05-25-2011, 04:15 PM
Ran up to Steck with some cutbait and stinkbait. I brought plenty of stinkbait, just not enough cutbait. I had my poles in the water around 8pm and left at 1am. Wound up catching 15 cats, all really good sized. They were all about the same size, but were all definitely over 5lbs. I was a little bummed I didn't get some smaller ones for the frying pan. Only caught 1 on stinkbait, the rest loved the cutbait. I actually ran out of cutbait which is why I left. Sorry the pics are washed out and generally crappy...
I had a great time, just what I needed after being sick for almost 3 weeks with strep and some bronchial infection.
Side note: I'm no waterways expert... how does the snake at the Idaho/Oregon border look like its at flood stage, but upstream at Steck its super low. I was surprised at the number of campers I saw at Steck. Almost all of them had boats that they couldn't launch. Idaho Power's website said that the boat launch at Steck was available, but it wasn't even close.
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I had a great time, just what I needed after being sick for almost 3 weeks with strep and some bronchial infection.
Side note: I'm no waterways expert... how does the snake at the Idaho/Oregon border look like its at flood stage, but upstream at Steck its super low. I was surprised at the number of campers I saw at Steck. Almost all of them had boats that they couldn't launch. Idaho Power's website said that the boat launch at Steck was available, but it wasn't even close.
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] There's the old railroad pylon that's usually in the middle of the water, well that's about 20 ft from being in the water right now. I was down a ways (maybe 50 yards) from that casting straight out. With the water so low, the back current is definitely noticeable, so your lines will drift to the left. There's seams in the current and that's where the fish are holding up in. When it was light out I could cast right where the pools were, but when it was dark I just tossed it and lef it drift.