Fishing with Rod: Small but plentiful

[fishingwithrod]

@bullfrogbabs We were using just a small 1/8oz spinner. Usually we find that green blades work best.

[chinglengvang]

what the weapon of choice on pikeminnows?;)

[fishingwithrod]

@chinglengvang We were using just a small 1/8oz spinner. Usually we find that green blades work best.

[thurmanis1]

i was just wondering, but what kind of lure were you using?

[fishingwithrod]

We were using just a small 1/8oz spinner. Usually we find that green blades work best.

[xXcam0manXx]

hey what states can you catch these pikeminnows in cause i live in california and would like to try for some

[fishingwithrod]

The northern pikeminnow distribution range extends south to Oregon I believe.

[slyangler]

Northern Pike minnows arent fussy when it comes to forage. They'll readily eat most any food source available.

[BrownTrout117]

That small one you caught was about average for one of the rivers i fish, but i keep seeing bigger ones. What do pike minnows like to eat?

[savagechevyman]

@BrownTrout117 they are really boney

where im from up here in northern BC they are considered garbage fish

[fishingwithrod]

@savagechevyman and that ignorance will change one day when salmon are no longer here. :)

[savagechevyman]

@fishingwithrod look i aint saying nothing bad against the salmon. We kill the pikeminnow up here because they eat the trout eggs.

[fishingwithrod]

@savagechevyman My point is that a native species should not be demonized if it has no social, commercial and recreational value. Northern pikeminnow, like other species native to the British Columbian aquatic ecosystems, have lived as predators since the last glacial period. It's a natural selector of salmonids by preying on their eggs and fry. The decline of trout and salmon populations is not due to that predator-prey relationship, rather human related activities such as overfishing.

[savagechevyman]

@fishingwithrod we were told by the CO to kill them

[fishingwithrod]

@savagechevyman Our goal is not necessarily to suggest that everyone should be fishing for northern pikeminnow because it is a fantastic gamefish, but to change the general perception toward them that anglers have. Anglers should not be killing fish that they do not wish to eat, unless it is a authorized cull by either the BC Ministry of Environment or Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Don't promote the removal of a native species that competes with human without any quantitative analysis.

[savagechevyman]

@fishingwithrod i was told by the CO to kill them

and i cant understand most of them there fancy words that you use

and another thing is pikeminnow aint a gamefish because it has no adipose fins

[fishingwithrod]

@savagechevyman No fancy words there.. ;) It's unfortunate that the CO would suggest that.

The point that I am trying to make is, all native fish species are valuable to the ecosystem. Just because a species is not classified as a gamefish, doesn't make it garbage. As a biologist, I'm trying to make others to understand that northern pikeminnow are native to the watersheds of the Pacific Northwest and are not the cause of salmonid declines. As an angler, I will not kill fish that I do not eat.

[savagechevyman]

@fishingwithrod sorry to say but there is a couple fancy words there quantitive analysis

and why didn't you just say you were a biologist then i would've understood your outlook

on fishing

[fishingwithrod]

@savagechevyman Quantitative analysis - Finding out approximately how many fish there are rather than just assuming there are many. Past managements have made mistakes by these assumptions. We killed bull trout just a few decades ago based on the assumption that there were lots and they posed a threat on anadromous salmonids. A few decades later, that encouraged harvest has put some bull trout populations in a vulnerable state because like northern pikeminnow, they are also a long living species

[savagechevyman]

@fishingwithrod yes bull trout are very long living. we have plenty of them up here in Northern BC

[stlucio]

Hey Rodney! where is this??

do u know if i can fish at White Rock pier

like this video? thx

[scumratray]

What was that massive fish at the start of the video!!! which vid was that from?

[fishingwithrod]

That was a white sturgeon. If you search "white sturgeon" in our videos, you should be able to see it. Thanks.

[ktownbbox]

kool, nice hook sets!

[addictiontothewild]

Nice 5*

[ryrford]

KOOL

[AtWorst]

WATCH OUT DON'T LET THAT BIG FELLA PULL YOU IN lmfao XD..... nice vid

[Staunte]

keep it up man. nice little vid

[Hecklinatyall]

Rod, what are you throwing there? just a small spinner blade? Any bait?

[fishingwithrod]

In this particular video, I was throwing small spinners (1/8oz, size 3 French blade). You can certainly catch them on bait such as dew worm, roe or shrimp, but bait has a tendency to attract other smaller coarse fish, so I tend to stick with artificial lures for larger fish.

[fishingwithrod]

And by larger fish, I don't mean the ones found ins this video, because northern pikeminnow certainly grow much bigger than these. Check out the video "Evening pikeminnow fun" that was posted in this channel a few months ago.

[Hecklinatyall]

I caught one off Ft.Langley last pink year while fishing for pinks with a spinner blade. It hit so hard and fast, and even stripped line. Ended up being a pike minnow about 3-4 lbs.

[bridelasol]

aka squaw fish invasive species?

[fishingwithrod]

Squawfish is the original name and it is not a invasive species in the Pacific Northwest. Northern pikeminnow's native/post glacial distribution ranges from Northern British Columbia to Oregon.

[ryquigs]

sweet back to back lol