Fishin for dolly's

[slivers86]

Going out to bc and will be targeting dolly's on a river near my home town. Do you fish them just like bull trout, or do they behave differently? I'm planning on stocking up on some streamers prior to leaving, might even try my luck at tying a few up! Any advice on what works out there?

Thanks in advance!

[hardcorefishing]

was catching lots of dolly's in the upper arrow lake a couple months ago. just used a 5 diamond spoon from shore. hope that helps.

[ZackicBrown]

Was in Alaska last week and I hooked into one using artificial salmon eggs?

[greylynx]

Originally Posted by ZackicBrown

Was in Alaska last week and I hooked into one using artificial salmon eggs?

Do they still throw them on to the shore for bear feed?

[muledeerking]

same fish. BC people call the dollies.Alberta people call them bulls.

[fish gunner]

Originally Posted by muledeerking

same fish. BC people call the dollies.Alberta people call them bulls.

sorry dude people can call them what they wish. they are totally different fish close in color but it ends there. coastal dollies dont snake out with age. they retain a nice chunky bullet shape. not the giant head we often get in the flat lands.

[Speckle55]

Originally Posted by slivers86

Going out to bc and will be targeting dolly's on a river near my home town. Do you fish them just like bull trout, or do they behave differently? I'm planning on stocking up on some streamers prior to leaving, might even try my luck at tying a few up! Any advice on what works out there?

Thanks in advance!

Same as bulls .. imo

here is a few pic of some that were sent to me and me in BC .. first Alberta Bulls.. then BC last 2 one is me

The old Alberta Record that stood for 40 years was 25#13 oz for Bull Trout then some AFGA executive internet police decided that they would not accept a affidavit and have disqualified it ... WOW how does that work?
here is afew big bulls

enjoy

David
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[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by hardcorefishing

Bull Trout and Dolly Varden are 2 different species. They can not always be told apart by colour or any other character. Differentiating the 2 often requires molecular (DNA) or morphometric analysis.

well hate to say this but the dollies that ive caught in bc this year they all got pink spots on them. ya bc and alberta might call them differently but end case scenario they all different bull trout species...

Hate to say atoadaso, but worst case Ontario, you are incorrect.

What are different bull trout species? 2 different kinds of bull trout? The point of species designation is that there is only 1. Do you mean they are all different charr? Many charr have pink spots. What makes you think you caught a Dolly and not a Bull?

Originally Posted by fish gunner

wigwam river, bulls, salvelinus confluentus.head dominates body, from BC regs.
kitimat river,dollies,salvelinus malma.oval body not dominated by head. with a little species id they can be told apart. if a river makes the west coat within a hundred or so miles your in dolly varden waters. BC contains both in numbers. Alberta has very few dollies stocked.

Ya, for sure, using some knowledge of watersheds, in particular, knowing when a watershed only contains one of the two species can greatly aid in determining your catch.

You will find that many Bull trout do not have large heads, so this character can be very misleading. Using this character one would assume there is a healthy population of large Dollies in the k-lakes, however Dollies are only present in Chester Lake in Alberta.

There is still much to learn about both of these species. In the last 10 years the known range of the bull trout has been expanded to 64N, over 500km further north than was previously known.

[Speckle55]

Dolly Varden lots of debate on what is really one and range

Food for Thought
David

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Varden_trout