Skeena system for Steelhead this Fall?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Any reports on the Skeena, Maurice, Bulkley or Kispiox yet??

[pvsprme]

Looks ugly; friend who fishes it regularly got two steelhead in two days way down near PR a month ago, last week he got blown out on the Bulkley and Morice. Said he talked to two guys who've been going there for years; three weeks, no fish. He is hoping they are late, as the Pinks are, but it seems all indicators pointing to a down year.

http://www.noelgyger.ca/H2O/Non-Tidal/TyeeTestFishery/Charts/SkeenaSummerSteelhead2016&2017.pdf

Regardless, I am going last week September through first week in October; if Steel don't show up we'll fish some rivers and lake for trout on the way home. Lots of options and that's a time for great trout fishing.

[BradW]

Just got back from a week on the Skeena at the Nicholas Dean Outdoors camp about 15 mi downstream of Terrace. 24 Pinks, 3 Coho (1 for lunch), 1 Sockeye, 1 Chum and 1 Steelhead. Two or three other Steelhead landed at the camp. A few that got away.