Steelhead

DeerMadness · Oct 4, 2024

It looks to be a good year now. Sure trying to hit the buy button on a Clearwater trip but wish I still had my own boat. Getting fish on my own is the satisfaction.

Vanilla · Oct 4, 2024

Not a lot of things in this world like hooking a steelie.

DeerMadness · Oct 5, 2024

Vanilla -
You have that right. I lived in the Snake and Columbia and they were home to Me like the Bitterroot River was home to the Mcleans in the movie A River Runs Through It.

jims · Oct 5, 2024

I’ve fished the Great Lakes for steelies several times over the years. They have several different varieties of steelies. Some run in the spring and others in the fall. You want to talk about a silver bullet…they run and do amazing acrobatics! They are one of my favorite fish species!

Moe · Oct 7, 2024

Nothing like Idaho steel.

DeerMadness · Oct 7, 2024

jims said:
I’ve fished the Great Lakes for steelies several times over the years. They have several different varieties of steelies. Some run in the spring and others in the fall. You want to talk about a silver bullet…they run and do amazing acrobatics! They are one of my favorite fish species!View attachment 160108

Try adding a swift river to a big running Steelie. Hard to stop them.

Mallardsx2 · Oct 7, 2024

Used to catch a metric $hit ton of them in the tiny tributary creeks that feed into Lake Erie.

DeerMadness · Oct 7, 2024

Mallardsx2 said:
Used to catch a metric $hit ton of them in the tiny tributary creeks that feed into Lake Erie.

I've heard that it is good fishing there. I've caught 6 in a day but usually 2 or 3 on good days. I've heard of how good Erie is. Wow..

Mallardsx2 · Oct 8, 2024

If you know where and when to go, you can catch 50 in a day in the tributaries in Lake Erie. I’m not talking about going to the “famous” Elk and Walnut Creek’s either…,lol

DeerMadness · Oct 8, 2024

Mallardsx2 said:
If you know where and when to go, you can catch 50 in a day in the tributaries in Lake Erie. I’m not talking about going to the “famous” Elk and Walnut Creek’s either…,lol

That is insane !

eelgrass · Oct 10, 2024

I fished for steelhead in California back when we could keep 3 a day. I couldn't even guess how many I caught. This was my biggest one, a 19 pound buck on the Eel River. Caught about a mile upriver from the ocean.