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winter steelhead season starts the 1st

Post by curado » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:09 pm

so the season is hear time to breakout the gumby suit and wool stuff
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Post by Mike Carey » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:16 pm

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Post by jens » Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:17 pm

Curado, what do you know about coon shrimp? and how to use them? or what to use them with?
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Post by onlymercury » Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:41 pm

Never fished steelhead before. Went to O.E. today and asked Richard about gear and techniques to use. I was told nightcrawlers on rivers that aren't known for egg patterns. I bought both eggs and worms. just need to figure out which rivers support these two techniques??

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Post by curado » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:11 pm

try the sky.
jens.,coon shrimp raw is good but cure it in a cure with color in bright red and pink. put them on float-n-jigs or drift them
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Post by jens » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:45 pm

curado wrote:try the sky.
jens.,coon shrimp raw is good but cure it in a cure with color in bright red and pink. put them on float-n-jigs or drift them
Ok, cool. I picked up a jar of some. One of the locals I recently fished with, raved about them. :cyclopsan
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Post by onlymercury » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:14 am

Im confused... Is the skykomish snoqualmie and snohomish all part of the same river system. I looked it up on google maps and it shows roughly the same area for each of those rivers i type in. I also heard the tolt river was pretty good for winter run steelhead???

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Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:49 am

onlymercury wrote:Im confused... Is the skykomish snoqualmie and snohomish all part of the same river system. I looked it up on google maps and it shows roughly the same area for each of those rivers i type in. I also heard the tolt river was pretty good for winter run steelhead???
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Post by kzoo » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:54 am

What's this winter steelhead starting the 1st mean? I didn't know there was a season.
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Post by Toni » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:14 am

So what is the game plan for steelheading? Camouflage, and chum eggs?
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Myself I just fish and if I get one all is GOOD. I don't have anything different I do. It may be that I don't really know what I am doing.
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Post by ckim85 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:54 am

I'll be focusing on swinging flies for steelheads this winter. Heading up to Sauk/Skagit one of these weekends for some wild steelies and dolly's. :)

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Post by curado » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:57 pm

the sauk is the perfect river for fly. ckim but watch the flows the sauk is the first to go out and the easiest and the last to come in
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Post by ckim85 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:58 pm

i have a friend who's hopefully taking me out to a spot he says he's caught several wild steelys at. He's a spey guy and me being so damn new to swinging flies, I'll see if I can keep up with him.

Thanks for the warning. never been up there so I'll definitely be watchful.

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Post by curado » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:18 pm

well good for you. those spey guys are the ultimate people to help you learn.
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Post by flinginpooh » Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:40 pm

Hitting the cowlitz for some glowballing. During the day I may try bobber and worm or jig. Ive not tried Bobbers for steelies. I would like to get a few metalheads by years end. My goal is atleast 4. Should be able to do that. But they are the hardest fish to catch in my opinion.
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Post by curado » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:43 pm

a buddy of mine got 2 steelhead out of the cascade mouth for him and his partner today along with two limit of chrome silvers. the cascade hatchery has 16 winter-runs to the hatchery
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Post by CRW » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:36 pm

curado wrote:a buddy of mine got 2 steelhead out of the cascade mouth for him and his partner today along with two limit of chrome silvers. the cascade hatchery has 16 winter-runs to the hatchery


Do you know what the run schedule is for the 16 winter runs??
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Post by curado » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:51 pm

the silvers were out of the skagit. they will be getting more steelhead soon
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Post by SAPIplate » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:32 pm

Yay winter steelhead season. Maybe I'll actually land one this year. I'm starting to beileve that I am the worst steelheader in the state of Washington. I'd like it if that would change. I fished all winter and only hooked one...... on the Wallace......
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Post by Mike Carey » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:06 pm

CRW wrote:
curado wrote:a buddy of mine got 2 steelhead out of the cascade mouth for him and his partner today along with two limit of chrome silvers. the cascade hatchery has 16 winter-runs to the hatchery


Do you know what the run schedule is for the 16 winter runs??
what curado is saying (not to put words in his mouth) is that 16 fish have returned, not that there are 16 differnet runs that return to that hatchery.
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