The Steelhead Angler

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While on a trip back from turkey hunting Monday morning I stopped along the Little Salmon River and noticed quit a few stack into a pole just below a small falls. Steelheads are known to stack up in this spot and I like to check it when I am fish, it is usually a good indicator as to how the fish are moving and if they are in the river.

When I noticed so many fish stacked in there I decided to give Steelhead fishing a try for a while. This turned out to be the best decision of the day as the only turkey I saw I managed to spook of before I got him to respond to my calling. Anyway There is a small seem just down from the falls I was talking about that I decided to give a try and on the first cast I hooked into a nice buck that may have weighed 10 lbs. this fish had been in the river for quit some time and was close to spawning. But he did but up a pretty good fight for this time of year. Two casts latter I hooked another fish at the very tail end of this drift and this fish came out of the water shook it’s tail at me and headed down the river like it was being pushed by a freight train it was not long before it came off but it got me wondering what put such a fire under his tail.

After fishing for less then twenty minutes more I hooked into another nice steelhead and this fish was acting like an early fall fish it jumped four times and gave me a very good tussle before I was finally able to tail her and get a good look at her. She was a nice silver colored spring steelhead and was in excellent shape and a nice firm body. Now I do not know where these fish have come from and usually this time of year they are spawning and pretty well beat down but this one well I just could not believe the shape she was in.

I guess that may be I gave up on Steelhead fishing to early as it appears that there are quit a few fish in the river most are tired and spawning or nearly ready to spawn. There are however some of these fish that appear to be fresher and you while know as soon as you hook one if it is fresh by the way they want to take off.

I fished this hole for the rest of the day and while I never kept a good count I know I caught over 12 and probably closer to 15 fish some of them really gave me a good fight and a couple I’m sure are still headed back to the ocean just from the way they blew out of the hole.

So if you’re looking for something to do the next couple of weeks you might want to give it a try the Steelhead are still there and some of them are in very good shape for this time of year.

By: RR Smith
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I don’t know what to tell you this year the weather still is not cooperating for us. Steelhead fishing in one hole will be great foe a while and then nothing for hours and then you may pick up one or two fish for the next several hours. Or like yesterday we fished all day and only caught two fish.Their were a couple of fishermen down stream from us that caught 10 fish in a little over an hours time and then they to did not catch anymore fish the rest of the day. This year has been very frustrating for most of us and I truly believe that it is all do to the weather. Meadows Valley still has about two feet of snow lying on the valley floor; normally the snow would be gone by this time of year. The Little Salmon river flow is what you would expect is see in February not the second week in May.

Every time I think the weather is going to change it hasn’t it is still getting down into the single digits at night and what snow has melted off seems to be going into the ground not running down the river. The upper reaches of the river are still covered with a blanket of snow and getting down to some of them has proven quite challenging at times.

I whish I could tell you with some certainty that fishing will pick up soon but I have been telling you this for over a month now. Steelhead fishing remains steelhead fishing here now if you hit the right hole at the right time it is great but hit a hole at the wrong time and you will be in for a disappointment.

As we wait for the fish to really start moving the best that I can tell you is that you will have some good fishing if you are one of the luck few that hit a hole with some fishing laying in it if not you will have to fish hard to get on of those crazy steelheads on your line. Until next time good luck and good fishing.

By: RR Smith
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