Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 09:58:05 AM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 09, 2011, 10:03:18 AM
Post by: BIGINNER on December 09, 2011, 10:08:50 AM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FISH? :chuckle:
Post by: Fowlweather25 on December 09, 2011, 10:11:11 AM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 09, 2011, 10:15:18 AM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FISH? :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Yes the fish.
Post by: uplandhunter870 on December 09, 2011, 10:22:13 AM
Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 10:27:35 AM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
It is pretty dark but I think its beautiful simply for a fish that size surviving! Now if it was the color of the 24# my boy got (see pic in "1st Solo Steelhead" thread, then it would be even more amazing. :twocents:
Post by: Bigshooter on December 09, 2011, 10:44:59 AM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
It is pretty dark but I think its beautiful simply for a fish that size surviving! Now if it was the color of the 24# my boy got (see pic in "1st Solo Steelhead" thread, then it would be even more amazing. :twocents:
I'm not taking anything away from the fish. I would love to catch one that size. I just do not find it beautiful. A beautiful steelhead to me is one that is so bright that it looks more white than chrome.
Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 11:58:25 AM
Post by: sisu on December 09, 2011, 12:29:45 PM
Post by: wazzu99 on December 09, 2011, 02:12:25 PM
Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 02:46:24 PM
Huge fish, looks like it was caught by Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway!
:chuckle:
WILSON! WILLLSONNNN!
:chuckle:
Post by: SeaRun1 on December 09, 2011, 02:54:31 PM
Anything over 20 is a trophy in my book even if it is a little colored up like those Kispiox and other BC tribs fish tend to be.
SR1
Post by: Elk whack master on December 09, 2011, 03:09:51 PM
Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 03:35:14 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 09, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 09, 2011, 03:42:30 PM
So I dont know if any of you have seen this before but I just found this picture while browsing on the web. It was linked from Sweaty Waders on a Blog called Moldy Chum. I couldnt find anything on the background story from either site other than its from Kispiox, B.C. , so I dont know what the deal is but its a GORGEOUS fish no?definately big ...spawned out ...YES But who cares I never keep native steelhead ...Well I should say hens anyway !!
Post by: Alpine Mojo on December 09, 2011, 07:57:46 PM
OOOOOhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOO!!!! wild fish out of water. :stirthepot: :boxin:
It's only unethical to pull wild fish out of the water when the regs say you can't. It's perfectly acceptable everywhere else.
Post by: trippledigitss on December 09, 2011, 08:11:53 PM
OOOOOhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOO!!!! wild fish out of water. :stirthepot: :boxin:
It's only unethical to pull wild fish out of the water when the regs say you can't. It's perfectly acceptable everywhere else.
Haha - well I'd say switch unethical with illegal, cuz there are many guys who will say its unethical to treat a wild fish that way no matter what. I'd say best to keep them in the water or only have them out very briefly unless you plan on bonking it. Now bonking a wild fish, even when legal will stir a whole 'nother pot! :chuckle:
Post by: Alpine Mojo on December 09, 2011, 08:33:26 PM
OOOOOhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOO!!!! wild fish out of water. :stirthepot: :boxin:
It's only unethical to pull wild fish out of the water when the regs say you can't. It's perfectly acceptable everywhere else.
Haha - well I'd say switch unethical with illegal, cuz there are many guys who will say its unethical to treat a wild fish that way no matter what. I'd say best to keep them in the water or only have them out very briefly unless you plan on bonking it. Now bonking a wild fish, even when legal will stir a whole 'nother pot! :chuckle:
on the internet, or out in the real world? :chuckle:
Post by: 3nails on December 09, 2011, 09:03:16 PM
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 09, 2011, 10:49:30 PM
Post by: Hyde on December 09, 2011, 11:56:56 PM
Here's my biggest steelhead, a 25 pounder from the Thompson in BC. For reference, I am 6'4" tall, and weigh 260. Fish always look small when I hold them.
