Very chunky young brown trout (pic)

Empire · 12-30-2003, 06:51 PM

Take a look at this guy. I have seen brook trout get fat like this, but never a brown.

trout chaser · 12-30-2003, 08:25 PM

What the ????. That looks like a new species. A brown and crappie hybrid; a broppie.

Chromaflage · 12-30-2003, 08:28 PM

Or a Crown Trout, or a brown humpy, sockeye brown, Trojan Pond Family Fish.

Cool pic, though!!

Fish Hawg · 12-30-2003, 08:57 PM

[img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img] :shocked: Cool pic [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

gottafish · 12-30-2003, 10:14 PM

That fish has whirling desies. where did you catch it. this is no time for zipperlip crap

greenbuttskunk · 12-31-2003, 07:17 AM

yes, that's a pretty clear sign of Whirling disease in my opinion too, although I could be mistaken. A small fish like that would really never have a heavy body. I hope it's not from local waters. :depressed:
please let others know so they can look out for it.
GBS

Hawgwash · 12-31-2003, 07:48 AM

Ok, I admit it, did not know what whirling disease was, so I looked it up here: http://www.whirling-disease.org/FAQ.html

Ugly.

Dr Strangelove · 12-31-2003, 07:52 AM

I don't think that's whirling disease because it's laying flat in his hand. Whirling causes one sided fibrosis in the muscles, palsying the fish into a curve, thus only able to whirl or swim in circles.

This looks like a birth malformation where the spine is either lacking the proper # of vertebrae or did not elongate properly. A dwarf fish if you will. I doubt you will find other fish like this in the stream it was caught.

In other words, "HUNCHBACK, HUNCHBACK, HUNCHBACK".
Sick.

Salmonator · 12-31-2003, 07:58 AM

We caught a rainbow in Marion lake that looked like that 10 some years ago. We named him "lumpy"

danger · 12-31-2003, 09:07 AM

I caught 3 fish like that out of a friends pond in the Blues a couple of years ago, excecpt they were about 2lbs and looked like footballs. We ate them and they taseted fine. I do not think it is a disease since we have not caught anymore like that since in the same water, some 100 or so fish later.

Dan(ger)

Fisherfield · 12-31-2003, 09:13 AM

Looks like a cross of a Humpy and a Brown.....BRUMPY!!

spinner53 · 12-31-2003, 09:31 AM

Found a salmon smolt(in my container at a fin clip a few years ago) . Maybe he had a sudden stoppage incident with the side of a tank ?.

Needless to say, I didn't bother to clip him, figured he has enough issues already.

Gus Orviston · 12-31-2003, 09:36 AM

Oh man, you found my honey hole in the Willy near Newberg!!!

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Gus Orviston · 12-31-2003, 09:37 AM

What's up with Ifish... this thing is slow and running bad from my end?

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Bait O' Eggs · 12-31-2003, 09:49 AM

Gus - what chip do you have in your computer? maybe if you got a K6 or something with a little more updated technology you wouldnt have issues with computers :tongue:

Mello-Yello · 12-31-2003, 09:55 AM

I caught a rainbow just like that years ago. I stopped by the Bandon Fish Hatchery and asked the guys there about it. They said it's not "that" uncommon. These fish are basically the equivelent of a human "midget". There's nothing wrong with them, except they stop getting longer and otherwise continue to mature.

When I hooked him (in a regularly planted mountain lake (pond) I swore I had a bluegill on because of the way he fought.

I kept him in my freezer for years as a conversation piece...

Hoosier Daddy · 12-31-2003, 10:27 AM

Man, I thought of something totally different when I saw the title to this thread. Let's just say I didn't expect to see a picture of a real fish!

monoman · 12-31-2003, 12:50 PM

Ahh boys, whirling disease does not affect brown trout. Plus the little bugger looks to be in good health!

SSPey · 12-31-2003, 12:57 PM

whirling disease does affect brownies. They are carriers, though only a small percent of browns show signs compared to rainbows.

not saying this is WD, but browns do get it.

freespool · 12-31-2003, 07:58 PM

This type of thing was very common at Diamond Lake in the early 60s.

salmon hugger

Chromaflage · 12-31-2003, 10:48 PM

So, I'm thinking that if this fish has some genetic anomaly and is able to reproduce when mature, is this a fish that should be excluded from the gene pool? What are the legalities regarding disposing of such a critter or retaining it to submit it to ODFW biologists? If this fish was retained for either of those reasons, how would OSP address it?

ORS

Mello-Yello · 01-01-2004, 05:36 PM

ORS, when I talked to the DFW about this, they said there's nothing wrong with the fish, except that it's a 'midget'. It's not contagious, unhealthy, transmittable...nothing. It won't breed more midgets either.

M-Y