Recent content by Metz84

Freeway lakes has some big bass and good size catfish. Go to the back pond the big one. That's where I've caught mine there.

Try adding a night crawler with the bead. I had very good success last year on the Wilson in low clear water using that setup. Also don't hesitate to try a small corky with yarn either. Both methods were drift fishing.

Fish seem to be close to the surface in the morning and then deeper later in the day. The lake is deep. Slow retrieve works for me with the kastmasters.

I bank fish every time I go and have very great success. I use kastmasters and corky's with a night crawler off the bottom. Loop the line through the corky so it doesn't slide up and down your line. I've seen people catching trout with powerbait but have never tried it. I have more luck on...

You want it to drift with the current. In the winter in most cases the steelhead are traveling in water that gives them the least resistance. Due to the amount of water in the river and color to the water. Last winter was tricky cause there wasn't much rain so I went to summer tactics due to...

Bobber and jigs work great for winters. The nightmare pattern killed it last winter. And those look like they will work. It's all about how you present it. You want a natural drift. To fast or to slow will most likely make them not want it.

Bobber a jigs works well. Also try drift fishing corky's with yarn. Caught my biggest winter steelhead last year on the Wilson drift fishing yarn and corky combo. For salmon, egg shrimp combo drift fishing and bobber fishing.

Nice Hawg! Congrats!

Like what BG said keep at it. It's still early in the season. I haven't touched a steelhead on this river since the beginning of the month and I go 2 to 3 times a week. With the warmer weather moving in, so will the fish.

Near the green bridge outside of Jefferson

Caught 2 yesterday after work. There in there just have to work for um.

Waverly lake in Albany was just stocked with trout this week along with Freeway lakes in Albany.

Congrats! For some reason this season on the wilson i have landed 3 times as many native steelhead than hatchery...:shock:

The north gets a small native steelhead run in the winter and you only can retain natives July through August.

No man its my hat that has the luck...lol :D Go beavers!