COLD Steel Brrrr (PICS)

fishhog4u · 12-08-2003, 10:53 AM

Here is some pics (hopefully) of a recent trip steelheading in BC.
It was a balmy 20 degrees. How cold was it? Well, when I was fighting my big fish, I slipped and went in up to my neck!!!!!!!
Anyways, I hope you enjoy them.
I started steelheading This spring. I have yet to catch my 10th steelhead, but I have caught 3 over 20#.

I must be doing something right!!

SHOUGALNITE · 12-08-2003, 12:07 PM

Looks like a heck of a trip.

C 'n' D · 12-08-2003, 12:35 PM

Those are some bruisers. Nice work.

CnD

Dakotan · 12-08-2003, 12:53 PM

Wow, those pictures are awesome. Nice job with the camera. It looks like a surreal place to fish. Congrats, you have a couple nice fish there.

Fishfinder1 · 12-08-2003, 01:56 PM

Oh yea, now thats what I like nice fish!!! B.C. huh? Take me I willing!!!! :tongue:

ColdSteel · 12-08-2003, 01:57 PM

3 over 20# and you havn't even caught 10 yet

I need to fish with you sometime. Those are some awsome pictures.

fishhog4u · 12-08-2003, 02:13 PM

Let me give you a little insight to the fish I caught.
first of all, I consider myself to be EXTREMLY lucky!!!
The steelhead run numbers are 800 - 1000 fish. Considering the sheer size of the river, I AM lucky.
Catching 4 prime steelhead in three days fishing beats the odds in my book.
We lost the tape measure somewhere along the way so we couldn't be 100% accurate. the smallest was around 12# and the biggest was definitely 25# plus!!! :shocked:
I have been salmon fishing for years and wanted to try my hand at steelhead.
The way I look at it, I may as well quit now. I will most likely fish the rest of my life and not catch a bigger steelhead.
Who am I kidding, IM going to keep on trying!!!!!

redfish89 · 12-08-2003, 02:24 PM

Wow.....Nice pics..Thanks for sharing.

trunwfisherman · 12-08-2003, 02:56 PM

Wicked nice photos man, gotta love them b.c. steelies.

David Johnson · 12-08-2003, 03:28 PM

The thing you're doing right is fishing were there are good odds of a trophy. That place is on my "to do" list....

Man it looks cold. I drove through that area this summer and it was 100 degrees out.

Good job on those pigs.

fishhog4u · 12-08-2003, 03:39 PM

What the..........
I didn't mention "where" I was fishing David!
Aren't you the saavy one!!! he he.
Say David, how's about we work out a trade. I'll take you there and you take me on a day trip in your neck of the woods????? :grin:
I just loved the article you wrote in STS. I found it very informative.
Is my brown-noseing working???

Gun Rod Bow · 12-08-2003, 03:48 PM

Nice big finned summers in the snow.

Narrowing the possibilities.

I love it over there. Were there sheep on the road?

BTW, that first pic, over your right shoulder, on that bench, there's elk tracks

[ 12-08-2003, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: Gun Rod Bow ]

fishhog4u · 12-08-2003, 04:02 PM

As a matter of fact, there were a few bighorn sheep around. I saw a full curl ram just about got pasted by a semi.......
You mean to tell me the place where I caught these steel head is not a secret spot???? IM kidding of course. It's world reknowned. On my first trip, I saw a rig from Missouri and one from Texas. Feather flickers most of them. I talked to one old boy. He said last year, he fished for 30 days and only landed one steelie.

Now THATS hardcore!!!!!!
Didn't see any elk though. I was too busy watching my rod tip!!!! he he

KillerDave · 12-08-2003, 05:25 PM

Awesome fish!

However, I don't want to be a downer but the "Monster Zipperlip" River closed for steelhead on November 17th due to low numbers of steelhead.

[ 12-09-2003, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: KillerDave ]

dampainter · 12-08-2003, 05:31 PM

NICE!!! .....roadtrip??

fishhog4u · 12-08-2003, 11:03 PM

blackdog · 12-08-2003, 11:03 PM

I think that what you were doing when you copied the picture address into the 'image' section below, you left one too many 'http://'. When you bring up the image icon, it defaults to one already in the address, so if you copy the whole address from your picture upload, you end up with one too many.

***looks like you figured it out on your own***

Sweet pictures by the way!!!!

[ 12-08-2003, 12:05 PM: Message edited by: blackdog ]

SciGuy · 12-08-2003, 11:06 PM

Wow, please take me next time.

fishhog4u · 12-09-2003, 07:34 AM

Killer Dave, you missed out. The closure was cancelled and it is open till the end of the year.
See the link below:

http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/nrm_news_...075-001012.htm

KillerDave · 12-09-2003, 08:16 AM

Fishhog-

Thanks for the heads up! Maybe next year...

You've discovered the #1 secret to catching BIG STEELHEAD. Nice job.

Jimmy Carl Black · 12-09-2003, 08:25 AM

BC :grin:

fishhog4u · 12-09-2003, 08:37 AM

Actually, I caught my first 20# plus steelie on the Hoh this past April :shocked:

GOT2FISH · 12-09-2003, 09:28 AM

AWSOME fish [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Dragfreedrift · 12-09-2003, 02:04 PM

Ahh....steelhead pictures from Canada.

don't cha just love it!

HC

Kentucky Hog Hunter · 12-09-2003, 02:12 PM

Those are awesome metalheads...

Just another thing on the list of things I gotta do and places I need to go.

Congrats

ZaQ · 12-09-2003, 05:28 PM

Man, those are awesome! I wanna go!

ultralight · 12-09-2003, 05:52 PM

Great pictures and nice looking fish

It does look awfully COLD, though :shocked:

fishhog4u · 12-10-2003, 04:16 PM

seeing if my new avatar is working??