Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by RiverChromeGS » Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:45 pm

Limit on christmas morning and back home before the family woke up for gifts! And a nice paid today [cool]
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:04 pm

Some more chrome!
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:29 pm

Winter buck.
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by Steelheadin360 » Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:16 pm

Headin to the coast for 4 days :)

Should have plenty of carnage pics when i get back

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by Brat Bonker » Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:49 pm

spent the last 3 days steelheading and absolutely nothing except for some dollies and whitefish. 2 days on the cascade and heard of 2 hook ups and saw nothing in the creek or in the river except boot coho. today I checked out fortson hole and heard of 4 caught and a couple lost, some coho swimming around in there too, river looked great too. cascade was at a decent level but crystal clear. took the sled in the Skagit too and nobody hooking any steelhead in there but lots of boats out

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:11 pm

Which guy at fortson were you?

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by Brat Bonker » Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:18 pm

the kid on the creek side of the river fishing the seam below the rocks in that little cove, black jacket gray chest waders. I first started the next hole downstream than walked up to fortson

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by RiverChromeGS » Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:00 pm

Not much better than some tidewater steel with lice. =P~
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:16 pm

Steelheadin360 wrote:Headin to the coast for 4 days :)

Should have plenty of carnage pics when i get back
Awesome! Can't wait to see.

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by KR58 » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:58 pm

Finally caught my first steelhead yesterday. Very small native (released) but a fish is a fish and im ready for the next one!

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by natetreat » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:18 pm

I haven't seen enough talk about winter steelhead on here lately. Here is a nice native that annihilated our wiggler this morning. Best fight we've had all winter, actually had to follow it down! They love the sticks. We drug the boat back up and hit the slot again for round two. Same spot, another fish! Let's see your fish guys!
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:41 pm

natetreat wrote:I haven't seen enough talk about winter steelhead on here lately. Here is a nice native that annihilated our wiggler this morning. Best fight we've had all winter, actually had to follow it down! They love the sticks. We drug the boat back up and hit the slot again for round two. Same spot, another fish! Let's see your fish guys!
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It's really been a tough winter overall. I think the lack of photos on this thread kind of shows that.

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by sealegs » Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:36 pm

I need to hang out with Nate. I've been up and down the banks of snolqualmie and really enjoy the scenery since that's all I'm doing. In the meantime, I'm reading up in tutorials and readjusting my techniques. I'm trying spoons, floats with jigs and pink worm, cured and uncured shrimp ( with or without scent).
I'm thinking about depth charges as a last resort...lol

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by RiverChromeGS » Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:48 pm

Lots of laughs, very sketchy rapids and a beautiful Puget Sound wild steelhead about sums ups todays pontoon float on an exploration trip to a virtually unfished and unknown river today... With our season being cut shorter and shorter, and with all the netting and overfishing... I am truely greatful to be able to hold such a beautiful and increasingly rare fish in our region. Nothing better than a upper watershed puget sound wild steelhead! Had fun with many coho and dollies on the side as well
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by RiverChromeGS » Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:08 pm

A little look at the kind of water we floated through all day. Try that in a driftboat!
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by natetreat » Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:41 pm

Sauk or Suiattle?

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:26 am

small enough to be upper cascade but you guys wouldn't be alive right now if it was haha nice catching

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by 3footvis » Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:41 pm

Awesome! That's what it's all about right there :)

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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by RiverChromeGS » Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:54 pm

I aint gonna say where but I will say its none of those. [biggrin]
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Re: Winter Steelhead 2013/2014

Post by primetime » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:51 pm

Another winter buck!
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