Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by racfish » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:55 am

Went back today to try again. One hit and it was like a trout nibble. But.. Any day of fishing is better then no fishing at all. I love just being out there.

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by ripsomelip » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:57 pm

Ok, they were no Hawgs....and i absolutely know im not as gifted as alot of you, but I got a couple today, got the 4 outing skunk off the rod and had fun. heres a little vid of one of them from this morning. Christmas cheers to all of you and may the steel be a plenty this month and next!
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by Kockmandoo » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:33 pm

DUDE! you got the bite on video thats TIGHT!!!!! nice fish!

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by schu7498 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:54 pm

awesome video!

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Post by RiverChromeGS » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:55 pm

sweet steel brah!
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Post by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:01 pm

Nice fish!!
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by BentRod » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:20 pm

Nice fish and nice video. Congrats and thanks for sharing. :cheers:

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by wolff » Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:06 am

Nice video...I guess, but is that fish 18" long? Sorry, but my size 13's are bigger than that smolt. You adjusted your drag. Why? Are those guys laughing at you?

Danny...what's going on this year?

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by ripsomelip » Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:43 am

wolf, i told you they werent hawgs. only 26 in. so if you got 26 inch size 13 feet, must make you a clown. .....before you get your shizz in a bunch.....im just messin. And the GoPro wide angle distorts the picture a bit.... and the drag, i had pulled a snag right before and forgot to adjust my drag back so i was tryin to tune it in on the fly.when he first took off i could tell i had no drag.........laughter? ..... we were talkin about videos and people takin an involuntary bath. I had mentioned that Mike had taken video of the guy on the rock fallin in ...on the reiter video, and hes the one standin on the rock....so thats what the laughter was about. anyway, I cant complain, when some havent even banked one yet. these 2 were num 18 and 19.
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by goodtimesfishing » Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:27 pm

great video and chrome fish. [thumbup]

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by Steelheadin360 » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:43 am

Nice video! and those damn reiter rocks love to get your feet tangled up when there is a fish on the line. Now i just hope the o/p is heating up. JetSled,check. gear,check. raingear, check. If anyone in sequim/pa/forks wants to fish this next week i got open seats! just help with some gas or bring lunch!haha See you guys next year!

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by racfish » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:44 am

Nice vid. That fish looked like my 26" shoe. :cheers:

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Post by RiverChromeGS » Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:14 pm

Had a decent last couple of days given the crappy SUPER low water conditions, got my client into a monster wild hen this morning, beautiful fish, best of the year so far, 36.25 inches, probably around 15 pounds, quick pick and release for this big girl, and a few hatchery fish each day as well, heres some pics.

By the way the native is touching the water with its back fin in one pic and front fin in the other. No need to complain
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by racfish » Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:41 pm

Hmmmmm Hatchery fish dont like me and my fishing buddy. Weve released more wild.

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by primetime » Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:22 pm

Caught a nice 9-10 pound hatch fish hen today. Haven't figured out how to put pics up yet. FF definitely caught more fish then anyone haha. I floated eggs all morning then switched to a orange jig and then bam!

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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by goodtimesfishing » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:56 pm

Got number 16 today.Today was very slow for me but finally caught this little 5 pound buck. For a while I thought I was going to get skunked.
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by ripsomelip » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:13 pm

nice fish FF and goodtime
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by ripsomelip » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:15 pm

Steelheadin360 wrote:Nice video! and those damn reiter rocks love to get your feet tangled up when there is a fish on the line. Now i just hope the o/p is heating up. JetSled,check. gear,check. raingear, check. If anyone in sequim/pa/forks wants to fish this next week i got open seats! just help with some gas or bring lunch!haha See you guys next year!
haha. you saw that. yeah just misjudged the step tryin to keep tight line!! oh well, not a total bath.
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by ripsomelip » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:35 pm

heres a couple pics
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Re: Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

Post by goodtimesfishing » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:57 pm

Nice limit ripsomelip!!! :cheers:

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