03-27-2016, 08:03 PM
Just moved here from Alaska, so please pardon ignorant questions... [bob
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Squawfish/pikeminnow, mountain whitefish, lake superior whitefish, or just 'whitefish'. From what I understand, pikeminnow/squawfish are meat eaters (smolt decimaters!), but the various whitefish are bug eaters ...like trout etc.
In Alaska, our "whitefish" (no clue what type) are best chopped up with a cleaver, frozen, and later fed to sled dogs ...not worth human consumption. Always disappointing when you caught them when fishing for trout or salmon.
What kind of whitefish are here in Idaho (Boise area, Boise River in particular)? Do people target these fish on purpose? Do they eat them? Are they worth anything more than a quick toss into the brush (forgive me)? What's legal?
Squawfish/pikeminnow I get ...they ARE native to the PNW, but dammed rivers create a lot of slow water that breeds them disproportionately, and they consume a lot of trout and salmon smolts. What's the rule on these? The aforementioned quick toss into the brush? What's legal?
Thanks,
Brian
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]Squawfish/pikeminnow, mountain whitefish, lake superior whitefish, or just 'whitefish'. From what I understand, pikeminnow/squawfish are meat eaters (smolt decimaters!), but the various whitefish are bug eaters ...like trout etc.
In Alaska, our "whitefish" (no clue what type) are best chopped up with a cleaver, frozen, and later fed to sled dogs ...not worth human consumption. Always disappointing when you caught them when fishing for trout or salmon.
What kind of whitefish are here in Idaho (Boise area, Boise River in particular)? Do people target these fish on purpose? Do they eat them? Are they worth anything more than a quick toss into the brush (forgive me)? What's legal?
Squawfish/pikeminnow I get ...they ARE native to the PNW, but dammed rivers create a lot of slow water that breeds them disproportionately, and they consume a lot of trout and salmon smolts. What's the rule on these? The aforementioned quick toss into the brush? What's legal?
Thanks,
Brian
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