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winxp_man
05-01-2014, 04:49 PM
So I was out today in search of big shad pods and instead hooked a 22-24" spring steelhead!!! I saw it on top for a bit of the morning and seeing it didn't seem hit the bloody Maria I had on. So then I decide to cross the river and as I was crossing I kept casting and boom fish on!!! I have never seen a steelhead jump as much as this one did!! It must have come up about 6-7 times it's was like the 4th of July on the water. After a few minutes of battle I managed to get it in. It's was beautiful wild steelhead! I wish I had a way to get a pic! I was backed up against a wall of jagged rocks it was no way to lay a wild fish on to get a pic. Either way I have the memory what this fish did! :)

No shad today though, but I did manage to get my first steelhead on a bloody Maria :)

Bill Kiene semi-retired
05-01-2014, 08:00 PM
Andy and I were talking about checking the recently opened closed area for steelhead....cool.

STEELIES/26c3
05-01-2014, 08:28 PM
Hey Aron way to go on the steelie

I was below you catching the other S fish (not shad nor steelies)...

troutless
05-01-2014, 10:41 PM
I was below you catching the other S fish (not shad nor steelies)...

You're swinging for suckers? You da man! :)

STEELIES/26c3
05-02-2014, 08:39 AM
no.... salmon, squawfish, sturgeon, sheepshead, sticklebacks and sharks

Paul B.
05-08-2014, 08:53 PM
That's great Aron
Thank you for posting