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10/10/2010
Top Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Spinner
Afternoon
10/11/2010
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went back down to sullivan park yesterday about 4pm, tried a couple of different modified panther martin's, blue/silver, yellow/gold,dark green

both Tim and myself caught some trout, Tim caught a nice Red Band trout, I caught a nice rainbow trout

uploaded some pictures
1st picture is the redband I caught saturday
2nd picture is the rainbow I caught sunday


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G-Man
10/11/2010 10:19:00 AM
Interesting fish! They both have huge mouths for being in the rainbow family, they look like they have some cuttthroat in their genes.
baconlover
10/11/2010 10:31:00 AM
i assume you kept those
casey belarde
10/11/2010 10:40:00 AM
nope caught and released
the first picture I know is a redband trout, the second one may be a cutthroat? the picture didn't do it any justice it had some nice color in it
Jay K
10/11/2010 4:05:00 PM
@ Ryan (baconlover) - I see you're from Bellingham and might not be familiar with Spokane River regulations. Spokane River from Upriver Dam to Idaho border is selective gear rules and C&R only (all game fish)... unless you were being tricky w/ Casey.
Jay K
10/11/2010 4:06:00 PM
@ casey - Nice looking fish; Thanks for sharing the report and pics. I might need to take a look-see at that area; Are anglers allowed to park at Sullivan Park and "wade" out into the Spokane from there?
earchcobber
10/11/2010 5:19:00 PM
mega mouth monster!
earchcobber
10/11/2010 5:20:00 PM
mega mouth monster!
casey belarde
10/11/2010 5:31:00 PM
@ Jay K , thats where I have been parking at, I haven't tried fly fishing there yet Im pretty new to fly fishing lol,
I'm betting it would be good too, plenty of ripples and rapids to fish at! I have fished all the way from the sullivan bridge to the railroad bridge seems to be good all thru there
watch out on the rocks really mossy
Elijah.Loves.Fishin
10/12/2010 2:08:00 AM
wow very nice! never heard of the redband trout before, gorgeous fish!
GritStomper
10/12/2010 2:23:00 PM
is a red band trout an actual species or did you just make that one up? :)
Jay K
10/12/2010 6:08:00 PM
@GritStomper - From wiki- Redband can be synonymous with rainbow trout, but also used to delineate inland sub-species with well-known geographical distributions in the US such as Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii or Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei or Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii. I've heard there's a club of flyfishermen who try to foster protection of the Spokane River's "native" redband trout.
casey belarde
10/12/2010 6:23:00 PM
there are signs posted all along the river that show the redband native trout, that's how I was able to figure out what it was lol
GritStomper
10/14/2010 6:53:00 PM
@JayK you are a nerd thx @ casey i wasnt sure if those werent signs warning fishermen not to eat tanted spokane river rainbow trout thx k bye
Caddisken
10/17/2010 11:26:00 PM
Hey guys,

I just joined with basic service today. Can you tell me how to post on this site? I don't see anywhere to add a new post.

Thanks!
thpoff
3/4/2012 6:15:00 PM
A true redband is usually 10'' at maturity. A cutbow will have two red-orange slashes at bottom of mouth. Your fish could be a cutthroat.
If you guys are serious about the Spokane River, release the fish you catch. When I first started fishing the river it was nearly fished out, just a thought.
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