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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:47 pm

Nice steely dude!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:49 pm

Barrier Dam today, float and eggs. We also got 2 boots down at Blue Creek, but nothing else. Fishing was slow slow slow down there today, not much doing. We were the only people at Barrier when I hooked this buck.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:49 pm

Wanna know what dollies like even more than spinners, spoons, eggs, shrimp, worms and hardware combined????? Bobbers. Me and Fishenfreak had 3 dollies come up and hit our bobbers in the cascade, they wouldn't touch anything else....they were big too.....somewhat disappointing.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by curado » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:35 pm

well steelheadin has ended for me for the season. did do one float on the sauk and got some decent nates none ofthe the 25+ that we get in late march and april
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:59 am

curado wrote:well steelheadin has ended for me for the season. did do one float on the sauk and got some decent nates none ofthe the 25+ that we get in late march and april
I know right? Take away our C&R fisheries, what's next......:-&
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by chefjake99 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:21 pm

Matt wrote:
curado wrote:well steelheadin has ended for me for the season. did do one float on the sauk and got some decent nates none ofthe the 25+ that we get in late march and april
I know right? Take away our C&R fisheries, what's next......:-&
I see a move to Canada or Alaska in the future. The heck with Washington's inabilities to manage their fisheries. :-s
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by scott080379 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:26 pm

curado wrote:well steelheadin has ended for me for the season. did do one float on the sauk and got some decent nates none ofthe the 25+ that we get in late march and april
dude get off your butt and come to the other side and fish.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:10 am

Or head south or east.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:50 pm

Theres no steelies or salmon, if you head this far down south... [crying] [crying] [crying] [crying] [crying]
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:13 pm

yeah canada rivers are good because they dont have netting. theres probably more steelhead and salmon there but ive fished across the border just as much as Ive fished in washington this winter and Ive hooked more fish in washington.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:19 pm

I know that pictures are proof and I just said that I hook more fish in washington but I went to the vedder today and caught a 13+ pound nate. no pic as it rolled the hook just before my buddy could grab it. biggest steel ive ever caught though.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:10 pm

I'm gonna move to florida and catch alligators.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:38 pm

natetreat wrote:I'm gonna move to florida and catch alligators.
A long time ago I lived in Missouri,
my grandfather was using chicken liver for bait (catfish)
and he actuallly hooked into an (approxtimate) 3 1/2 foot alligator.
We thought he just had a really big catfish on, until it got closer. Then we cut
the line.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:58 pm

Fish_Bait111397 wrote:
natetreat wrote:I'm gonna move to florida and catch alligators.
A long time ago I lived in Missouri,
my grandfather was using chicken liver for bait (catfish)
and he actuallly hooked into an (approxtimate) 3 1/2 foot alligator.
We thought he just had a really big catfish on, until it got closer. Then we cut
the line.
Hahaha! That's awesome. Alligators taste delicious! But you have to pull a permit to be able to keep 'em, so you'd have to throw it back. I caught a turtle once, but that's not the same.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Bodofish » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:18 pm

Come on guys..... it aint that bad. Only a couple weeks till March madness on the Cow...
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:32 pm

Bodofish wrote:Come on guys..... it aint that bad. Only a couple weeks till March madness on the Cow...
Matt, you me and Cory (Jacksonbrown) should make a trip down together in a few weeks for a big WAlakes fishfest!!! Maybe even Jay could tag along.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:57 pm

natetreat wrote:
Fish_Bait111397 wrote:
natetreat wrote:I'm gonna move to florida and catch alligators.
A long time ago I lived in Missouri,
my grandfather was using chicken liver for bait (catfish)
and he actuallly hooked into an (approxtimate) 3 1/2 foot alligator.
We thought he just had a really big catfish on, until it got closer. Then we cut
the line.
Hahaha! That's awesome. Alligators taste delicious! But you have to pull a permit to be able to keep 'em, so you'd have to throw it back. I caught a turtle once, but that's not the same.
haha, it was pretty cool.
We will fish for catfish in the summer here, and we catch LOTS of snapping turtles !
I'll post some pics pretty soon and post 'em up here !
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Bodofish » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:38 pm

Matt wrote:
Bodofish wrote:Come on guys..... it aint that bad. Only a couple weeks till March madness on the Cow...
Matt, you me and Cory (Jacksonbrown) should make a trip down together in a few weeks for a big WAlakes fishfest!!! Maybe even Jay could tag along.
I'm all over it!!!!!!!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:40 am

I would say maybe not next weekend, but the weekend right after that? Pm me we should really figure something out!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by crankbait42 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:42 pm

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