Record Bow out of Idaho

[Cameron Abbott]

Not sure if anyone saw this or not but thought i would post in-case you missed it.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/15/28-pound-rainbow-trout-caught-in-northern-idaho-would-have-been-record-breaker/ 

[Scott Stankus]

That's some fish! Wow!

But... "A steelhead trout is a rainbow trout longer than 20 inches." <-- Huh??

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Cameron Abbott <cabbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Not sure if anyone saw this or not but thought i would post in-case you missed it.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/15/28-pound-rainbow-trout-caught-in-northern-idaho-would-have-been-record-breaker/ 

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[namfos]

Said "steelhead" need not be anadramous? Methinks we have a reporter who doesn't know jack about the topic of his story nor does his editor. 

Mark

[Rob Snowhite]

Looks triploid to me

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On Jan 16, 2015, at 9:04 AM, namfos <mark....@gmail.com> wrote:

Said "steelhead" need not be anadramous? Methinks we have a reporter who doesn't know jack about the topic of his story nor does his editor. 

Mark

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[Lane Thurgood]

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 9:04:34 AM UTC-5, namfos wrote:

Said "steelhead" need not be anadramous? Methinks we have a reporter who doesn't know jack about the topic of his story nor does his editor. 

Mark

 

I think you can blame this one on the writing of the law: "Steelhead are rainbow trout longer than 20 inches in length in the Snake River drainage below Hells Canyon Dam, the Salmon River drainage (excluding lakes and the Pahsimeroi and Lemhi rivers), and the Clearwater River drainage (excluding that portion above Dworshak Dam and lakes)." http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/fish/rules/steelhead.pdf

[Scott Stankus]

Huh - interesting!

Thanks, Lane!

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[Rob Snowhite]

I always thought a steelhead was the product of a salmon and a rainbow trout, the same lady at Costco told me so. 

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[Lane Thurgood]

Similarly, many states have "doe tag" for hunting, right?  Most states call these "antlerless tags."  Utah defines an antlerless deer like this:  ""Antlerless deer" means a deer without antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter."  A friend of mine once harvested what he thought was a doe.  When he walked up, he found that it was a buck with one and only one 5" antler.  To this day, I am not sure whether that deer feel within the definition of antlerless or not; after all, it did not fall within "a deer without antlers," nor did it fall within "antlers [in the plural] five inches or shorter."

 

Ah yes, the devil is in the details.

 

As you may know, some states measure fish from tip of snout to tip of tail.  Some measure snout to fork.  And in some states it depends on the species!  For example, in Florida a bluefish or spanish mackerel is measured to "fork length"; a snook or speckled trout is measured to "total length."  (And a snook has a pretty good fork.)  Oh, and billfish are lower jaw to fork length.

 

Sorry to the extent this deviates off topic.  But yes, in Idaho a rainbow trout that has never seen the ocean may still be a steelhead.  And I won't even get started on the Great Lakes steelhead. 

 

Back to work.... 

[namfos]

Well that's interesting, Lane. I'll amend my comments to include legislators and/or regulators in ID. Thanks!

Mark