iwilfish
2/7/2014 12:24:00 PMI am glad to hear of some fish being caught. is the guy in the picture wearing exam gloves under his fingerless gloves? that sounds like a great idea for cold wet conditions.
Forgive my ignorance but how do you tell the difference between summer and winter run? I always thought, obviously naively, that summer run fish came in the summer and winter run came in the winter. But here is a picture of a simmer run fish in February. Is it how bright or colored they are?
Forgive my ignorance but how do you tell the difference between summer and winter run? I always thought, obviously naively, that summer run fish came in the summer and winter run came in the winter. But here is a picture of a simmer run fish in February. Is it how bright or colored they are?
Flytrap
2/7/2014 1:04:00 PMNice summer buck. How big was that fish? Iwilfish all steelhead are chrome when they come into the river. Like you aside summer fish come into the river when warmer and winter come when it's colder. Here is where it gets tricky. Steelhead spawn in the winter at this time. The summer steelhead come into the river early and stay in the rivers till they are ready to spawn. Since the river can't produce the same food as the sea. Summer steelhead will get. Skinny and develop that red rainbow stripe on the side. I think I said that right
NITRO 175
2/8/2014 7:24:00 PMThanks for the report Nate I'm heading out there tomorrow I knew there are a few in there just couldn't get them to bite anything I throw at them
skagit510
2/11/2014 9:55:00 AMweird. never seen a steelhead that dark in a main stem. it looks like it was staging to spawn before you caught it. where on the river were you?