the fish took a nose dive into the net and saw its tail flapping above the rim. Jake hugged his catch all the way to the beach as seen in the photo. “I don’t want to let go of him,” he said. He didn’t care how fishy his sweatshirt got. Mom was there behind Jake holding on to his fishing pole with the hook and line still in the fish’s mouth. Jake wasn’t about to lose this one. His dad was watching from the deck and saw that it was a good size when Mom radioed him to come down to help unhook the fish and take pictures. Jake wanted everyone to see it and join in on his excitement. He weighed the fish with two different scales several times to be sure of the weight. You may think this is funny but there have been so many stories about the “Big One” that got away. Not this time, good for you Jake! Now he’s got a real story to tell and with proof to boot! There are many larger fish in Deer Lake but these big rainbows are hard to come by. A fish biologist, Bill Baker, from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said, “This was most likely either a carry-over net pen fish or a carry-over Jumbo. It’s a perfect fish and should make for some good eating.” At first we thought it was a Silver because the fish meat was so red and the body mostly silver, but the spotted tail was the tell-tale of this rainbow trout. Acknowledgements are given to Ken Ring associated with the “Northeast Washington Sportsman Group” and to Jim Santora for their efforts in raising net pen rainbows in Deer Lake. Thank you for making Jake’s catch a real story. Written by: Barbara Olivo Cagle Author of 16 x MOM: A Mastery of Motherhood “It gave me such great pleasure to share this moment with my son, as it did him and his dad.” PS: Another amazing thing happened an hour before the big catch. We watched a bald eagle swoop down to where we were fishing and nearly clip another fisherman’s shoulder while it went for a dying fish 10 feet in front of us. Wish we had a photo for that one.

kevinbe

7/1/2010 10:46:00 PM

Wow! I was just telling my brother in law that we should try Deer for the Kokes. He says, when have you ever heard of Kokes in deer?
There you have it J dog.
We should try deer.

fishbig

7/2/2010 9:18:00 AM

Hard to tell from that picture but are you sure its not a triploid rainbow? If it is truly a kokanee it would be the new Washington state record. The current state record is 6.25 lbs Im thinking that its a triploid by what I can tell from the picture. Do you have any additional closer picture?

spinnerbait89

7/2/2010 9:37:00 AM

That's not a silver, that's a rainbow.

Silver's aren't kokanee, they're land locked coho salmon. Kokanee are landlocked sockeye salmon.

Nice fish regardless!

Shady136

7/2/2010 10:15:00 AM

Silvers ARE kokanee AND landlocked sockeye. But that doesn't quite look like one...the tail isn't pointed enough. But it's an awesome bow!

spinnerbait89

7/2/2010 10:54:00 AM

Check your facts Shady, you're incorrect.

goosegetter79

7/2/2010 12:07:00 PM

Hate to tell you spinner but shady is right!

Snootch

7/2/2010 12:58:00 PM

So silvers are Coho (not debated) but landlocked sockeye are silvers too? Then what are landlocked Coho?

spinnerbait89

7/2/2010 1:51:00 PM

This will be my last post on the matter, as it's not worth arguing with backyard biologists. Please feel free to visit this site to clear up your confusion: http://fishresource.com/fish/fish017.asp

snake7676

7/2/2010 2:29:00 PM

I think all salmon have forked tails on them and trout have more of a triangle shape on them . So from what I can see thats a bow and a nice one at that ! good for your son and mother team nice work and keep them reports coming ! thanks

goosegetter79

7/2/2010 3:12:00 PM

Call us what you like but check out this site http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fishing/regional/fishresources/salmon.html and scroll down to sockeye. Pretty sure it says kokanee or "silver trout" (landlocked form).

spinnerbait89

7/2/2010 3:21:00 PM

"silver trout" (a misused nickname for kokanee) or "silver salmon" (a landlocked COHO)??? You busted yourself in your arguement.

fishbig

7/2/2010 3:24:00 PM

Kokanee are landlocked sockeye and are also called silvers or bluebacks. The fish in the picture is a nice fish but as Shady says the tail is not right to be a silver.And spinnerbait you might want to do more research on kokanee as you are wrong.

goosegetter79

7/2/2010 3:54:00 PM

Didn't bust anything! Silver trout aka silver's! You busted yourself when you responded back which you said you weren't going too! I guess everyone is wrong but you. Go ahead and think ur right! Don't bother me any!

goosegetter79

7/2/2010 3:57:00 PM

So even all the website's that call them silver's are all wrong when they "misuse this nickname". Who's the backyard biologist? Thanks fishbig but everyone's wrong but him! (According to him)

Matt

7/2/2010 10:07:00 PM

Spinnerbait, you are incorrect. I have heard kokanee, or landlocked sockeye, called SILVERS plenty of times, especially in Eastern Washington. They ARE known as silver trout. The term "Silver" is a nick name, it could be applied to any fish really. As such, many people miss use/confuse the term "bluebacks" in the same manor dubbing both coho and sockeye with the nickname.... either way.... landlocked sockeye CAN be called silvers, it is a nickname. Get over it.

Jake Dogfish

7/4/2010 6:38:00 AM

Both kokanee and coho are often referred to as silvers. That fish is neither. Thanks for the report.

Mike Carey

7/8/2010 12:07:00 AM

updated report per request of poster.

Barbara

7/8/2010 9:48:00 AM

Thanks for being so supportive and excited about my son's catch. The comments from all the "Old Geezers" caused me to chuckle. A great fishing wish to all :)

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