thanks Skyzyks
What’s your perfered method for steelies there?
My fav fish then huge ho’s with shoulders (sorry large coho salmon) haha
thanks Skyzyks
Ah, I don’t have enough experience with them to have a preferred method yet. I went a couple of times last year and used a typical dead drifting method with a fly rod, and also a tandem rig of streamer–>egg pattern. Tapered leader to a 4x tippet with a couple of split shot to slow it down a little, then a woolly bugger with an egg pattern tied on at the hook bend.
They did seem to like the tandem rig a little better than just a dead drifted bugger. The ones I hooked up with broke me off though. A couple of people said I was a little bit impatient with them cause they don’t just come on in like a regular sized rainbow from a creek.
I think that this year if I switch to fluorocarbon tippet and be a little more patient I’ll have better luck.
You are definitely getting a different class of fish than we do running in from the lake. The ones you’re holding would be record breakers in this state.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
AFter getting hit by the bang stick.[/quote]
A friend of mine lives in Sea Ilse NJ and the sharks he catches are tiny compared to that thing. How long generally does it take to haul in a shark?
[quote]exstream wrote:
thanks Skyzyks
What’s your perfered method for steelies there?
My fav fish then huge ho’s with shoulders (sorry large coho salmon) haha[/quote]
Lake Erie is lousy with bows now, it’s awesome. A friend of mine has a twenty footer all decked out with downriggers and planer boards. The hot color for lures changes day to day as you would expect but it’s usually a body minnow or a big spoon. Problem is all the sheepheads you catch while trying to catch the bows and pickeral, major pain in the ass.
For river fishing at that spot in the picture spawn/roe bags work best bouncing off the bottom using a noodle rod, then little spoons(cleo’s) and rapala J9’s and last dew worms blown up with air to suspend them off the bottom.
Hoping I have better luck when I go up again in a few weeks.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
AFter getting hit by the bang stick.[/quote]
A friend of mine lives in Sea Ilse NJ and the sharks he catches are tiny compared to that thing. How long generally does it take to haul in a shark?
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This shark was about 6 feet long and 120 lbs. We caught it about eight miles off of Montauk, LI… you’re probably not going to catch them anywhere near the shore- gotta go out deeper.
As I recall, it takes probably 15 minutes of constant fighting to bring it in… might be a little longer, because when you catch it, you’re not looking at the clock haha.[/quote]
Gotcha…I think the guys went out about an hour off shore.
Sweet shark pic’s
Yes the winter steelies here avg 8 to 16 lbs and love the 20 plus.
We have bait ban on almost all rivers, so it’s pink dinks (4 to 6 inch bubble gum color rubber worms) gooey bobs, corkies with yarn to flies. Swinging large patterns with color black/pink/red in marabou is steller.
Most of our fishing depends on height of river/flow and clarity. Pretty lucky here as we always will have one river system in good shape.
The is no head like Steelhead! haha
Have any tried our freshwater marlin?
actually white sturgeon battle, jump, just like marlin
That sturgeon is a beautiful fish.
I live on the Kennebec River here in Maine and we have a recovering population of American Sturgeon (it’s like a town icon, sturgeon this, sturgeon that). In the summer you can see them break the water surface and role over, about 4 or so feet in the air, and their copper bellies shine in the light.
Just awesome to see.
Thanks SteelyD
Yes, I go a few times every year just for the change from Steelhead, Salmon, Trout, Bass etc…
The first time I went I was blown away that they jump, tail walk, thought they were just gonna be big barn door “hali” like fights but no, def like marlin! A Blast
I have done days tagging them and smaller ones (5ft down) we bring in boat, cradle them, inject tag, coded it, pretty sweet. Some days over 20 plus fish and seen them up to 9ft!
Sorry Fishing is def one of my Passions!
Please keep this going
I’ll add a pic of a pretty lady with fish, as it’s better than seeing me. haha
A chrome river coho or silver salmon.
But I love hero shots of any fishing species, male or female.
Thanks
So this is for all the snow shut ins and fishing wishers!
So yesterday, left early morning, drove paved roads to active logging roads to remote unactive logging roads. End of the road with a grey wolf. Nice omen, sunny, some mountain snow pack and a pristine remote river. Bushwacked in on heart and game trails. Hooked wild chrome Winter steelhead, Summer steelhead and large cutthroats. Hiking around falls, ran 20ft from a nice elk herd. Saw claw marked bear trees, deer rubs and couger tracks. On the drive out ran into 2 more elk herds. Awesome day!
OH, Hellz yeah! NIIIIIIIIIIIICEEE!!!
I’m totally hating you 
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OH, Hellz yeah! NIIIIIIIIIIIICEEE!!!
I’m totally hating you ;)[/quote]
Hahhahaaha No Worries!!
I desever it and it was a good day.
Been really busy, so getting out was an battery charger for the mind.
I will say hiking with backpack, gear, camera etc… while bushwackin untouched remote river all day, was a great workout!
I know, ya don’t care! hahaha
Cheers SteelyD
Where is this?
Vancouver Island
I would kill to drift a woolly bugger through the run in that last pic right now. I haven’t seen sunny skies and green foliage in several months now.