Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

[wolff]

I think I need to find a bigger cooler...

Cool picture. That tail looks huge. Makes me think I need a better reel.
What did she weigh?

[goodtimesfishing]

Nice bright pig!! Great job.

[RiverChromeGS]

Nothin special but i killed this colored up winter run today, released a summer run and lost 4 freakin fish! not taking it hard in the low clear water, but i saw 15 other people and nobody even got a bite, so decent morning given the conditions

[Gringo Pescador]

I think I need to find a bigger cooler...

Cool picture. That tail looks huge. Makes me think I need a better reel.
What did she weigh?

Thanks, That is what I was thinking when I hooked her. That tail nearly schooled me.
She was 9.2 cleaned, plus about a pound of eggs. Surprised me, I figured she was 11 or 12

[RiverChromeGS]

Time to get pumped, the rain is coming next week!

watch in 1080HD

[goodtimesfishing]

Hey Danny your video is coming up private, requires people to log in to see it?????

[RiverChromeGS]

Should work now, it was set private. If not itll work after i reattach when i get home from the river today

[goodtimesfishing]

Well it is no longer set to private but for some reason when I try and watch it on wl site I get sound and no video, but if I go to youtube it works just fine. cool vid!

[Amx]

Works fine for me.

[goodtimesfishing]

Works now! Tried it again and now it works, must have been something with my computer.
Again cool vid!

[FishingThePacNW]

Ok guys i just went out to the skykomish and wallace today at a couple different spots and caught nothing! I need to know exactly what to use and where to go! i perfer the wallace cause its easier to locate fish! All i caught was a Dolly Varden! I want to get a steelhead soooo bad! I watched a guy land a 13lb hatchery hen (i think) and another 9lb hen at reiter! I need some steelies! Any info on what will kill them is appreciated!

Thanks,
Chandler

[Steelheadin360]

Lots-o-rain for this week... here fishy fishy fishy...

[hanapaa808]

Ok guys i just went out to the skykomish and wallace today at a couple different spots and caught nothing! I need to know exactly what to use and where to go! i perfer the wallace cause its easier to locate fish! All i caught was a Dolly Varden! I want to get a steelhead soooo bad! I watched a guy land a 13lb hatchery hen (i think) and another 9lb hen at reiter! I need some steelies! Any info on what will kill them is appreciated!

Thanks,
Chandler

Why didnt you go asked the guy that you saw catch those 2?

[FishingThePacNW]

I did and he was using the same as me!

[Brat Bonker]

I think it is slow all around, just keep casting and find the little slots where the fish like to hold, observe where others are catching fish and fish there next time using the same technique. Also do not take breaks you never know when the bite will turn on so keep casting. i have never fished the sky system before so I do not know what to use there or how to fish it these are just basic rule of thumbs.

[schu7498]

On the sky the fish tend to bite at dawn and dusk and sometimes around 1pm-ish. With the water so low and clear you have to be stealthy. If you know where the fish hold and you are not getting bit try different size and different colored jigs. Use a longer leader and fluorocarbon. A good example is last time I was there I didnt hit a fish where I knew they were sitting and then a guy came up next to me using 8lb mainline and 6lb leader and hit 2 fish in a couple of casts, and he was using a jig almost like mine. He broke off both, but at least he hooked up twice while i went for zero. It was a good learning experience.

[Ghanilorn666]

Haha! that video was rad! Got me pumped

[racfish]

I think it is slow all around, just keep casting and find the little slots where the fish like to hold, observe where others are catching fish and fish there next time using the same technique. Also do not take breaks you never know when the bite will turn on so keep casting. i have never fished the sky system before so I do not know what to use there or how to fish it these are just basic rule of thumbs.

Amen brother. You hit the nail on the head. I keep casting and fishing. Dont give up. I love fishing the Sky. Its my newest favorite river going on 2 years. I mainly plunk it but I drift it also.

[Brat Bonker]

Amen brother. You hit the nail on the head. I keep casting and fishing. Dont give up. I love fishing the Sky. Its my newest favorite river going on 2 years. I mainly plunk it but I drift it also.

yeah I didn't really relize it much until this year but when I was at the cascade fishing a spot on the raspberry hole then moved to the other side of the river to see a guy hook 2 where I was standing using the same thing I had rigged up on one of my rods except he just kept casting and casting opposed to when I would take little breaks to talk with other fisherman and only cast that rig a couple times.
also pacnw, fish methods you are used to fishing with, like if you normally drift corkies for salmon and do good, then fish corkies for steelhead just use lighter/smaller gear and colors in orange, pink, and red to start of with.

[RiverChromeGS]

The best part is when your lucky enough to be that badass catching fish when everyone is struggling. Everyone has there turn. One day ill be the only guy hittin any and the next day ill be thr only one not. Same gear each day, ect...