#189334 - 03/05/03 03:51 PM
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Fry
Registered: 09/09/02
Posts: 33
Loc: renton
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My biggest steelhead yet, caught and released last month.  40.5"x22.5" 26.5#
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#189335 - 03/05/03 03:53 PM
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The Original Boat Ho
Registered: 02/08/00
Posts: 2917
Loc: Bellevue
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Sweet!
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#189336 - 03/05/03 03:57 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 217
Loc: Woodinville
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Oie Ve! Muy Grande!
DB
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#189339 - 03/05/03 06:16 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/04/01
Posts: 3563
Loc: Gold Bar
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That's a pig
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#189340 - 03/05/03 06:55 PM
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 12/18/00
Posts: 150
Loc: Bainbridge Island, WA USA
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So that's a Steelhead! I thought they were just mythical beasts spoke of in hushed tones in dark taverns. My efforts are starting to feel like snipe hunting lately! Way to go. 
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#189341 - 03/05/03 07:03 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/28/00
Posts: 436
Loc: Drifting Down The Braids Of Sw...
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Now that is one bada$$ piece of chrome. I bet that striped a gear or two. Way to go!!!
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#189342 - 03/05/03 07:16 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/28/00
Posts: 436
Loc: Drifting Down The Braids Of Sw...
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After looking at that pic again I would say that looks more like 30lbs to me. Hard to say but that badboy is huge! 
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#189343 - 03/05/03 07:23 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/25/02
Posts: 249
Loc: T-town
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I have seen fish with "shoulders"  But are you sure that ain't a humpy!  Nice fish man! And thanks for putting him back to make more football shaped babies. Hey CFM if you read this this is why we want to save are native steelhead and not replace them with 41"x.......17".......brats. 
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#189350 - 03/05/03 10:48 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 12/05/02
Posts: 427
Loc: Gig Harbor,WA
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NO WAY!! That Steelie is HUGE!!! Thats all I need, I've been fishless for 5 months! Hopefully will tighten' up tomorrow, going to check out either the Kalama or the Cowlitz.
GREAT FISH!!!
Peter ><>
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#189352 - 03/05/03 11:31 PM
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Parr
Registered: 01/07/03
Posts: 48
Loc: everett
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Awesome fish!!!!  Better than me, never landed a steelhead let alone a hog like that good job
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#189353 - 03/06/03 12:07 AM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 283
Loc: Renton, WA
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Nice fish!!!!!!!!!
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#189354 - 03/06/03 12:24 AM
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 12/18/02
Posts: 98
Loc: Eastern, Wa
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I am inspired>............I am going fishing tomorrow!
AWESOME FISH BRO!
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#189356 - 03/06/03 10:51 AM
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Smolt
Registered: 02/28/03
Posts: 88
Loc: Monroe
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Nice fish, now I got steelhead envy....
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#189357 - 03/06/03 11:57 AM
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Fry
Registered: 01/22/03
Posts: 35
Loc: Chehalis, WA
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Beautiful fish. What a chrome dome slab.
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#189358 - 03/06/03 12:07 PM
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Fry
Registered: 09/09/02
Posts: 33
Loc: renton
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A D pose,
Yeah that fish took a little life out of one of my plug reels. It made 3 consecutive 30 yard runs and charges of the boat, all right on the surface. Slacklined us twice then jumped completely out of the water at the end of the third run. He made a couple of lesser runs as we tried to get him to shore. I geared my leader up to 15# from my usual 12# UG and I think that helped to cut the fight time and strain on the fish. It was still 10+ minutes.
As to the system I'd rather not say. If you put in your time on the coastal streams you might recognize it. I can't think of another spot that looks similar to it on any other river, and I cut the photo down for that reason.
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#189359 - 03/06/03 02:48 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 321
Loc: snohomish, wa
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Nice, very nice! And to know that fish will spawn to make more-----wow!
Thats why ALL WILD FISH SHOULD BE RELEASED!
No concrete pond on earth will produce a fish like that. And how many thousands of years did it take to produce genes like that?
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#189360 - 03/06/03 03:50 PM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 03/30/02
Posts: 1395
Loc: Lake Stevens
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That is a awsome fish. I am very jealous right now.
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#189361 - 03/06/03 10:12 PM
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Smolt
Registered: 02/28/03
Posts: 88
Loc: Monroe
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Hey Wheedawgs,
You'd be jealous if it were a 5 lb dolly! Just kidding...I'm in the same boat you are.....Wait I'm ALWAYS in your boat, that's why I'm jealous too!
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#189362 - 03/07/03 03:29 PM
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Spawner
Registered: 12/14/01
Posts: 640
Loc: The Tailout
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Wingman,
That's one nice fish! Curious how long it was?
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#189366 - 03/08/03 08:51 AM
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Fry
Registered: 11/11/02
Posts: 27
Loc: Seattle
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Can You Say JUMBOLIA....
Way To Go
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