Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
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This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.
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Bush on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 12:41 pm EDT
Don't swim in the Winnipeg River, apparently there are monsters in the
water.
This is the new record in Canada.Caught on the Winnipeg River,
in Manitoba.
Check this thing out..
This guy , was fishing and caught a 36" Pike -
as he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike tried to eat it!!!!! He brought
them both in on the same net.
Awesome catch - 55lbs-56 inches.
water.
This is the new record in Canada.Caught on the Winnipeg River,
in Manitoba.
Check this thing out..
This guy , was fishing and caught a 36" Pike -
as he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike tried to eat it!!!!! He brought
them both in on the same net.
Awesome catch - 55lbs-56 inches.
Shawnny3 on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 1:03 pm EDT
I hope I never see a fish that big, especially with sharp teeth - I'd probably never go near the water again.
Awesome catch. Does this type of catch count in the record books? I guess the 3-foot pike could be construed as 'bait'?
-Shawn
Awesome catch. Does this type of catch count in the record books? I guess the 3-foot pike could be construed as 'bait'?
-Shawn
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CaseyP on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 2:53 pm EDT
ahem...i am NEVER going to fish anything broader than my dining room table, or deeper than my bird bath again.
what in the world was this fellow using for tackle? the Queen Mary's painter?
what in the world was this fellow using for tackle? the Queen Mary's painter?
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Muddler on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 4:59 pm EDT
I'm originally from Winnipeg and can atest to the pike fishing in Manitoba, but that is a freeking alligator. Probably pretty hard to cast a 36" weighted streamer. You would think that a 36" pike would be pretty safe in that area, but makes me wonder what else is in those waterways. There's alot of lakes there.
Smallstream on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 5:57 pm EDT
That thing looks like a dinasaur!
Troutnut on Sep 17, 2007September 17th, 2007, 7:16 pm EDT
What a beast! I've seen that top picture all over the Internet, but hadn't seen the other two.
I know there are some pike pushing that size here in interior Alaska, too, though not in the vicinity of Fairbanks or anywhere else on the road system for that matter.
I know there are some pike pushing that size here in interior Alaska, too, though not in the vicinity of Fairbanks or anywhere else on the road system for that matter.
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