Steelhead Pictures 2011-2012

[Kockmandoo]

Me and my dad hit the cascade early this morning. rained all night which brought the river up nicely. I went 1/3 and my dad went 1/1. he also released a not so dark silver. I think im gonna start using bigger hooks. The first one swallowed it which is probably why I landed it, but I hated losing the other two. and btw, its ALL about the shirt.

[crankbait42]

Man, Im slackin this year......

[RiverChromeGS]

kochman, i hope we don't make an impact on the steel run next year from all this SLAYING

[RiverChromeGS]

Man, Im slackin this year......

yeaa, if i remember right you were the one last year when i joined in the winter that i ALWAYS saw with pictures of steelhead! lol

[crankbait42]

Dont worry, I still got it. fished a little after school and went two for three with this and a silver.

[RiverChromeGS]

theeeeeeres some chrome!

[ingi]

this thread got some love while i was gone in california, anyone going this weekend? cause its back to work for the rest of the week.

[natetreat]

I really gotta bring my camera more often.

[Kockmandoo]

crankbaits into em again. haha. gotta love the after school slay.

[BentRod]

I was finally successful! This is my third winter trying, but all that time finally paid off this morning. I was amazed to get the first one fishing a light pink/black marabou jig under a float. It was 29" and fought much harder than I'd expected. Bent the hook pretty well. Had a little time left to keep fishing so tried again and managed to land another (a bit smaller than the first) with the same bent jig (glad it held) . WOOHOO! First Steelhead and first limit!

[Kockmandoo]

right on!!! gotta love the fight on steelhead.

[RiverRock]

From the past few days.

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[RiverRock]

And this one today....

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[jens]

CONGRATS BENTROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOBBERDOWN BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

[kzoo]

Congrats to BentRod for his first and double too! Took me a while to do both of those when I started!

Be careful fighting those steelhead, learned my lesson of losing steelhead from bent hooks. Get quality jigs and don't winch them in! PM me if interested in quality jigs, I buy my on line.

[RiverChromeGS]

Seems like everyone is doing MUCh better on steelhead this year!!! lots of fish returning, its a very good thing. Well my river is getting super crowded, so its starting to suck, but managed a limit yesterday, and my buddy lost 2 right next to the bank, and landed 1. heres the pictures!!!

[BentRod]

Congrats to BentRod for his first and double too! Took me a while to do both of those when I started!

Be careful fighting those steelhead, learned my lesson of losing steelhead from bent hooks. Get quality jigs and don't winch them in! PM me if interested in quality jigs, I buy my on line.

Thanks guys and thanks kzoo. PM sent.

[RiverChromeGS]

More steel today. had to register for classes at western at my house at 930. Had to leave river no later that 8am. NO PROBLEM. limited in 4 cast. saw 40 other fish caught in a hour. THIS IS LIKE PINK FISHING!!!! heres pictures, check out how hungry they are! thats my yarn in the steelheads throat, past the gills!!

[salmonator_1228]

Damn fishenfreak, what river you fishing?

[RiverChromeGS]

Oh you know, down on the "notellum" river...

Hahaha jk im not a d-bag like that. Cascade. super crowded every day tho, getting to the point where i dont wanna go up.