3 rod flasher combo that put a LOT of fish in the boat last year. Trolling in 25' or less Right on the bottom 8 oz lead on 16" dropper. Lline from tip of rod to water at a 45° angle trolling down stream. Green label cut plug in salmon university herring brine "spiced-up"....it's almost time to...
All rivers and streams in Oregon are closed to salmon and steelhead angling unless otherwise listed in the special regulations. Posted above are the special regulations for the South Umpqua. It does not list Chinook Salmon, therefore it is closed to fishing for them.
South Umpqua River
• Catch-and-release for trout May 22 - Sep 15.
• Open for hatchery steelhead and hatchery
coho Jan 1 - Apr 30 and Dec 1 - Dec 31,
upstream to Jackson Creek Bridge.
• No limit on size or number of bass.
• Closed to angling upstream of Jackson
Creek Bridge.
• Closed to...
Summer steelhead mature sexually in the river. when they leave the ocean, their gonads are very underdeveloped and they have a high omega 3 content in their flesh because they have to live off of that stored fat(energy) until they spawn between late November and April
Winter steelhead enter...
Exactly my point, winter steel head are an ocean maturing fish, thus very low in omega 3 by the time they get to the river. I am not a fan of the flavor of the flesh of winters. I have caught enough to have formed my opinion. Your mileage may vary...
The world record line caught steelhead was actually a triploid( meaning it had no sex organs) and was caught in the ocean(Sitka sound). Having no sex organs it had no "drive" to return to a river....
I have caught hens that were lower river spawners with long tailed sealice on them and had...