How Many Winters Have You Caught This Season So Far?

SKP · 12-15-2003, 12:56 PM

I've hooked 6, landed 2, in three trips. :grin:

December 16 edit:
Now I've hooked 8, landed 3, in four trips. :grin:

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How have you done?

SKP

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Fshklr · 12-15-2003, 01:01 PM

1 for 3 in regards to winters.

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LuckySteelhead · 12-15-2003, 01:19 PM

0 for 0 so far, January is my month

The Overfishin Condition · 12-15-2003, 01:23 PM

I'm pitchin the 0-fer so far. Caught two dandy trees, both of them payed the price of grabbing my jig... the snag never wins.

Tanner · 12-15-2003, 01:23 PM

Last three trips: 8 fish. 5 of them were wild silvers though.

Beerbelly · 12-15-2003, 01:45 PM

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Beerbelly · 12-15-2003, 01:47 PM

3 for 4 in 3 trips Steelhead.

MasterCaster · 12-15-2003, 01:51 PM

Landed 5, handed off 5 or 6, and I dont even want to go there on how many Ive hooked and lost. :shocked: Thats not counting the 4 or 5 late summers as well. Thats out of 5 or 6 trips.

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

Salmonator · 12-15-2003, 01:59 PM

Fished for 3 hrs, no steelhead but one HUGE pneumonia

That'll teach me [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

nitrobass · 12-15-2003, 01:59 PM

One trip, 2 hookups, one landed and one handed off and landed. Both nice hatchery winter fish.

Snapset · 12-15-2003, 02:04 PM

9 for 20. Started monday of last week. Looks like a good season coming up.

Holehog · 12-15-2003, 02:06 PM

I hear tale of anglers having over 20 fish days last week while fishing hatchery runs on a few rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. I know three anglers that fished four of five days during a trip last week and hooked over 150 Steelhead and landed nearly 100 of them.

It was said to be combat fishing much as the NFN at the hatchery, but a good trip to run your numbers up and run chromers through the smoker for the holidays.

I hear the fish would come by in waves, the rods would throb as lice laden chromers could be seen breaking the surface as they went by, all on their way to the capture pens on a feeder creek just upstream.

These are the trips that dreams are made of and most Steelhead Fishermen only hear of while sitting on a stool in some lonley tavern waiting for their river to clear after the recent monsoon.

These are the trips we must all make!
This was the trip I just returnd from!

My wife gave me my Christmas present in the form of fishing tokens and I have cashed them in.

Oh: I better go check the smoker.

SKP · 12-15-2003, 02:15 PM

MasterCaster,

Was that you with your girlfriend I was talking to you asking how you were doing on Saturday? If that was you, you said you had only one more spot on your tag this season, and you were using a red corkie.

SKP

Steelie Steve · 12-15-2003, 02:16 PM

O'fer so far. Doesn't help much that I only fish 1 day a week and that day seems to coincide with a monsoon. Saw the river rise 2' on Saturday while I was out. :shocked:

I did manage to catch a bunch of leaves, branches, tree limbs, etc.....

Still fun though

Steve

MasterCaster · 12-15-2003, 02:20 PM

Nope not me I dont do much fishin if any on weekends.

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

blacktail519 · 12-15-2003, 02:51 PM

1 Landed 1 lost, in 2hours so far

wannacatchem · 12-15-2003, 03:03 PM

so far have caught trees, rocks and myself. 0 for a couple trips [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img] This learning curve is very long and shallow

Fast Water · 12-15-2003, 03:50 PM

About 300 or so...

:smile:

All by hand by the way...

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north coast kook · 12-15-2003, 04:00 PM

ZERO!! That's for about 6 or 7 trips. But that's only 'cause I suck! I probly wont get one, but it's still fun for the maybe. I geuss I did hook an old summer fish the other day, but no winters....
-KooK

Moley Molson · 12-15-2003, 04:11 PM

just casting practice for me.....i need more time on the water...anybody know any great work at home schemes?

12-15-2003, 04:38 PM

None. Tagged out for 2003. Left the winters for you hearty youngsters, and ZaQ.

:smile:

Gone Fishin · 12-15-2003, 04:56 PM

Don't count 'em, just catch 'em.

I guess as long as my clients are smiling, I am too!

Rakkasan · 12-15-2003, 05:21 PM

3 tagged and 6 lost

Norski · 12-15-2003, 05:28 PM

1 trip 2 hook ups landed 1 fish,
No more room on the tag, so I am done for this year.
Good luck to all
Be back next mounth on the 1st.

No Wishin Just Fishin · 12-15-2003, 06:05 PM

3 trips 7 hookups 7 landed 3 tagged

includes one trip skunked :depressed:

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steelheadslayer · 12-15-2003, 06:29 PM

2 fer 3 in 3 trips.

Fast Water, how many of those have you released? :grin:

Lured In · 12-15-2003, 06:39 PM

0 for 3 on the 'Shoug. Then again I can't say I am really trying. It's more like a good excuse to fishin'.

crfsteelheader · 12-15-2003, 06:48 PM

So far I have tagged 4, lost a few and let 6 or so "snakes" and non chrome bucks go. 2 natives on the NFN to boot.

