Fish Pictures

Post photos or movies of trollers, fish, scenery, whatever you've got related to trolling.
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Fish Pictures

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It seems to me like this would be a good time to share pictures of fish. Not just salmon, but any fish that strikes you as interesting or that you feel proud of. We catch so many interesting things out there and I think that it is often under appreciated just how wonderful our local biodiversity is.
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This was nice skate, a fish that I think is sadly unappreciated as food here on the Pacific side. Try one next time you catch one, you might be surprised.
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A 20+ pound coho.
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An 8 foot long octopus. It is always fun to try to get one of these creatures aboard. When you are shrimping ones this size can't fit inside of the pots, so they lay on the top and reach inside. Sometimes they are still on there when the pot reaches the surface, and you have seconds to decide if you want to reach for the gaff or let it go. Usually we let them go, but sometimes we have use for them.
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A person always tries to avoid catching coral, both for the practical reason that it wrecks your gear and the consideration that coldwater coral reefs are fragile environments. But they are pretty to look at.
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A 280 pound halibut. I've actually caught a couple 300+, but don't have any pictures. Honest!
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A blue shark. They usually move in here in September, following the salmon in. They make for fun sportfishing, I can tell you.
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A squat lobster. Good eating, but a lot of work for a little meat.
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A box of XL prawns
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A dolly varden charr I caught trolling in front of Wrangell this spring. A big ocean dolly is much better eating then a fresh water dolly.
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A kelp crab, being crabby with the camera.
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A rock crab. You sometimes have to wait a long time for them to give up imitating a rock and move. This one is just beginning to unfurl.
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From top to bottom; sidestripe, northern pink, coonstripe, and spot prawns.
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A day sport fishing for bottomfish
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A basket starfish. Now that's a really weird animal.
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A kelp greenling.
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Two different kinds of sculpin.
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Cool, Motivates me to post some of mine on here.
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