Winter steel time!

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

I am going out for my first day of winter steelhead 2008.. I am going to freeze my ass off! I have 9lbs of eggs in the fridge but I think Ill do the jig/prawn/bobber show tommorow, nothing beats seeing the bobber go down! with this rain it should be good! we shall see!!

[huntnphool]

where are you heading?

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

East fork of the lewis

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Pretty slow so far on the EFL.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

that rain we had the last few days should make a big diff, also im fishing up high, always good after the first rain for some early winter and late summer fish

[Houndhunter]

i cant wait to do some winter steelhead drifts

[1bowhunter1]

I'm glad to hear its slow on the East fork...i'm still hunting!!  LOL

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

From what i read the EFL is not getting much back anymore. I do not fish it anymore, but i have friends that are very good fishermen that have said that the last few years have been the worst they can remember.
I fish another river that is like the EFL, but has a few more fish... The shoug is my favorite river.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

thats also a fun river! and its not what it used to be, but there are fish there still, we shall see

[Firstlight]

Ive been hitting a few on the Skagit. Hooked 3 on Monday, and saw a few others get caught. However Wednesday was a boat show, and I didnt touch a fish. Hit and Miss, sounds like steelhead fishing.

[ELKBURGER]

My brother fished the east fork sat. morning and saw 3 keepers. There starting to pick up. I think with the cold weather it will keep the water low and clear. My bro and I grew up near the east fork, above daybreak park. We love that river.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

I grew up below daybreak, caught my first on that river, im thinkin of starting below lucia and fishing all the way down, or maybe the elochoman?

[ELKBURGER]

Lucia is usually a good bet. Get there early and grab your rock.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

ya i dont think it will be to bad on a monday with weather like this

[ELKBURGER]

Good point- Good luck to ya

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

thanks we shall see how it goes, part of me wants to go to the elochoman though....

[Fishpimp]

I have a good amount of vacation time set aside for this season, plenty of eggs, jigs, etc.... I'm thinking that trip #1 may be around new years on the Umpqua, river levels permitting...

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

well lets go!

[huntnphool]

thanks we shall see how it goes, part of me wants to go to the elochoman though....

Well how did it go today, we want picks of steel

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

not great hooked 2, both came unpinned, water is still to low.. we need rain

[huntnphool]

not great hooked 2, both came unpinned, water is still to low.. we need rain

Looks like they are raising the Cowlitz

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=14238000&PARAmeter_cd=00060,00065