Tank - that sounds like a Whitefish, though I've only seen pictures. Hopefully one of the pros will confirm for you.
I agree with "death to all rodents." My rage against rodents started with garden damage. One year I planted beans not once, not twice, but three times (for nothing) due to a woodchuck invasion. I finally buried a fence. Only after a few years some of the smarter rodents are sneaking in...I bought an air rifle (legal near houses!) and became dead-eye dick with it. I have a serious rodent policy -- the price of a woodchuck trespassing is death. For other rodents, if they stick a paw, whisker or other body part inside my garden...death. You were kind to give the mouse a shot at survival. If that mouse made it ashore from the Broads, then thats what "natural selection" is all about according to Darwin...
They could be whitefish. You are sure they are not white perch? Whitefish or shad as we used to call them do have large scales and silver sides but they also have very small mouths for there size. back in the the late fities and early 60s when my Dad {salmoneer} was building our camp on cow island we caught a lot of shad in the bay between Little Bear and Cow island. I haven't caught a shad in Winni since the 70s. I will be interested to read what others think also on this.
Maybe they weren't whitefish...Their mouths didn't seem all that small to me. They took a fly with a #4 hook readily enough. I caught them 6 colors out in 80 feet of water. Isn't that kinda deep and far from structure for perch??? If they were white perch, they sure were good sized!!! (I know yellow perch well enough, bait theives!)
I've never seen a "fallfish." Is there somewhere I could see a photo?
Thanks for your help.
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They are extinct in most of their natural range and exist a bit in northern Maine now. Lots of places with them in the upper midwest also.
This one is a Lake Whitefish it's cousin the Round Whitefish looks similar but more of a round shape like a tube rather than the Lake Whitefish's salmon shape.
Yo Ad - I could not view the Whitefish pic. BTW - I'd like to post a couple pics with a report on Moosehead if you could advise how to do so on the board...
they are not trash, i love them. he catches them a lot his lake has probably the best population of them anywhere. in new England. they fight like a bull and will take dry flies in the evening and spoons trolled on bottom in the day ice fishing they are the best fighters on a light jig stick.
Thanks Yo. If its easier for me to e-mail the pics (3-4?) and for you to explain later thats fine.
...My wife only sorta understands the concept of being REALLY tired after getting up at 3:30 am to "fish." Two charters must be killer salmon fishing. I hope the weather is good for you..
Eric... if my post above makes no sense to you... send me the pics and I'll post them tonight. We'll let Adrien get some shuteye... he has to be up in about 5 hours to make it to winni on time.
Slp / craig - thanks for the offer. I'll try and work through your instructions and see if I can make it work first. I'm losing steam too so I'll get some sleep and work on this tomorrow. I've got to get my notebook out of the boat now before bed...its finally not raining.
i had never seen one til i went fishing out in montana, they are a blast on a fly rod. some consider them a junk fish out there, but for catch and release they can be great.
In Northern Maine, deep in the Allagash :)we ground up the meat, mixed it with mayo, and ate it like tuna. I beleive they still sell it in the grocery stores mixed up that way. Great eating , could never catch any myself though....