I went steelhead fishing over the weekend, we had a great time! Between two of us we landed 26 on Saturday and Sunday - but the kicker was how big they were! A solid third of our fish were B-run steelies! Incredible! It took us a few hours to figure out what they were hitting since no one around seemed to be doing stellar - but once we did it turned on great for us! We tried the regular standbys: trout beads, black flies, black curly tail grubs, chartreuse egg sucking leeches - none of it was really hitting. Shrimp was the key. Kinda funny. We only landed 1 fish all weekend on the trout beads. Definitely weird.
All the fish were caught between Ebenezer & the Middle Fork, here's a couple photos of the biggest fish we caught - a 33" and a 36". I'm not sure why the fish are so much larger this year - but they definitely are!
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nice, i need to get over there. we always stay around ebenezer at that campground below the cliffs.. always in a big canvas tent.
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Great report and thanks for the pictures that Hatch is one heck of a fish!
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Beautiful Steelies!
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Sounds like you guys had a blast. I have been meaning to post a report and keep forgetting. I was out there Friday and Saturday and did pretty good on Saturday. We floated from Indianola to the gravel bar above Spring creek. We caught several big fish also but they were all wild. I caught 2 keepers and 2 wild fish. Sorry no pictures. I had my buddy take pictures of the 1 huge wild fish I caught but they didn't turn out worth a crap. The sun was behind me and the glare ruined the picture. I was pretty
. I think that fish was the biggest steelie I have ever caught. Hopefully the water doesn't mud up too soon with the warmer weather. Any one know what it is looking like this week? I'm headed out again this weekend to give it another shot.
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Looking good in town after work tonight. Lemhi river is putting a little murk into the water but its totally fishable. Hit 2 fish in about an hour and a half........
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Hey, thanks man. I'm way jealous of you guys that live out there. It would be awesome to get to fish as much as you do.
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If anyone is going this weekend or can give me directions up there I'd appreciate it... we wanna go try it out never done any steelhead fishing anyone wanna take us out fishing im willing to exchange tattoo work for a fishing trip if u can let me know asap any details advice etc would b great... tight lines everyone... by the way I just signed up to this website so hi everyone
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Welcome to the forum. do you have anywhere to check out your work?
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Heres my number and I'd b more than happy to send you some to your phone 760 648 3005
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