Lets try something that nobody has seem to come up with in the last 2 months. Has anybody actually had a good day steelheadin this winter ???????? We all seem to be wishin for more fish and better fishin, somebody has to be catching something. Lets hear about your best day this winter to date. You don't need to include location or anything like that , just how many fishes. This outta be good.....

My best day so far was the day I decided to stay home and watch football. At least I caught a buzz.

I haven't caught Jack! But I've only been out four times, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.

Christmas Eve, down there with my dad and a nice couple. My first cast, fish on, fish off. A couple more casts, fish on, fish off. Within 20 minutes I had 5 on and landed one. Then fished for 3 more hours to get the 2 person's limit of chrome bright hatchery steelies. If that nice couple visits this board, you know where I am talking about.
Same thing on the New Year then it gotten dead.

Can't give an exact number ... 'because we frankly lost count. We hooked somewhere between 25-30. Had a couple of other days in the mid-teens a week or two earlier. Wish I could borrow from those days on a few of the ones we've seen in recent weeks

Well it had to be last week, the week started out with a bang and ended with a bust... Five in the boat twice and then down hill as the river dropped and cleared, But turned back a big beautiful nate, That will be replicated..

Well it has been too bad of a year, I'm used to fishing in muddy water like last year. My best day was the 1/15, I hooked one native the was easily 20#, he headed back to the salt in a hurry and straightened my jig in the process. Ten minutes later I landed a 8# Brat. 1/7 I hooked two nice fish but forgot to set the hook twice, I got the monkey off my back with the 8#.


Set the Hook Twice!!!

been having a fairly good season not as good as years past.since the new year boated 18 steelhead 13 marked 5 natives largest 18lbs.with several lost.december was a 12 fish month all marked fish.you really got to work your a$$ of to get them but there out there. scott

Big tides big fish I mean the bright chromer's you dream about big, big, fish thank god for the Olympic Penn., and who;s counting not me!!!

I took a guy from work out that doesn't fish much and got two fish for him.. both released. I think we have a convert.

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My best day this year was actually on the green. One of only two times in 4 years of fishing the green that I limited out. My friend caught a ten pound native and I limited out on two hatchery steelies. This was during christmas break so this is nothing but a memory. Oh well

Many years ago before the Indians netted the rivers here on the coast my brother and I caught over 50 spawners and 4 good ones in 1 day. Many doubles for the two of us. Could have caught more but when we finally got the last keeper we were pretty tired on catching them.
There also was a good run of 20 pounders that went to a tributary of a river on the coast and they are all netted out now. Man, what a shame.
Now, on the positive side I've had several days this year with 10-12 bite days. Boy, that is fun. fp

Hmm One 3 day trip that ended with a count of 11 fish brought into the boat 9 of them came the last day, all hatchery largest 15 a few 12 released 9 of em.

Mid November...19 fish to the boat...My buddy nailed a 21 pound native. Gladly tipped the guide. Eggs under floats on a Peninsula river that begins with Q!

I guess I should include my best day, two saturdays ago 4 hookups three to the bank, let a native buck of 15-16lbs back to swim again (coastal river from the bank).

No tales of 20lb'rs or multi hook up days here, but my best day was yesterday. MY FIRST STEELIE!! Yeah, it was only 6.5 lbs but finally I hooked up. What a sense of gratification it was gettin that buck on the beach....they really do exist. Hopefully the floodgates are open now....probably not, but feels great just the same.
Tight lines, bent rods
Chris

Anyone else ??????

Been out on seven float trips this year and all I got was one hooked fish on 12/26/00.

Grim!! Hopefully the natives will have a better showing.

Multiple hook-up days are great! But last week I hooked a small native hen, around 9-10 lbs., and handed the rod off to a newby steelheader (his first trip). Watching the look on his face with his eyes WIDE open makes the whole trip. I must be getting old or something because I get more of a rush getting someone their first fish than catching one myself.

Two days ago, total solitude hooked and lost a nice fish on a fly within an hour or so of starting. First winter trip but a good start with the fly.

A double digit day in early December, as well as not getting skunked for all of December.

January - well, that's a different story!

Parker

The whole month of December was good to me and my buddys, except Brian because he brougt bananas

Seven float trips in December, locally might I add, yielded 27 hookups. Then wouldn't you know it, the fish Gods gave up on me and I finally came back blank when I got to the ramp between first and second week of January. I even crackered off two steelies last weekend. My luck has not been too great so far at all in 2001, at least as far as fishing goes, but I have been very consistent with the ladies so far this year! And yes Parker, strippers need love too!!

My best day this winter was Sat. Hooked 5 landed 4. The biggest was a 12lb hatchery hen. The other 3 were nates and are still swimming.

Havent had any days to write home about this year. Was slow but consistant for me untill the 14th of this month, than the bottom droped out. I think my best day this year was in late december I think I hooked 5 and landed 3. My last five times out all I got was on steelie Jack about 20in. Havent had a bite in over a week. I think Im going to take a vacation from fishing for a couple of weeks, see if the action is better in mid Feb.

Who am I kidding, I live accross the street form the Duc and ushually when I say Im going to take a week off it only lasts till tomorrow.

Yes, I actually have had some great days this year , but as Bob was saying I wish I could have spread those numbers out over the whole season. I was on cook creek on my birthday, which was opening day and My partner and I quit counting at 40 fish. best steelhead day of my life. I caught 2 hatchery fish in December on the coast one which was 18 lbs 10 oz and one that was almost 17 lbs. I have been doing alot of exploring and been lucky enough to get the onesy and twosy's while learning new water, which dosen't happen to often. But It has had it's slow times, One river I frequent I have usaully caught a good 20 to 30 out of by now has given me a big 3, wow it is terrible, I hope things turn around. For all of us because it looks bad now.
Peace Superfly

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