Winter Steel

[HOOKEDONFISHING]

First winter Steel and first double !!!!!!

[kzoo]

Cool photos Bionic-one.

Nice pair Hookedonf!

Everyone's got steelhead fever!

[salmonslayer117]

Winter... Steel... Is there any better time of year?!

[Kingonly34]

@hookeonfishing them steely look like summer runs where you get the tan from. kinda odd taking photo when at home rather then at river to prove other wise
kinda fishy here don't you think folks

[fear_no_fish]

Winter... Steel... Is there any better time of year?!

i like summer steel better, but i still LOVE winters

[natetreat]

Winter... Steel... Is there any better time of year?!

Nope.

[scott080379]

I like winter better...less people out braving the cold then the summer...summer people out in shorts and no shirt......80 pound braid throwing there trash all over the river banks......

[mallard83]

I like winter better...less people out braving the cold then the summer...summer people out in shorts and no shirt......80 pound braid throwing there trash all over the river banks......

Agreed. I prefer winter for numerous reasons but the best one is the imediate warm heart pounding adrenaline rush you get upon hook-up after freezing your but off all day.

[natetreat]

I like winter better...less people out braving the cold then the summer...summer people out in shorts and no shirt......80 pound braid throwing there trash all over the river banks......

Agreed. I prefer winter for numerous reasons but the best one is the imediate warm heart pounding adrenaline rush you get upon hook-up after freezing your but off all day.

Definitely. I like the weather, and The solitude. Plus you can't go wrong with the meat of a good steelhead. Sooooooo goood. :chef:

[dogfish7]

Winter Steel fishing is my favorite, let's just make sure it is not outlawed!:rambo:

[HOOKEDONFISHING]

I was surprised to see Reiter as jam packed as it is with the pouring down rain parking lot full before sun rise. In the summer time there was alot of people out but you had a little space and it usually thinned out after a couple of hours. Reiter looks like the Sko shoulder to shoulder right now.

[jens]

Good job everyone. It hurts my throat everytime I see new fish posted. I'll never catch a fish ever again..

Pooh texted me this morning and somehow managed a limit at the Notellum.

[curado]

haha jens you need a steelhead fix

[natetreat]

I was surprised to see Reiter as jam packed as it is with the pouring down rain parking lot full before sun rise. In the summer time there was alot of people out but you had a little space and it usually thinned out after a couple of hours. Reiter looks like the Sko shoulder to shoulder right now.

All this week I've been waiting excited for the water to go up, and I got to reiter thismorning before sunrise and then I realized how good we've had it these last couple of weeks. I managed to hook one fish, which promptly got casted over, ran down my line, fish on - fish off. I left after that, didn't see many fish to the bank, but the water was PERFECT. Oh well, I got my chrome on the wallace under highway two this morning before that.

[curado]

what did the river look like

[natetreat]

what did the river look like

steelhead green, about a foot and a half of vis. It was high, but you can tell that from the gauges. The wallace was almost flooding, but still had enough visibility to catch a fish. actually, the water color and flow was just how I like it.

[curado]

good to hear.i just got off the phone with my buddy that ran his 18ft sled from big eddy on the sky to sultan and said the water was perfect and the got some fish and silvers that were released

[Fish_Bait111397]

Good job everyone. It hurts my throat everytime I see new fish posted. I'll never catch a fish ever again..

Pooh texted me this morning and somehow managed a limit at the Notellum.

I think somebody lost there magic touch...

[flinginpooh]

Notellum limit 2 buck summer runs. Meat is bright red still, lil dark on the outside. They will both be smoked up. Im getting them ready for the brine now. 2 trips 2 limits, looks like Im doing ok jensen. I did weigh both of these but really look at what happend last time. Ill let ya guess the weights. Oh man. By the way the second fish is not a native. The other pic you can see the top of my thermos. Its the black cup on it. Sorry for that pic looking that way but the same black lid is in both pics.

[jens]

I can't see your fish at all. Maybe I am blind with envy?

I will challenge you to catch one the way my group fishes for them, then I will applaud your skills.. Deal? :thumleft: :thumleft: