Huge steelhead!

[deerhunter_98520]

Good to know....huge fish either way 

[Coastal_native]

Actually, to be honest...I caught it with hook and line and let this guy take a picture with it.  So...I guess I win?

[Dan-o]

Actually, to be honest...I caught it with hook and line and let this guy take a picture with it.  So...I guess I win?

Were you with a native guide?     

[deerhunter_98520]

Actually, to be honest...I caught it with hook and line and let this guy take a picture with it.  So...I guess I win?

Need a fishing partner? I won't give up the secret honey homes   

[fishnfur]

Heck of a nice fish.  I thought the big ones hit the Quinault in March.  Perhaps that is just the natives??

Anybody remember a short article in STS, probably 20 - 30 years ago, about a 53ish lb. steelhead some commercial guys caught out in the ocean in their nets?  They released it but snapped a couple of pics before doing so.  THAT was a big steelhead!  (I tried to find it online but came up empty).

[_TONY_]

Heck of a nice fish.  I thought the big ones hit the Quinault in March.  Perhaps that is just the natives??

Anybody remember a short article in STS, probably 20 - 30 years ago, about a 53ish lb. steelhead some commercial guys caught out in the ocean in their nets?  They released it but snapped a couple of pics before doing so.  THAT was a big steelhead!  (I tried to find it online but came up empty).

Yep, they believe that it was a fish that could not reach sexual maturity and just kept swimming and feeding with no urge to return to river.