I think the one I caught yesterday was my biggest!...:wink:..Other than that one, the next in line would be a 23lber!....:wink:

Well what about you?

 

pics?

 

The biggest Steelhead i have caught was 19 lbs, Alsea 2005 january 17. C&R Native Buck! Quick pic and back in the water. Beautiful fish but not the one I wanted a mount from! I have caught several upper teens fish, that i wish i had mounted, mostly Siletz fish " CHROME":meme:!
ray: still waiting to break the 20lb class, I think when i do that i will be in the same shoes as you! READY to get a mount!

 

Got a 21# one on the Tucca years ago. I was too poor then to get it mounted, but now I wish that I would have bit the bullet and had it done.

 

12lbs. Not that size matters

 

20#

 

Dont know the exact weight but I have caught three over the years that were over 20:thisbig:. All natives that were released unharmed. Wish that I would have had a camera with me......I do have witnesses though.

 

I spent 17 years waiting on nearly the same thing you are.... My goal for a fish to mount was 25+ pounds and honestly I never figured it would happen.... I've landed 13 steelhead over 20 with two estimated at 24ish until this last year. I was able to land the biggest of my life at 43.75" and was estimated at 29 pounds, this is the replica...........

Keith

 

WOW!!!!!!! THATS:thisbig:
Awesome job.

I spent 17 years waiting on nearly the same thing you are.... My goal for a fish to mount was 25+ pounds and honestly I never figured it would happen.... I've landed 13 steelhead over 20 with two estimated at 24ish until this last year. I was able to land the biggest of my life at 43.75" and was estimated at 29 pounds, this is the replica...........

Keith

 

Holy S@!% where did you get that pig.

 

2 fish about 21# each. Both nice bucks with red stripe. One fish about 20 years ago and one two years ago. As I started thinking about the size of the fish I caught what is wierd is I have lots of fish between 10# and 15# but only a couple in the high teens and a couple just over 20#. Seems to me I should have more in the high teens.

One of the guys I grew up with has a beautiful 32# Steelhead mount. It's the nicest mount I have ever seen. I just haven't landed a fish I want mounted yet.

 

The very first steelhead I ever landed or hooked was a 38in, 18lb hatchery winter steelhead! I still might get it mounted just because it was my first. My brother in law told me that it was huge, the fish of a life time, I'v got close to it a few times but havent hit the 20lb mark yet. Hopefully this year!

 

20#, mouth of the Cowlitz two years ago. Buddy caught it's twin as well.

Both caught early fall, and were probably B-strains headed for Idaho.

 

Hey Keith,
i remember when you caught that fish and posted a pic with it. Can you upload that pic again so the ifishers can really see that specimen in all its glory!

 

Until last year I had never landed a 20, but all in one season I got two 41''s and a 42". plus several fish in the 40" range and a 39" hatchery fish, all released. It was a good year for big fish. no mounts though, Im still too poor. I have pics in my gallery of the hatchery fish and one of the 41" nates.

 

after the mt, blew i caught a 20 lb, there a number of big fish then in april ,nevr forget the time it was just getting light an we could see this swarm of fish swimming up an down the pool an i noticed this big one never thinking he would bite my glow ball,i had just respooled with cheap 12lb. danielson line an i was just hopeing he would note give me two much of a fight i was afraid of breaking my line , however he didnt fight that much an i landed him pretty easlie that was on the kalma there was alot of fish in the river at that time, my son an i used to glow ball atolt them days.

 

17 lb chrome nate hen on the sandy.

ifisher "mad mikey" guided me into it about 7 years ago.

 

43" x 23" native buck on the South Coquille in 1992. Depending on which formula you subscribe to it was between 27 and 31 pounds. He took a #5 silver and red Luhr Jensen Pro Spinner (remember those??).

I keep toying with the idea of having a replica done, but there always seems to be something I want worse.

I've caught lots of high teens, hooked some that suspect were 20+, less than a handful that I KNOW were 20+, and one that I am pretty sure was bigger than 43 x 23. But so far he's been my only 20+.

This is the year I'll catch another. I hope.

 

Was 42" long. Didn't have the money for anything but a photograph so we ate him.

 

I got a monster ~18-20 on the deschutes on August 4th 2001. Native, no measurements, no photos, no witness except my dog. I know he was pushing the 20 pound mark because I could barely get my hand around his caudel peduncle and his adipose was half the size of my thumb. My biggest ever. Its funny because I think the more you want a big fish the harder they are to get. Uno Swensk, a guy that I fish with, gets at least one 20lber every year. I call him big fish Uno.

 

Here is mine. Last year in February. Didnt get to tape it but I think it was 20 or dang close. Thanks to eyefish for the touch up job. Hey JD you better start saving your pennies if you want a replica b/c a fish like your talking will run you upwards of 15-16 hundred depending on how good you want it to look and who does it for you.

 

Here is mine. Last year in February. Sisnt get to tape it but I think it was 20 or dang close.
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Here is my best to date, caught last year. Every time I see the pic I think harder about having a mount done.

 

40 x 21 and eventually I will have a replica made!!

 

Several around 20 but biggest was 24 caught on the Bogachiel Dec 1996. My Dad's only steelhead "ever" was 20 caught on the SolDuc the same year.

Dan

 

The biggest steelhead of my life came on Valentine's day a few years back. It was a really light bite as my Okie drifter and shrimp tail swung downstream of me at a 45 degree angle. After an epic fight my friend helped me tail the native buck that measured 44 x 22 1/2. By far and away my biggest steelhead to date. I haven't caught another one over twenty pounds, but have caught many in the 16-18 lb. range. I dream about that fish frequently.

 

17.5 last year and my fishing partner gifted me with a replica. Be careful how you pick who you fish with..........!

 

Not a great pic but this was a hog!!! 43.5 x 24.5 was realesed & guessed at 25 lbs + I did not catch this fish but took the picture!! Love seeing these chrome hogs!!

 

Not a great pic but this was a hog!!! 43.5 x 24.5 was realesed & guessed at 25 lbs + I did not catch this fish but took the picture!! Love seeing these chrome hogs!!

Good enough pic to be in STS!!!