The pike minnow... i have never seen one of those they look like they would be fun to catch.

Meadeo

The pikeminnow are a very light bite and they are like reeling in a boot...no fight.

They are a threat to our "much-treasured salmon fishery" so the state has a bounty program for them the first 100 fish=$4.00 per fish; 101-400 fish=$5.00 per fish over 400 fish=$8.00 per fish. They have tagged some fish for $500.00.

A buddy of mine talked to a guy that made $30,000 last year on bounty. He starts at dawn every day and fishes until about 7am, takes a nap and then fishes until dark with meal breaks on the water. I do not see how that could be much fun, but sometimes my job is not much fun either!

30,000 to fish......rough life!


I'll let him work that hard for them.

This page has the top pikeminnow anglers, along with the number of fish and the bounty they received:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/1079/web1b.html

Top moneymaker in 2007 was David R. Vasilchuk, who caught 5591 pikeminnows and collected $47,364.

Cool fish Iskiles. I was in north calif on my honeymoon and we stopped in a little town that just happened to be having a pikeminnow roundup that day. No license required and gear provided. I wanted to stay but... well no pikeminnow for me.

$47,000 in bounty!?!? #@*&%

Although I'm not authorized to identify the species in the contest, I think the fish in the picture is not Northern pikeminnow but peamouth.

Sorry to bug...

FWP

I am not an expert on fish ID by any stretch of the imagination.

Thanks for the help.

In fishbase.org there are records of peamouth in the Columbia River at Kalama and Bonneville Dam, so there is supposed to be peamouth at Vancouver.

The mouth of peamouth is quite often entirely reddish like the fish below.


The barbel of peamouth is really small at the corner of mouth and you may easily miss it.


And this is Northern pikeminnow. The mouth is much bigger than that of peamouth.


I hope you catch pikeminnow next in the contest period,

FWP

I have to agree with Fishingwithpole - your contest fish is a peamouth. The mouth shape and size is the big feature that sticks out, and the fish definitely has two stripes. The barbel is so small it's easily overlooked, much like the gravel chub.

Congrats on getting a new species!

Meadeo,

I noticed in your Northern Rock Bass entry in the contest your bait looks like a Trout Magnet or perhaps a Crappie Magnet.
I use them alot when I go for panfish in local lakes. It is very effective. I have tried using them for trout, but I do not get out to too many rivers with slow moving current which I gather from their web site is the ideal location for trout.

You sure are doing great in the contest. I have not been able to get out much and then I had my first entry disqualified and the second I had mis-identified...I may not reach my ten specie goal.

Trout magnets and Crappie magnets are my go to lures for ultra light fishing... They work exceptionally well for all species..

My findings on trout with trout magnets is to fish super light line 4-6lb test no float like they recommend and just cast into current you know holds trout, let it hit the bottom then twitch the tip 1-2" every 3-4 seconds. let the magnet set idle and many times you will get a strike while it's motionless..

For crappie they are hands down the best performer for fish, i have caught easyly 300+ sunfish and crappie already this year on them.

I would consider buying stock they work that good =)

Meadeo

QUOTE:
100 fish=$4.00 per fish; 101-400 fish=$5.00 per fish over 400 fish=$8.00 per fish.

...i'm in the wrong business