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Jim Flinchbaugh
10-26-2012, 06:34 PM
Because the whitefish are finally running good!
Lots of fish tacos in my future.
The big girl in the middle was big enough to put me in the top spot for tourney going on here. (3.20 pounds) If it makes it through tomorrow, I'll win some kind of prize from the store putting on the tourney.
Gonna hit them again tomorrow too :)
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1Shirt
10-26-2012, 07:20 PM
Good pic! Not my ball of wax however!
1shirt!:coffeecom
runfiverun
10-26-2012, 07:22 PM
mmmmm smoked whitefish...
kbstenberg
10-26-2012, 07:25 PM
Jim how do you fish them.? FLY BAIT like panfish
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-26-2012, 07:33 PM
We jig for them. They hang pretty tight to the bottom. Cast up stream, jig the lure back to you. You loose LOTS of jigs on submerged trees & rocks. Enough that I started making my own. I mean, I got lead right? :mrgreen:
gray wolf
10-26-2012, 07:57 PM
Are those shad, or herring ? I fished for them with a fly called a herring dart.
they have no teeth correct ? and a strange bone structure.
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-26-2012, 08:14 PM
Are those shad, or herring ?

These are Lake Superior Whitefish, residents of Flathead Lake here in NW Montana.
Imported and planted here in the early 1900's from the great Lakes. Purported to now
make about 80 % of the bio- mass in Flathead Lake.
In the fall, they run the river to spawn. Semi-weird bone structure and paper lips w/o teeth.
You can't "horse" these in or yer gonna loose it.

Very light texture, delicate, white meat, and very tasty, almost as good as cod IMO
waksupi
10-26-2012, 08:17 PM
I'll most likely give them a try next week, Jim. The river is low enough, it should be easy to find a good channel to fish.
tomme boy
10-26-2012, 10:52 PM
Whitefish are very good to eat. Now I'm hungry for fish!
Ed Barrett
10-27-2012, 12:58 AM
I remember eating smoked Whitefish with my great grandfather when I was a kid. brings back a lot of memories.
reloader28
10-27-2012, 01:04 AM
We have them here in the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone.
Very good in the smoker.
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-27-2012, 04:30 PM
Another haul from this morning :)

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waksupi
10-27-2012, 06:26 PM
Are they up as far as the Old Steel Bridge? I'm hoping to try on Thursday.
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-27-2012, 11:13 PM
Rick, we've been fishing just east of the big stump above the bridge,
from a boat. they where catching them from the bridge still when we left at 12:30
Upstream side harder to net but they havent been hanging below the bridge yet
JeffinNZ
10-28-2012, 12:42 AM
JIM: A they good sport fish? Do they play well on a line?
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-28-2012, 07:19 AM
JIM: A they good sport fish? Do they play well on a line?

Yes they are, nad as I said above, they have paper lips so you cant just winch 'em in!:mrgreen:
Jim Flinchbaugh
10-28-2012, 03:16 PM
More happiness this morning :mrgreen:
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