SandyRiverRon · 12-15-2003, 06:48 PM

Nada so far...but I haven't tried yet. January is much more fun...less crowded.

rhansme · 12-15-2003, 07:05 PM

2 for 4.

12-15-2003, 07:06 PM

2 for 4

Mrdorkfish · 12-15-2003, 07:18 PM

Only one for me this year...but it was in Jan.

That was a long time ago...maybe i'll get a few plunk'n before the year is up.
Oh..oops! :blush: you said "this" season. [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]
MrDorkfish [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

Louis

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cosmo · 12-15-2003, 07:19 PM

No such thing a tagged out on hatchery fish anymore. Filled my last chinook punch, picked up a hatchey tag!
1 trip, 2 winters, one of them wild, both of them nice fish over 10 lbs.
Can't wait for more.

buzzerbaby · 12-15-2003, 07:29 PM

8 for 11 so far, the best day was for 2 of us in 1 1/2 hours 6/10.

Reel_Big_Fish · 12-15-2003, 09:03 PM

I'm ZERO for about 5 hours since the first of November. I need to get out more.

Come to think about it, I haven't caught a fish at all this year. I think I need major help :depressed:

KingFisher85 · 12-15-2003, 09:37 PM

We talking winter chinooks or steelies? :grin:

4 winter chinooks and 3 winter steelhead since the starting of the month.

FM2 · 12-15-2003, 10:29 PM

A perfect 1000%, 0 fo 0.

Oh yeah, gotta go fishing to do some catching

Canyon Man · 12-16-2003, 05:36 AM

44 landed to date! Hopefully more after today!

Ratbaby · 12-16-2003, 05:55 AM

Am na Ofer for winter steelhead. This will be my first winter fishing so hope I will get on this winter.

SHOUGALNITE · 12-16-2003, 07:04 AM

0 FOR 1

Lefty · 12-16-2003, 07:35 AM

1 trip....3 hours 0 for 1....dang rain!!!

bait boy · 12-16-2003, 10:48 AM

one winter so far and a few more to come I hope....

SKP · 12-16-2003, 02:45 PM

I've had to edit my original post after fishing today.

Make that 8 hooked, 3 winters landed. I got a nice 10 pound fat ultimate chrome hen today on a clown corkie with baby pink yarn, with Marie's sticky shrimp scent!!! Thanks again to Marie's Sticky Shrimp Scent!!!

Side note, my buddy landed a 22 pound chinook today. His first ever fish, and he released it, as it was bronzy chrome [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] . He lost two winters also, as they both broke his line, the fiesty devils.

SKP

FishinMission · 12-16-2003, 03:11 PM

Well...none for me...but then I'm learnin' a new river...and so far...that particular river has been either really high...or really low.

Miss my old Clack [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img] ,miss bein' 10 minutes from the ramp. Wahhhhh.

But most importantly...I'm havin fun and enjoyin' a new river.

Mark

hookumup · 12-16-2003, 04:08 PM

Three trips in the last two weekends 5 for 6.
Average trip 3 hours.

Hook

fishin62 · 12-16-2003, 04:17 PM

20-30! lost count,awesome 3 weeks floating the zipper clack! everyone must be on the coast. keep going to the coast please.

lost_sailor · 12-16-2003, 04:56 PM

0 for 0, out of 0 trips.

That's on pace for my standard success on steelhead. Sometimes I actually go fishing.

SpinnerMan · 12-16-2003, 05:33 PM

One -- today :tongue:

steelheadfreak · 12-16-2003, 05:34 PM

2 for 4 three trips

fun-fishing · 12-16-2003, 06:03 PM

4 for 4 in 3 trips since the sunday after Thankgiving.

Dragfreedrift · 12-17-2003, 01:45 PM

Man, I sure wish I had the time to get out there....I've fished a whole 5 hours so far and I am 0 for 1 so far.

anyone willing to land a few for me? I won't get out for a while yet!!

HC

First Light Bite · 12-17-2003, 05:14 PM

Two for me so far but I have been gone for the last 2 weekends. Fished only 2 days caught 1 hatchery each day and lost 1 each day so 2 for 4.

Jennie@ifish · 12-17-2003, 07:02 PM

Two. One on the Wilson on a plug, and one on the K on a jig.

Jen

Wood N' Fish · 12-17-2003, 08:19 PM

None

Kentucky Hog Hunter · 12-17-2003, 08:28 PM

Caught a couple on the JD just before Thanksgiving.

Did a couple of trips on the N. Coast but caught Nooks instead of Steelies... Water has been too high to go on my other free days...

Plenty of time left and it won't be long...I am giving the East side a try this weekend again (McNary)...

Tight lines.

ultralight · 12-17-2003, 08:34 PM

0/1 in two trips.

rola76 · 12-18-2003, 07:25 AM

I would say about 50 or so...but won't tell you where!!

husker · 12-18-2003, 07:30 AM

0 fer...ugh....0-2 trips.....

Jennie@ifish · 12-18-2003, 07:32 AM

I know, Rolo! Coffenbury lake, right! Don't you just love those big steelie plants!

A little Power Bait, and FISH ON! :smile: :smile:

LOL

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TillamookChinook · 12-18-2003, 11:36 PM

I've never caught a winter steelhead under 17 lbs. on a fly.

TC