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on December 09, 2011, 11:58:06 PM
Im guessing he got it on a fly, EVEN BETTER
Post by: KopperBuck on December 10, 2011, 12:01:11 AM
Post by: KopperBuck on December 10, 2011, 12:18:59 AM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
It is pretty dark but I think its beautiful simply for a fish that size surviving! Now if it was the color of the 24# my boy got (see pic in "1st Solo Steelhead" thread, then it would be even more amazing. :twocents:
I'm not taking anything away from the fish. I would love to catch one that size. I just do not find it beautiful. A beautiful steelhead to me is one that is so bright that it looks more white than chrome.
C'mon man.. us drysiders love the stripers! That's all we see. Any steelhead is beautiful! ;) Fished the Nestucca this last weekend. So strange to hear about "too dark a fish - if it was legal we wouldn't keep it"... "fish are stinking up the banks"... Garsh.. I wish we had that problem. You Wetside dudes have all the fun :tup:
I've caught one chromer in my life.. and holy smokes was it hot. I'll give you that.
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 09:20:33 AM
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 09:26:03 AM
Post by: trippledigitss on December 10, 2011, 11:58:01 AM
MD - that is the biggest 12#'er I've ever seen! I would have guessed high teens? :dunno:
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 12:30:26 PM
MD - that is the biggest 12#'er I've ever seen! I would have guessed high teens? :dunno:
Lol well thanks tripple...I carry a scale with me and thats all she went. I wish it had been in the high teens :chuckle:
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 10, 2011, 12:32:13 PM
Post by: buckhorn2 on December 10, 2011, 12:42:50 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 12:44:09 PM
Big and UGLY if you ask me.
It is pretty dark but I think its beautiful simply for a fish that size surviving! Now if it was the color of the 24# my boy got (see pic in "1st Solo Steelhead" thread, then it would be even more amazing. :twocents:
I'm not taking anything away from the fish. I would love to catch one that size. I just do not find it beautiful. A beautiful steelhead to me is one that is so bright that it looks more white than chrome.
C'mon man.. us drysiders love the stripers! That's all we see. Any steelhead is beautiful! ;) Fished the Nestucca this last weekend. So strange to hear about "too dark a fish - if it was legal we wouldn't keep it"... "fish are stinking up the banks"... Garsh.. I wish we had that problem. You Wetside dudes have all the fun :tup:
I've caught one chromer in my life.. and holy smokes was it hot. I'll give you that.
When I see that stripe on a steelhead. There are two things that go through my head. 1. It was most likely caught on the eastside. 2. I might keep him to through in the smoker. I've been invited to the east side to fish steelhead a couple time. I just say no thanks. I don't have the heart to tell them that I don't want to fish for half dead fish. There is nothing like catching a 6 - 8 pound hen steelhead with sea lice still on her. That is a fight you will never forget.
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 01:03:47 PM
Post by: trippledigitss on December 10, 2011, 01:05:51 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 01:10:06 PM
:rolleyes: Lol half dead you're killing me! Hook into one of our 15-20 #'ers and I guarantee you'll never forget about it! Neither will your arms!
I have caught some 12 - 15 pound old summer run on this side before. And if you like reeling in a rock. Then yeah its fun and you'll never forget it. That's for sure. My guess is you have never caught right out of the ocean chrome before. There is a huge difference.
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 01:17:57 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 01:26:25 PM
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 01:34:43 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on December 10, 2011, 01:45:09 PM
Post by: Ironhead on December 10, 2011, 02:05:19 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 02:17:10 PM
I will be truthful and tell you that I have caught maybe a dozen in the teens with the biggest being 17lbs. But I don't really remember fighting any of them. Where I can remember catching tons of those cookie cutters that did nothing but dance on the water.
Post by: 3nails on December 10, 2011, 03:52:29 PM
that pic is a few years old...it was impressive until the rest of the photo set was revealed, of the guy dropping it on the rocks several times. the fish was probably out of the water several minutes, not just a little bit for a quick photo.:dunno: When they're going into the cooler who cares?
Post by: Ironhead on December 10, 2011, 05:19:43 PM
I will be truthful and tell you that I have caught maybe a dozen in the teens with the biggest being 17lbs. But I don't really remember fighting any of them. Where I can remember catching tons of those cookie cutters that did nothing but dance on the water.
