Steelhead 2022 show OFF

[jamisonace]

I feel like a guide except I pay for all the trips. LOL

Season is pretty much over but you're welcome to join me sometime. Where are you located?

 

[jamisonace]

So last night a guy down the road invited me to launch off his private property. He's not a fisherman but he happens to live very close to one of the hottest holes on the river. I took him and another old timer and they missed two solid bites. Like they literally didn't move as I'm screaming at them to reel. I didn't know it at the time but that's after my guide friend landed 4 out of that hole earlier that day. It's that good of a hole. So I went back tonight thinking I might get a few by myself but only ended up with one. Smallish but hard fighter and lots of jumps.

 

[O. mykiss]

Went out today for a last winter trip of the season. Had a great day going 3/5 before 9 am. Kept two colored up bucks knowing tagging fish this time of year is a gamble. One cut good, one left a lot to be desired. Maybe I’ll have another “last trip of the season.”

 

[jamisonace]

Hard to quit after a day like that.

 

[jamisonace]

It was by-catch and the saddest looking steelhead I've probably ever caught but what the heck, I'll post it up here. The rod gave a quick little twitch that I thought looked like a fish but then just stopped moving like a snag. As I reeled it in I thought for sure I was just snagged on a branch because it literally gave me no fight.

 

[O. mykiss]

He’s a tired warrior, but a warrior none the less.

 

[SteelheadGuy]

Nice little winter slab caught back in February. I was fishing a sweet pink cherry BnR soft bead. That was literally fist cast into the hole and I landed that beauty out on the Wilson.

 

[jamisonace]

Nice work. That's a beautiful fish.

 

[DOKF]

Nice doggie!

 

[Diehard]

Boy you have been putting in work another nice fish

 

[sambone]

welp , i hooked onto a really nice summer today in eugene on a spoon and it bent my hook out. Jumped a couple times got a nice look at it. Good sign for this summer, in the future i will always change my hooks out to siwashes now lol. Guess it was fun to shake hands with one this early in season

 

[sambone]

Summer steelhead fishing has been pretty solid so far this season. Ive hooked onto 7 fish in the last month. This is the one i caught last night. 6.5 lbs 27 inches

 

[Diehard]

Cool you finally got to take one home man those fish can fight!

 

[Diehard]

Caught a nice little summer it had a hole punched in its gill plate put up one heck of a fight jumped a minimum of 20 times epic battle and tasted great on the pellet grill.

 

[jamisonace]

Caught a nice little summer it had a hole punched in its gill plate put up one heck of a fight jumped a minimum of 20 times epic battle and tasted great on the pellet grill.

Summers fight so hard. Way better than winters. Nice catch.

 

[Diehard]

Nice summer chrome! Caught this fish on a size #4 pink blue fox spinner put up a great fight great day on the river.

 

[Trout Slayer_7]

Caught this hatchery today on the Wilson swinging a tube fly

 

[hobster]

Last year was my worst winter steelhead season ever. Got out for the second time this winter yesterday and landed a beautiful wild buck before the rivers blew out. Fish was released of course and swam OFF strong, this season is shaping up to be better already

 

[C_Run]

Nice one! I have to get my '23 evasive species permit, I mean, "tag" and get started once the water drops.

 

[jamisonace]

Nice one! I have to get my '23 evasive species permit, I mean, "tag" and get started once the water drops.

Hilarious! I love it. So far they've evaded me this season.