Winter Steel

crankbait42 · Post by **crankbait42** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:14 pm

Well I hooked 5. all drifting eggs. All but one were snagged, I only landed 2 both snagged both big ugly bucks. Of course they were turned loose, one of them was probably the biggest steelhead I have ever caught. Not much else going on one guy had what looked like a spawned out hen. I felt pretty sick after that many snagged steelhead so I bailed.

Here is the big one

crankbait42 · Post by **crankbait42** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:38 pm

And then I went to my favorite river and caught this nice hen on a float and eggs. When I first saw her I was gonna keep her. when I got her in tho She was really close to losing her eggs And I suspected they were loose. But she was chrome so I held her up just to see her good and see if I should keep her when she flipped out of my hands and took off like a rocket! lol

Post by **racfish** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:48 pm

Nice going Crank. I just wish I had time to fish. I hate having to be respondsible at work. I miss my days of just about living on Tokul. I had a sweet deal parking in the hatchery lot. My best friend lived right trhere in a home with his family. Wed catch go to his house to clean the fish and refridgerate till we went home. I still park at their house . Those pics are gorgeous looking fish. Nice job my friend....besides I get real tired of seeing Matts 1000 fish. Hehehehe... Just teasing Matt....

scott080379 · Post by **scott080379** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:14 pm

you are killing them man.....nice fish

Steelheadman12 · Post by **Steelheadman12** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:32 pm

Went to my favorite river... not saying which

Hooked up 6 landed 3. Picked up a nice hatch girlie cleaned she weighed a little over 10 and I caught another that went about 5.

Fish_Bait111397 · Post by **Fish_Bait111397** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:37 pm

Keep slayin 'em Steelheadman!!!
Very nice fish!!!

dogfish7 · Post by **dogfish7** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:37 pm

Good to see the pen is producing.:chef:

ingi · Post by **ingi** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:28 pm

any recommendations for where to fish tomorrow in king, snohomish, or king county?

crankbait42 · Post by **crankbait42** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:30 pm

Tokul/snoqualmie would not be a bad idea

crankbait42 · Post by **crankbait42** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:04 pm

Tried to get a pic of it jumping but it turned out blurry still cool tho!

flinginpooh · Post by **flinginpooh** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:13 pm

Ok Ok no more pics crank till Im able to get out and start catching fish again. Its killing me seeing this. I did get out today to two different rivers that Ive never fished. One Ill never fish again and the other I need to do some more work on. There is some promise there. However I was skunked at both. I didnt see any fish caught at all today other then a sucker. But I got to see some beautiful scenery. I wish I brought my camera.

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:00 am

January 30th 2011 Notellum River 33in chromer comin homer; fished with bionic_one

scott080379 · Post by **scott080379** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:06 am

does it have a fin or halfassed cut job on the fin?

either way nice fish

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:17 am

[quote="scott080379"]does it have a fin or halfassed cut job on the fin?

Really? One, I know better to not to remove a Native fish out of the water. Two, I know better not to remove a Native fish out of the water.

I paid blood catching this fish.. go to my FB and read the story.

scott080379 · Post by **scott080379** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:39 am

jens wrote:
scott080379 wrote:does it have a fin or halfassed cut job on the fin?

Really? One, I know better to not to remove a Native fish out of the water. Two, I know better not to remove a Native fish out of the water.

I paid blood catching this fish.. go to my FB and read the story.

not saying you don't just asking the question is all.

bionic_one · Post by **bionic_one** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:02 pm

Every hatchery fish I've pulled from that particular river seems to be cut that way. An unclipped, wild, native, whatever you want to call it, fish, will have an actual fin, these all just have a nub with no flappy portion. (like my scientific terms?)

See how big an intact fin actually is? (I don't know who this is in the picture, just googled 'steelhead adipose')

Steelheadman12 · Post by **Steelheadman12** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:32 pm

I know that river.... I aint saying nothing

lol

fear_no_fish · Post by **fear_no_fish** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:22 pm

Nice work jens! Good looking fish you got there

scott080379 · Post by **scott080379** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:37 am

bionic_one wrote:Every hatchery fish I've pulled from that particular river seems to be cut that way. An unclipped, wild, native, whatever you want to call it, fish, will have an actual fin, these all just have a nub with no flappy portion. (like my scientific terms?)

See how big an intact fin actually is? (I don't know who this is in the picture, just googled 'steelhead adipose')

Yeah I know wasn't trying to start anything was just wondering. Just seems that they are getting lazy at cutting fins properly.

Post by **Gringo Pescador** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:34 am

scott080379 wrote:Yeah I know wasn't trying to start anything was just wondering. Just seems that they are getting lazy at cutting fins properly.

I have seen a few like that this year too. Don't they run em through a machine to clip em? Thought I read something like that.

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