wanting to catch steelhead.....

[lilray8801]

i have never been steelhead fishing before. i would like to catch one. when do they usually start running? i am in pierce county so i would like to know what rivers around here are good for steelhead. thank you to whoever replies. good luck.

[JimLyons]

Hey lilray,
I live in Spokane and the bite is pretty good in the snake and clearwater rivers over her, but the fish all started over there. This site now has river reports too. The nisqually is good at different times, and over on the penisula the queets and quinalt are very famous. Steelhead are just plain bad boys to catch. Good Luck.

[Toni]

I caught a steelhead earlier (middle of Oct) fishing for Coho (silver) salmon in the Carbon river by where it goes into the Puyallup. I hear (and read) that they run mainly in Jan and Feb.

[Derrick-k]

For the hatchery run the carbon should be kicking out some decent numbers hatchery steelhead try drift-fishing eggs. You might also try jigs under a slip bobber tiped with a sandshrimp. you can also get em offof spoons or spinners. The key with steelhead is to keep whatever bait your useing right off the bottom.

Tight lines!

[travislikesfishing]

i went last week end and caught a 28 inch 7 pounder weighed it with my digital rapala scale i was useing red bucktail jig under a slip bobber with sand shrimp and sand shrimp oil my uncle caught a 24 inch 4 lb 10 oz we fishing for 12 hours and he landed1 and lost 1 and i landed 1 and lost 2 (you really got to set the hook hard) we went to snaker river lower granit dam not sure how close that is to you heres my fishhttp://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee15 ... CF0187.jpg