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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:37 pm    Post subject: Abiqua Creek Reply with quote

I managed to pull out a couple very nice 8-10" cutthroats out of these pools. The falls are awesome, but I really want to fish above the falls. Next time I guess.

It was amazing out and for the first time in a long while I brought my tripod and DSLR so I got some decent photos. I was afraid my Ford Escort wouldn't make it back up the road, it was pretty sketchy during most of the drive.


There was a steelhead in this pool.






This is a stitched panorama of 6 different images.


This is a stitched panorama of 5 different images.

This is how I rock the Escort...




Photos taken with a Vivitar 28mm f2.8.

Are my photos too big? If so please move to the oversized gallery, thanks.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful images and I love the pano of the waterfall and the trees covered in moss...but what is a cutthroat and steelhead? I know they must be fish but are we talking trout or native fish?


PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cutthroat Trout and Steelhead Salmon!

Salmon are spawning now...also greatly endangered after the tragic Klamath River die-off debacle several years running because farmers upstream are using too much water from behind the dams. Recently one town voted for dam removal after finding new Federal Regulations for dams cost of upgrading cost more than removal (hurray!). Luckily the Abiqua tributary has one of the highest spawning rates in the watershed.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's unfortunate that the farming community understand so little about how to preserve the ecology! Beautiful shots - hope the fish tasted good.



patrickh


PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As said above, the cutthroat are a native trout. Steelhead are a sea-run rainbow trout (technically not salmon) that are native here as well.

I catch and release 99% of the fish I catch, so the one's I caught today are still out swimming around!

I'd post photos of them, but I didn't take any as my number one priority is to release them as quickly as possible. And it's quite hard to take photos with a manual focus lens in one hand and a flopping trout in the other. Smile


PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I catch and release 99% of the fish I catch, so the one's I caught today are still out swimming around!

This is what I do,catch and release modern fishing technology makes this so much easier....I only photograph what my family catch then they release Very Happy
I find in the local river here they are over managing it....a very fine balance is needed.Would love to see some photos when/if you can of the fish.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mo wrote:
Quote:
I catch and release 99% of the fish I catch, so the one's I caught today are still out swimming around!

This is what I do,catch and release modern fishing technology makes this so much easier....I only photograph what my family catch then they release Very Happy
I find in the local river here they are over managing it....a very fine balance is needed.Would love to see some photos when/if you can of the fish.


I know here in the USA a lot of people keep freshwater fish you can catch in Australia, like, Leichardti Arowana, barramundi, and Australian Lungfish in aquariums. Also, can't forget the Aussy yabbies. Very cool crayfish.

The lungfish are usually around $1,000 USD each, and I know a guy who paid $30,000 USD for a rare golden color morph of the barramundi!

If you have any fishing photos feel free to share them!


PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sadly ...I always seem behind the camera and we don't fish as much as we should...being near a huge amount of fresh water and trout streams.The river fishing is closed at the moment but dam fishing is allowed ...no boat however Sad .Ahhh the yabbies are a lot of fun but so are the Murray cray...fresh water crayfish!
I don't have many fishing photos on hand from MF lenses I have a few P&S photos of some tiddlers (tiny fish...babies if you really want to know)...the ones you don't mention as a fisherman Very Happy Of Redfin and one of a small rainbow trout.
Might start a post in the photographers cafe!
I started one here
http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic,p,1070784.html#1070784