03-13-2013, 05:36 AM
I went steelhead fishing over the weekend, we had a great time! Between two of us we landed 26 on Saturday and Sunday - but the kicker was how big they were! A solid third of our fish were B-run steelies! Incredible! It took us a few hours to figure out what they were hitting since no one around seemed to be doing stellar - but once we did it turned on great for us! We tried the regular standbys: trout beads, black flies, black curly tail grubs, chartreuse egg sucking leeches - none of it was really hitting. Shrimp was the key. Kinda funny. We only landed 1 fish all weekend on the trout beads. Definitely weird.
All the fish were caught between Ebenezer & the Middle Fork, here's a couple photos of the biggest fish we caught - a 33" and a 36". I'm not sure why the fish are so much larger this year - but they definitely are!
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All the fish were caught between Ebenezer & the Middle Fork, here's a couple photos of the biggest fish we caught - a 33" and a 36". I'm not sure why the fish are so much larger this year - but they definitely are!
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. I think that fish was the biggest steelie I have ever caught. Hopefully the water doesn't mud up too soon with the warmer weather. Any one know what it is looking like this week? I'm headed out again this weekend to give it another shot.