Always heard of these ferocious fish feeding on the hatchery trout that get stocked in this river, but I never got a chance to catch one. Well, today I did. Enjoy the video!
Pike minnows are native in many rivers in california and the king's is on that list, the king's river used to have stream bred wild rainbows up to 15 lbs and plenty of them which most likely kept the pike minnows from overpopulation up untill the mid 1980's when all the trout died from a serious low flow event, since then the dfw has been feeding the pike minnows hatchery trout, lol.
This is a public river system. Anyone can access it. And yes, I tossed it back. There is a misconception that pikeminnows are invasive. However, these fish are native to the area I fished. They do not harm the steelhead or striped bass populations here as this place does not hold those fish. The majority of the trouts here are stocked by the department of fish and game.
@@thisfishing6552 pike minnows and squaw fish are the the same species and are endemic to many rivers in the central san joaquin valley, they are native fish not an invasive species and have been in rivers of the central valley since time can record
@@frankjzaabadick5148 I don't know about the LKR but, they are native to California. I used to catch them on the Sacramento River and tributaries all the time. They were called Squaw Fish back then. Unlike carp, they are a game fish according to CDFG. There are no limits but, they are not to be "wasted". We toss them onshore anyway. They prey on other game fish, lowering those populations.
