I am jacks seething humility. I feel I must offer an explanation to redeem myself, and make myself feel better :)
I work night shift and on Thursday I leave straight from work to fish for the day. I headed out to the Stilly to look for some Steelhead, but had it in the back of my mind that I wouldn't mind snapping a photo of a nice "dolly" or actually anadramous bull trout. During the summer, while fishing for steelhead in this same area, I had caught a fish that my friends called a dolly varden, and that I now know is most probably a bull trout. When I caught the coho, I was so intent on wanting to see a bull trout, I just looked at the reddish color and assumed that's what it was. I was so wrapped up in taking a photo I never stopped to look closely at the fish, or I would have noticed that the fish I caught did NOT have the white pectoral fins that were very prevalent on the fish I had caught during the summer. Call this selective viewing? Aside from that, all the coho I have ever caught have been fresh, so I didn't stop to think it might be a coho. I greatly apologize for my mistake. Ryan Davey Support Engineer MSN NOC GSC "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Preston Singletary Sent: December 5, 2002 10:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bull Trout (and Dollies) Ryan, I would say that the first fish is a bull trout and that the second is certainly a coho. There are a number of small streams that have what I assume to be Dolly Varden. Kindy Creek, a tributary of the Cascade River has some, as does Downey Creek, a tributary of the Suiattle. Both are streams that have extremely high gradients in their lower reaches, essentially a series of waterfalls. Both of these streams are closed now until June 1st and looking at the regulations, I see that "all freshwater areas are closed to fishing for salmon, Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp unless listed as open" so I assume that it would be illegal to target them even when they were open.
