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Posted by: sarge - Ex Member Posted on: 03/16/06 at 01:08:37
Because they be chewed up, Kirk. If only fish pooped out their food whole, my job would be easier... And there's more than one species of salmon.

Posted by: kholmes - Ex Member Posted on: 03/16/06 at 00:21:56
How can an salmon be "unidentified"? Hmm... Either you is or you isn't.

Posted by: trackerpt175 - Ex Member Posted on: 03/16/06 at 00:03:10
that goldfish thing made me laugh because last spring at alder lake i was fishing in a cove when i came across like 100-200 small goldfish i couldnt believe my eyes.

Posted by: sarge - Ex Member Posted on: 03/15/06 at 22:51:42
Hey Mike and everyone else, I just finished analyzing some data from Lake Washington a while back, and here are the percentages from around 50 smallmouth bass diets in spring of 2005: 41% crayfish 19% stickleback 13% sculpin 10% unidentified fish 6% smelt 3% sockeye salmon 7% cutthroat trout 1% unidentified salmon Thought you might be interested... Chris

Posted by: larrys - Ex Member Posted on: 03/15/06 at 04:43:18
There is a very common forage...... 4-1/2" in length green pumpkin colored spring colors include but not limited to chartreuse shaded tail. lizard shaped maybe salamander it's belly is adorned with the letters.....z.o.o.m. 85% of bass caught in washington found to have these inside

Posted by: Mike_W - Ex Member
Posted on: 03/15/06 at 03:33:46

Can you say Goldfish? Roll Eyes

(joke)

Legal disclaimer: Mike has never used Goldfish as bait and Goldfish are not a specie of bait fish in NW waters.

I seem to remember the Biologists from the state that spole at our club say a stat of the stomach contents of the SM on Lk WA. Wasn't it 80% sculpin?

I know that I have tried several pretty raindow colored and perch painted baits that have some third world kid airbrushing till midnight. Nothing seems to work better then the natural tones of greens and browns. Can't go wrong with that.

Mike

Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 03/13/06 at 00:09:34
Crawdads, sticklebacks, salmom smolt, sculpin.....

Posted by: T_Dot - Ex Member Posted on: 03/13/06 at 00:07:40
Im still pretty new to the area, and am learning the lakes and river system as I go along. I was wondering what kind of bait fish are located around these areas, and what colors resemble them. The reason for asking, is Im shopping for soft plastics, and would like to match the hatch. At the moment I know the bass here feed on perch blue gill crappie trout what else is there? Thanks

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