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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: milo on November 14, 2024, 12:45:03 PM

Title: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: milo on November 14, 2024, 12:45:03 PM
A friend of mine caught a coho this morning with a stamp on the gill plate.
Does anyone know what it means?

(https://i.ibb.co/kXTqX9z/image.jpg)

Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: sockeyed on November 14, 2024, 12:58:56 PM
could be a lamprey?
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: Rodney on November 14, 2024, 01:05:05 PM
isn't that a $100k fish....? ;D

That's a hole punch which has healed back, from some data collection project.
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: milo on November 14, 2024, 01:06:13 PM
could be a lamprey?

Very interesting. It certainly could be a lamprey bite mark. With the gill plate being so hard, the lamprey couldn't do any damage and it moved on.

I can't think of a more feasible explanation. Thanks Sockeyed.
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: clarki on November 14, 2024, 01:09:04 PM
Lovely colours on that fish!

Maybe it’s a Canada Post commemorative stamp?🤔
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: wildmanyeah on November 14, 2024, 01:39:15 PM
could be a lamprey?

looks pretty much identical to this lamprey bite

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=711358247682123&id=100064238636828&set=a.237783315039621
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: RalphH on November 14, 2024, 02:50:41 PM
what's that ugly jumble of green, black and red crap in its mouth? Looks like a trio of spinners
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: Phronesis on November 14, 2024, 03:44:53 PM
what's that ugly jumble of green, black and red crap in its mouth? Looks like a trio of spinners

Most likely a colorful jig
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: cutthroat22 on November 14, 2024, 10:22:03 PM
https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-10/demystifying-pacific-lamprey

I had no idea what a lamprey bite looked like before this post but the smiley face on the picture is the giveaway. 

What a creepy, vile, nasty creature.  Oddly I'd like to try eating one.
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: iblly on November 15, 2024, 11:30:45 AM
That stamp certifies the fish is %100 organic.
Title: Re: Coho with a stamp on gill plate
Post by: milo on November 15, 2024, 11:46:19 AM
what's that ugly jumble of green, black and red crap in its mouth? Looks like a trio of spinners

It's a fly designed by my buddy. Sort of a"Christmas Tree Egg Sucking Leech" hybrid.

Coho really dig them when properly retrieved in frog water.