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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fishingboy » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:55 pm

What is the address for the hatchery on the 'scade?
Largemouth:

PB: 6 pounds

2011: 6 Pounds

Smallmouth:

PB: 5 pounds

2011: 4 lbs

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by knotabassturd » Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:32 pm

bionic_one wrote:Ah the intarwebz, where sarcasm is sometimes hard to pick up on.
LOL maybe just fun facetiousness:) I hear ALL coastal rivers have lost their luster. No more salmon. No big native steelhead in February. Nada. :-" :-" Maybe it has just been rumor all these years? Come to think of it, why go fishing?:clown:

In all seriousness, I can understand people not picking up on the uh :-" stuff. It takes some getting used to and knowing the 'style' of the posters. Plus it doesn't help to have such a HARD language to understand the nuances of (oops think I may have screwed something up in there grammatically? Just goes to show).

Good luck on the water.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by scott080379 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:39 pm

hhahahahaha yes the rivers out there are great for winter steel. I will be heading out Friday after thanksgiving and spending the weekend out there freezing my butt off. But that is part of the fun........and well worth it........warm camp fire at night, and my subzero sleeping bag. Can't wait.


I love it out there

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by code3daddy » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:45 am

jens wrote:
donman wrote:Yeah Scott and I were being very sarcastic. Oly pen will be hot come end of november into december.
Sorry. I'm not used to reading smiley facial expressions. I tend to scan over those. I catch your drift now. And your right...[wink] come to think of it, I don't think that was the bogy I was on in December...:^o

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by donman » Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:26 am

LOL Code3daddy, you get it now. These are not the fish you're looking for!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by flinginpooh » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:20 pm

And I still snag bullheads.
More fish please!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:29 pm

flinginpooh wrote:And I still snag bullheads.
My first ever catch from a river was a bullhead.
~Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.


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RE:Winter Steel

Post by knotabassturd » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:37 pm

Fish_Bait111397 wrote:
flinginpooh wrote:And I still snag bullheads.
My first ever catch from a river was a bullhead.
Those bullhead are everywhere!

Seem to catch them in the ocean, bays, Puget Sound, rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs.

Don't remember catching one while winter steelhead fishing though. Yet.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by salmonslayer117 » Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:43 pm

flinginpooh wrote:And I still snag bullheads.
Ahh, the bullmaster.
When times get tough, just keep on fishin'!!!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:52 am

salmonslayer117 wrote:
flinginpooh wrote:And I still snag bullheads.
Ahh, the bullmaster.
LOL and kingbootslayer also!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by racfish » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:20 am

Im going this weekend to Jens favorite river "the Notellum" I got a report that some 12 plus pound coho are there along with a trickling of winter metal. I fish spinners and spoons. The problem is keeping those big doggies off.I hope.
When youre up to your rear end in alligators,its hard to remember that the initial plan was to drain the swamp.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:52 pm

racfish wrote:Im going this weekend to Jens favorite river "the Notellum" I got a report that some 12 plus pound coho are there along with a trickling of winter metal. I fish spinners and spoons. The problem is keeping those big doggies off.I hope.
Good luck! I caught a 8lb chrome hen Silver and a 10lb Chum hen yesterday on the Notellum.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by donman » Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:58 am

jens wrote: Good luck! I caught a 8lb chrome hen Silver and a 10lb Chum hen yesterday on the Notellum.
Just plain rude and mean hearted you shirt lifter!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by crankbait42 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:25 pm

Yeah! What the heck jens? Pics or it didnt happen:)

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jwright » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:53 am

Got the one pictured in my Avatar on 11/5/10 at the Cascade near the hatchery. My first one! Now I know why so many of you love to fish for them. It was a blast!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by flinginpooh » Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:54 am

i wanna catch one.
More fish please!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by bionic_one » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:05 pm

donman wrote:
jens wrote: Good luck! I caught a 8lb chrome hen Silver and a 10lb Chum hen yesterday on the Notellum.
Just plain rude and mean hearted you shirt lifter!
I keep getting spam text messages with his fish, and he always marks it as urgent :rambo:
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by flinginpooh » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:13 pm

bionic_one wrote:
donman wrote:
jens wrote: Good luck! I caught a 8lb chrome hen Silver and a 10lb Chum hen yesterday on the Notellum.
Just plain rude and mean hearted you shirt lifter!
I keep getting spam text messages with his fish, and he always marks it as urgent :rambo:
When he sends me texts they come in multiples I think hes just overly excited. Hes told me about his Feel a peeno fist of fury technique. I wonder if this has something to do with it. lol
More fish please!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by knotabassturd » Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:21 pm

jwright wrote:Got the one pictured in my Avatar on 11/5/10 at the Cascade near the hatchery. My first one! Now I know why so many of you love to fish for them. It was a blast!
Didn't realize they'd be up that high this early.

Right on! Think that's the first winter steelie pic on this thread (OK it's your avatar but that counts I guess) if not whole site for winter 2010 :cheers: And a first one? CONGRATS:)
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:54 am

crankbait42 wrote:Yeah! What the heck jens? Pics or it didnt happen:)
Anyways..
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