Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

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Brat Bonker
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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by Brat Bonker » Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:59 pm

Monday afternoon was awesome

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by dj2loud » Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:50 am

Looks like good success ! What river are you fishing? And how far is it from Bellingham wa?

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:26 am

notellum river [flapper] roughly 5 hours from b ham

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by BlakeP » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:31 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:notellum river [flapper] roughly 5 hours from b ham
Always gotta fish the Notellum river [laugh] It's the only good river right? Weird how it changes locations every few months [flapper]

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by dj2loud » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:00 pm

EPIC FAIL ON MY PART....... GOOGLE'N NOTELLEM RIVER GOT ME NO WHERE>........

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Notellem river wa... omg......... #-o

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by BlakeP » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:02 pm

It's sorta a joke, the "Notellum" river. In all seriousness, most people aren't gonna give out their river, or any secret spots, especially with the limited amounts of rivers that we can even fish for steelhead in Washington anymore. Less and less fish = more and more crowds.
If you want info just do some research on what rivers get large returns of Hatchery fish, there are a few that are no secret. If you want to target native fish, do some research on the rivers that get good returns of Wild fish, once you have all that info then go out and do some exploring, that's all the fun in steelheading! You can find your own little spots to fish and learn more if you explore rivers yourself. It's also so much more rewarding in the long run. As far as your location you're gonna likely have to do some traveling to get into fish, not much opportunity around your area right now unfortunately. Just browse through some old reports, Hatchery Escapement archives on WDFW's website, and what rivers are heavily planted. Hope this helps. If you're looking for handouts, this isn't the place, but there is plenty of helpful information and research is all part of the fun.
I used to honestly be more helpful or give more info but I learned my lesson the hard way that posting about rivers on the internet can ruin them for everyone...And that's just not worth it.

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by dj2loud » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:43 pm

Thanks for the info, its the same way in the salt on the east coast ( North and south Carolina for tuna)


Thanks anyways.....

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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by Brat Bonker » Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:41 pm

got this one this past week on slayem.net bead, 1 for 3 had to drop down to very light line and 8mm bead just to get bit
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Re: Steelhead Pics & Reports 2015/2016

Post by Bobberdownchromer » Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:19 am

Nice fish! Yeah Slay em beads rock!

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