You catch a big, wild native, linebacker of a steelhead and you won't ever forget. :)
Post by: Button Nubbs on December 10, 2011, 05:20:39 PM
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 05:30:27 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 05:54:10 PM
I will be truthful and tell you that I have caught maybe a dozen in the teens with the biggest being 17lbs. But I don't really remember fighting any of them. Where I can remember catching tons of those cookie cutters that did nothing but dance on the water.
You catch a big, wild native, linebacker of a steelhead and you won't ever forget. :)
Dead weight boys. I still haven't forgot it.
Post by: Bigshooter on December 10, 2011, 06:02:23 PM
I will be truthful and tell you that I have caught maybe a dozen in the teens with the biggest being 17lbs. But I don't really remember fighting any of them. Where I can remember catching tons of those cookie cutters that did nothing but dance on the water.
You catch a big, wild native, linebacker of a steelhead and you won't ever forget. :)
Dead weight boys. I still haven't forgot it.
Come to think of it i've caught more than a dozen in the teens. About 6 or 8 years ago the green river in cowlitz county was open a couple years in row early for springers. So me and a buddy fished it pretty hard. In those couple years I caught more than a dozen wild winter run steelhead that were in the teens while trying to get a springer. Never did get a springer in there. And none of them fought as good as any of the chrome brite hachery summer run that I caught in there.
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 10, 2011, 06:08:13 PM
Post by: eggster on December 10, 2011, 09:38:20 PM
Post by: Houndhunter on December 10, 2011, 10:21:59 PM
Post by: CountryslickR on December 11, 2011, 08:31:26 PM
Have you ever fished and landed one on the eastside?
Lets just let Bigshooter keep on thinking how he does, so he doesn't bring all of his FLY FISHERMAN wetsider friends over to the great eastside rivers to catch those stinky, half-dead 8-20lbd absolutely disgusting fish we try to call "nice steelhead"..... :chuckle:.....so ya, all the fish that don't have sea lice are boots!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on December 11, 2011, 08:39:55 PM
Have you ever fished and landed one on the eastside?
Lets just let Bigshooter keep on thinking how he does, so he doesn't bring all of his FLY FISHERMAN wetsider friends over to the great eastside rivers to catch those stinky, half-dead 8-20lbd absolutely disgusting fish we try to call "nice steelhead"..... :chuckle:.....so ya, all the fish that don't have sea lice are boots!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol4: Agreed, I like your way of thinking!
Post by: huntnnw on December 11, 2011, 09:49:13 PM
personally i love catching a nice colored up steelhead(not salmon!), as long as its not rotting, i think they're beatiful. i love the chromers too, but my fav is a big clean colored up steelhead:yeah:
I think chrome steelies are not that pretty to see...much like a summer mulie over a rutted up Nov muley
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 11, 2011, 11:30:37 PM
Post by: KopperBuck on December 11, 2011, 11:51:39 PM
Have you ever fished and landed one on the eastside?
Lets just let Bigshooter keep on thinking how he does, so he doesn't bring all of his FLY FISHERMAN wetsider friends over to the great eastside rivers to catch those stinky, half-dead 8-20lbd absolutely disgusting fish we try to call "nice steelhead"..... :chuckle:.....so ya, all the fish that don't have sea lice are boots!!!!!!!!!!!
x2 :chuckle:
:lol4: Agreed, I like your way of thinking!
Post by: jeepster on December 13, 2011, 02:59:01 AM
Awesome steelie
Post by: jeepguy on December 14, 2011, 06:58:05 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 14, 2011, 07:07:39 PM
Like this one !!!!
& that one & this one :chuckle: :chuckle: And I do let them go :dunno: :dunno: :o
I could go on all day with this subject :chuckle:
Post by: jeepguy on December 14, 2011, 07:19:24 PM
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 15, 2011, 09:03:18 PM
I saw 2 over 20. Both chrome.
I got 77 summer steelhead this year. Anytime you guys wanna come down i will show you how to catch some chrome steel.
And that pic of the fish in the original post is well over 30. If i remember correctly it is a skeena fish. I wish i could take the time to fish that river someday.
Post by: _TONY_ on December 15, 2011, 11:04:28 PM