[Grant Scheele]

Great thread JDarr! It does get me blood pumping. Especially after all of the big fish we saw last year.

Here is my big fish. Only a pound or two over the magical 20lb mark so I still have some room for the spectacular over 25lb mark. Maybe some day...

 

[Joe Schmo]

A couple of still shots off a short video that I have of my biggest to date.

 

[No Wishin Just Fishin]

Got the pics somewhere in an alblum. I have 6 over 20 in the same coastal river, with the biggest at 27#. Got one at 30lb 4 oz up north in 1982 weighred on certified scale at the hatchery. Never mounted one as we could keep them then and I smoked them.

 

[parker]

Nothing but fish over 25# will be allowed.

I guess I'm just lucky. Apparently, not skilled or good.

One 30, one 27 (killed), and one in the 23-25 range, as it was only taped and released.

I'd think you should bump that up to nothing under 30 is allowed.

30 on up is truly a MONSTER of a steelhead.

 

[TH]

38x 21.5 = 22# pounds (there about) of brat

 

[RichH]

My at that time 10 year old daughters fish, taped at 39.5 X 21.5 with our own Gone Fishin on the oars. I've caught several that size or larger myself over the years but this is the one I'm proudest of.

 

[stupenny5]

Two years ago I started fishing for steelhead. I went with a guide and the first trip was a 12# but that was 20 fish day. The second trip was 18# and 9 fish day. The third trip was 24+ and 5 fish day. The forth trip was a skunk. I could not get anything to the boat had three tries.

That was a good year. last year nothing larger than 12# to the boat.

 

[stupenny5]

One of the nice ones

 

[Salmo]

North Coast a few seasons ago. My personal best on the flyrod. 17ish

 

[JDarr]

North Coast a few seasons ago. My personal best on the flyrod. 17ish

What a beauty and I love the honesty. Just because they're monsters doesn't make them all 20+
I got excited about a toad I got the other day and called it 18, until The Greek saw it and called it 14. Well 5 minuets later it hit the scale and was 14.8. Excitement can make them grow! Of course mine was bled and dead for 6 hours so he probably lost 4 pounds......more like 5:wink:
JD

 

[weekender]

I got excited about a toad I got the other day and called it 18, until The Greek saw it and called it 14. Well 5 minuets later it hit the scale and was 14.8. JD

Dont let it bother you, I see those out here all the time. Generally by repeat offenders.

 

[DogZilla15]

Wow! What gorgeous fish!!!

 

[lavidapesca]

I guess I'm just lucky. Apparently, not skilled or good.

One 30, one 27 (killed), and one in the 23-25 range, as it was only taped and released.

I'd think you should bump that up to nothing under 30 is allowed.

30 on up is truly a MONSTER of a steelhead.

no.... id like to see all the pics...not just one the size of the one you caught and bigger. heard everyone had a great time with you on that trip parker

 

[JDarr]

Dont let it bother you, I see those out here all the time. Generally by repeat offenders.

All the time....but really....who cares? It's really just between a man and himself. Kind of like Golf. I'm not playing anyone, I'm playing the course.
JD

 

[Timber]

Pauls first day steelhead fishing and the last fish of the day.

 

[wedgeman]

Pauls first day steelhead fishing and the last fish of the day.

:clap:Nice.

 

[Mr.Kitch'nPass]

Not the best pic, but this fish put up quite the battle on my 1024 loomis 8-12lb rod with 8lb maxima. 40x21

 

[floatinghat]

If I every got a mount it would be a replica as too much of a shame to pull it out of the gene pool. I also understand reps last longer?

These will be the biggest of my life

1, 44 1/4" did not get the girth or a pic
2, 42 1/2 x 23 got in water pics

Both fish caught on the same trip on the same fly. That said I would rather catch a nutso, screaming, wackjob 14-16lb doe.

 

[HOGTIDE]

Its been quite while,but back in the mid 80's it seemed that the Columbia was full of large B-run fish by the end of August-first week of September. At that time we enjoyed pitchin' spinners for fall chinooks off the Kalama Club shelf in the early fall. Big steelhead were frequently a by-catch of that fishery. My personal largest was a #24 3/4,but honestly I could count on a few in the low 20 range caught each season.

One of mybiggest thrills was to take out a nonfishin' teacher-buddy and have him land a #25 1/2 steelhead on his 1st time out with me....we assumed it was a chinook until we examind it on the floorboards. Needless to say he became Kalama faithful for the next 25 years! Pictures.....we got no stinkin' digital pictures.......at the time, we didn't assume they would be the fish of a lifetime.

The last decade or so if we catch a steelhead in the mid to upper teems I am very pleased.

 

[big bear]

20# Elk River in Port Orford