Northwest Fishing Reports

when catching a steelhead can you use the same setup as catching salmon. i mean just the corky and yarn or is there a completey different setup? or is there one that works better. and what are some good rivers to go to. puyallup river is finished i havent seen anyone out there in a while.

Tie a 2ft eggloop leader number 1 hook with orange, red, or pink yarn atatch an egg cluster about quarter sized and drift fish it, thats probaby the most productive setup for steelhead. I was at the puyallup last weekend and there where still people fishing it but afterthanksgiveing is when steelhead fishing starts to get good for the hatchery run, Native run is wiped out. Hatchery steelhead tend to be a little bit more finicky twords spoons but they work. If you want to you can also try a jig tiped with a sand shrimp under a slip float, that s a good bet or getting steelhead. As for corky and yarn it works, but by useing bait you increase your chance of getting the fish to bite.

Good Luck and Tight Lines!

ya i went steelhead fishing weekend befor the 1 we just had used bucktail jigs with sand shrimp and sandshrimp oil me and my uncle both caught 1 his was 23.5 inch 4 lb 10z hatchery male and mine was a 28 inch 7lb hatchery male. biggest 1 i caught so far! we tried lots of different colors of size 4 and 5 blue fox spinners but got no bites on those

at night we tried lease flashing lures called laserlure because this guy we work with caught 3 with his when he went we tried it from 9 pm to 230 am with the same lure it work really good around midnight for some reason thats when my uncle caught his fish and lost a huge 1 we saw it in the moon light when it jump then it broke his line (20 LB TEST!!) then i lost 1 after he lost that big 1 got it 5 five from share and it shook the dont hook jumped shakin like crazy and woosh thur goes the hook good trip though