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Pretty amazing fish for sure,amazing what the system is pushing out this spring!
We caught a 17 like that last spring, this is what it looked like next to a beer.:;:cheers

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Pretty amazing fish for sure,amazing what the system is pushing out this spring!
We caught a 17 like that last spring, this is what it looked like next to a beer.:;:cheers

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Wow! The Columbia River is impressive!

I am thinking of getting a group together to head out there. Is it best to get a guide, or just head out and go for it?
 

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The way the river is here you probably have just as good of a chance to catch a good one here at home if you go out for a couple days in a row. Most guides out west focus on salmon. It's a long pull and the weather that time of year isn't the best for towing the boat through the passes. One thing that ruins allot of trips is the wind. Had friends drive out this spring and never got to fish a single day because of the high winds. It's a challenge that's for sure. The game and fish wants them wiped out. Folks can catch as many as they want, no limits on them along with netting. It will never be like it one was that's for sure. Sad
 

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I cant wait until that thing migrates north and i catch him at Langliers. :;:thumbsup
 

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I had heard a rumor about this fish, but figured someone was stretching it a bit. Every year you hear of all the pigs they net, well alomost every year. Growing up in Mobridge and then having a game warden friend who would come up and help with the netting, I've quite a few stories.

The funny thing is these pigs eggs are taken out of the system every year, so it would almost be like someone catching them and keeping them. Slots are a joke!
 


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I had heard a rumor about this fish, but figured someone was stretching it a bit. Every year you hear of all the pigs they net, well alomost every year. Growing up in Mobridge and then having a game warden friend who would come up and help with the netting, I've quite a few stories.

The funny thing is these pigs eggs are taken out of the system every year, so it would almost be like someone catching them and keeping them. Slots are a joke!

These eggs are not wasted they are used for stocking other waters?
 

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I had heard a rumor about this fish, but figured someone was stretching it a bit. Every year you hear of all the pigs they net, well alomost every year. Growing up in Mobridge and then having a game warden friend who would come up and help with the netting, I've quite a few stories.

The funny thing is these pigs eggs are taken out of the system every year, so it would almost be like someone catching them and keeping them. Slots are a joke!

And a % is restocked as fingerlings back to where they were removed.
 

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Where do you find 2oz cans of Coors light??:;:huh....................................;:;rofl...........Here piggy piggy.
 

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The way the river is here you probably have just as good of a chance to catch a good one here at home if you go out for a couple days in a row. Most guides out west focus on salmon. It's a long pull and the weather that time of year isn't the best for towing the boat through the passes. One thing that ruins allot of trips is the wind. Had friends drive out this spring and never got to fish a single day because of the high winds. It's a challenge that's for sure. The game and fish wants them wiped out. Folks can catch as many as they want, no limits on them along with netting. It will never be like it one was that's for sure. Sad

The system is good here... but I have seen some real incredible trophies come out of the Colombia like the one you have pictured. You could fish a lifetime in ND and not catch one close to as big as the Columbia River kicks out on a regular basis! It is on my list to go out there soon! It would be fun to get a big group together to make a road trip.
 


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I had heard a rumor about this fish, but figured someone was stretching it a bit. Every year you hear of all the pigs they net, well alomost every year. Growing up in Mobridge and then having a game warden friend who would come up and help with the netting, I've quite a few stories.

The funny thing is these pigs eggs are taken out of the system every year, so it would almost be like someone catching them and keeping them. Slots are a joke!

I personally know one of the biologists down there and he said they didn’t take the eggs from this fish.
 

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