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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on July 23, 2009, 03:47:56 PM

Title: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on July 23, 2009, 03:47:56 PM: Wed was very slow with my worst day off the year with 1 hook up.. it was very slow for all the boats with 9 hooked for 9 boats.... Today was much better! we ended up hooking 16 fish, landing 6 2 hatchery and 4 nates, we lost 4 fish at the boat and lost a few more before we got them close, thats the name of the game, but with a little luck limits would have came by 10 am, the other boats around did alright, but I would say our boat hooked the most fish........ great fishing and more hatchery fish should be the name of the game the next 4-5 weeks

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Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: cohoho on July 23, 2009, 08:10:16 PM: Nice work, nice work....
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: bowtech721 on July 23, 2009, 08:28:14 PM: hoytstaff are you a guide?
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: huntnphool on July 23, 2009, 08:29:02 PM: Nice job Hoyt, man those fish look small though.
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: fishcrazy on July 23, 2009, 09:33:00 PM: bowtech,

Yes, he is a guide. see some of his other post on Columbia steelhead. He did a nice how to write up with pics on one of the post.

Kris
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: bucklucky on July 23, 2009, 09:38:13 PM: Nice Job Hoyt!
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 23, 2009, 10:53:55 PM: Very nice... I will be there tomorrow with a couple boys.
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on July 24, 2009, 09:52:38 AM: Quote from: huntnphool on July 23, 2009, 08:29:02 PM
Nice job Hoyt, man those fish look small though.

Alot fo them are "small" in the 4-7 lb range, but man do they eat well...... in a about another week or so bigger fish will start to show, I got 4 last year over 14lbs
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: huntnphool on July 24, 2009, 10:03:22 AM: Not complaining Hoyt, been fishing for steelhead for 35+ years and know its awesome to just catch one let alone a big one. You can tell they are 2-3 salt fish, I can't even imagine a 16 hookup day with 4 salt :yike:
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on July 24, 2009, 10:08:30 AM: ya they certainly are, but they are fun as hell to hook! we had a 5 lb nate jump 5 times within 20 ft of my boat yesterday, about 5ft out of the water each time!! its alot of fun and these fish eat great, like I said next few weeks 8-12lb will be the norm with some pigs in the mix
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: jackelope on July 24, 2009, 10:20:51 AM: Hoyt-does anyone ever try swinging flies to them? in only 10' of water or so i imagine it's totally do-able with a sink-tip.
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on July 24, 2009, 10:32:50 AM: Im sure it could be, along with othet tactics, but with the number of bank/boat fishermen I dont see it as a good way to go
Title: Re: Steelhead wed/thur
Post by: fisheral87 on July 24, 2009, 11:36:38 AM: Small? Any steel is good steel.