04-30-2006, 03:16 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Sorry to hear they are no longer a part of the biomass in the Gorge. I fished them many years ago, during the days when Del Canty bagged that big beautiful 26 pound male in spawning colors...on a fly from a float tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I had heard that a few bigguns still show up, but that was from "fishermen".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I suspect that one of the reasons they have been "phased out" is because they prey heavily on kokanee. The poor kokes already get a lot of pressure from the macks, since the chub population has crashed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I had heard that a few bigguns still show up, but that was from "fishermen".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I suspect that one of the reasons they have been "phased out" is because they prey heavily on kokanee. The poor kokes already get a lot of pressure from the macks, since the chub population has crashed.[/#0000ff]
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