2025 Steelhead Show OFF

[jamisonace]

Started the year off right with a PB steelhead for my boat.

We decided to launch a little late because heavy rain was expected early. Got to the launch and there was already a boat fishing my river.....the nerve! Seriously tho, the water was pretty high so I wasn't expecting anyone to be there. It's only a slight problem because you can only fish a small portion of the river in high water so we had to try to stay out of each other's way. We hooked fish throughout the day and ended up with a PB. Great start to the year and the conditions seem to be looking great over the next couple weeks.

I added our small fish pic because I found the size difference hilarious.

Happy New Year and may you all catch PBs in 2025!

 

[C_Run]

Way to get things started. I'm thinking about going.

 

[jamisonace]

Way to get things started. I'm thinking about going.

If you're through Roseburg this season, let's fish.

 

[Admin]

You are again the first one. )

 

[Fishonshawn84]

Best steelhead I've caught in a long time and one of my biggest winters.

 

[jamisonace]

Best steelhead I've caught in a long time and one of my biggest winters.

Nice work! What a beautiful fish. I wish my river had a hatchery run. I have one close but with all this rain it won't fish for awhile.

 

[Fishonshawn84]

Nice work! What a beautiful fish. I wish my river had a hatchery run. I have one close but with all this rain it won't fish for awhile.

Yeah but if I was catching fish like the one in your photo above I wouldn't care if they were all natives! That's a monster steelhead. The fish i got is definitely a byproduct of the broodstock program on my home river. Ive been hearing of a few more decent fish the last several years but most are still brat sized. I caught one new years day(2 days before that fish above) and it weighed half of what the fish above weighed. Hopefully I can find a few more big fish this year.

 

[Dcandyman1]

Dang those are my dreams. I can remember back to when I fished quite a bit. Through out the years raising kids involved in sports year round and the fact all of my fishing friends gave it up during the real down years , I miss it and appreciate seeing people enjoying a great past time.
Beautiful fish

 

[jamisonace]

My buddy sunk his boat yesterday so we found it this afternoon and made a recovery plan. After that we had time for a couple passes and found one spicy Steelhead.

 

[Dcandyman1]

Sorry about the boat , but glad you got it and the steahead. Nice chrome

 

[Fishonshawn84]

That sucks about the boat. Is there a story about it or a lesson to be learned? Asking for a hopefully soon to be boat owner (at least by next year)....

 

[jamisonace]

That sucks about the boat. Is there a story about it or a lesson to be learned? Asking for a hopefully soon to be boat owner (at least by next year)....

Not much of a story. High water and the motor didn't start right above some willows. The boat got hung up and took on water. The crew bailed out but was rescued quickly and everyone was fine. I wasn't there so I'm sure it was more dramatic to those involved.