WOO STEELHEAD!

[crazycanuck]

im totally pumped cuz steelhead fishing opens here on satuday!

fishing is the one thing i love more than my aquariums,theres just something about it. the last 2 yeasr ive gotten into fly fishing,the guy at the flyshop was right,it is an art. its so majestic. i caught my firts steelhead last year ( very picky fish!), it took me 3 hours of casting to the same school ,in the same pool to catch the one fish. but boy will i ever remember that fish..i raised the tip of the rod to make another cast, ( at this point id pretty much given up on ACTUALLY catching somthing lmao ) i thought i was stuck on a rock. then that rock jumped clear over my head! it was a 10 pound steelhead and it CLEARED my head and went for a hundred yard run downstream. man what a fight,5 jumps and 15 mins later i landed the fish, on 4 pound test line . i quickly released him back to the water to grow some more :)

curious,does anyone here fish steelhead?? they are a little hard ot catch ,and require ALOT of patience,research,trial and error,and time,but man is it worth it when you hook one :)

[crazycanuck]

nobody ? :grinyes:

[fballguy]

I caught a steelhead once. I was with a group and we were fishing for king salmon in the Columbia River. Everybody in the group caught a king, and they were all between 30 and 50 pounds. All I caught was this wimpy little 8 pound steelhead.

[Tay690]

I would love to try for some steelhead but none of the lakes / rivers I frequent have any salmon or even trout for that matter

I would love to hook a pig of a salmon

My longest fight I've ever had was in Florida...hooked a 22lb black grouper and it just dove under a rock...30 minutes of tugging this beast from his hiding spot...get it up to the boat and the fishing guide measured it and said "It's too small...we have to throw it back"

Of course my response was "WHAT?!?!?!!" lol

[svaha]

I miss steelhead fishing ,use to go every spring when I lived in Michigan.Nothing like catching one on a ultralight 8' noodle rod with 4lb line.

[Beaux]

we dont have trout or anything like that local to me but i do alot of "crappie" fishin here(white pirch or sacolet is the cajun word for em..lol said like "sack o lay") but for the big fish here some of the locals to this lake, the ross barnette reservour, have a fun lil hobby called "noodeling" for catfish. they build and sink boxes in shallow water then check them every few days and "hand grab" the fish..lol. check out mississippihandgrabbing.com for more info. enjoy!
Beaux

[Beaux]

ok sorry again about that foobar sight try this video or search ross barnett reservour noodeling..
m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJa2KnOZe14I&v=Ja2KnOZe14I
hope that works!
Beaux

[excuzzzeme]

Never went for steelhead but I sure would like to try for them. I have landed some big fish from the beach or boat and I always love the fight the big ones give you.

We have trout (stocked) in our rivers and streams but have to go inshore or offshore for the really big fish.

[midiamin]

I fish for steelhead every year in Northern California. When you hook one, afterwards your the one who is hooked. Unbelievable fight and beautiful fish. Caught my first one 2 years ago on spinner. Gonna go again this year when the season opens. You won't believe it until you try it.

[cam191919]

caught one in erie once, but it was a long time ago so i dont remeber much about it

[Bart G]

Steelhead are a blast! I went with some friends from the Philadelphia Angling Club up to Erie this fall. I was told fishing was tough compared to past trips but I thoroughly enjoyed catching my first ones. All fish were caught on noodle rods with 4lb fluoro on single eggs and small black jigs. Here are a few pics.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009116.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009033.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009048.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009093.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009096.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/bartgelesh/steelheadtrip2009102.jpg

So much fun, can't wait till next year.

Bart

[eddiebait]

Hey Bart--those are some real beauties. I agree that steelhead are a wonderful fish to catch. On the last photo--who is that guy behind you and what is he saying?

[Bart G]

That's Ian. He was one of the guys I went with. I don't know what's better in that pic, him and his friendly gesture or the cigarette in my mouth that looks like a snaggle buck tooth.

[johnpeezy]

New regulations in washington state have a one hatchery caught steelhead per year (from anywhere) so there is really no pint in steelhead fishing.

-here is the weird part-

a rainbow trout and a steelhead are the same fish.
the scientific name for this species is
Oncorhynchus mykiss

recently steelhead has been re-classafied a salmon

but a rainbow trout still remains a trout according to fish and game regulations.

there are diffrent regulations for both.
go figure...

[Star_Rider]

The laws are to protect the fish and run.

while they are the same species they live different lives, the steelhead rainbow is anadromous like salmon.
the other rainbow trout is not
that is how they differentiate the two.

BTW, genetically the rainbow trout is more similar to the Pacific Salmon..probably the real reason why it is now a salmon.
Oncorhynchus is the genus for Salmon


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