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bythesea
I finally got one,,,picked up this little hen up above swisshome on a spinner.
Oregon steelhead fishing (2010 - 2021)
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willfishforfood
Not a bad morning on the slaw, got up there about 7. No action until about 11am. Nice hatchery hen on a brass color steel-lee not too far downstream from Whitaker creek. Water seems fairly low, 2.5-3' vis. No ink on my first tag last year so good to get this year off to a good start.
madasahab
Bitter sweet day on the river...1 landed and 2 lost today...all chrome...Now 7 and 5 for the season. ..still time 
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RoryONeal
This year is my first year chasing steelhead, so I've been hitting the Siuslaw almost every weekend so far this year. Most of my outings primarily involved nothing but lost gear and confidence, so I really needed to get myself into something.
Today I finally found my skunk-be-gone.
This is one of those typical stories. I took the next two days off because my father is moving to Oregon and this just so happens to be his first visit here. At the last minute, I decided I would head up to the Siuslaw for a couple hours to see if I could find myself a nice late run winter. I only took one pole with me, and a small trout net since all I have been catching recently is trout. I packed up my rig and headed out for the Siuslaw.
I ended up starting with a pink bubblegum worm under a bobber, and drifted it behind a series of rocks at the first hole I hit. After about 20 minutes, I packed it up and hit the next hole. This time, I parked over by the campground, and hiked back to another spot that I knew of. After losing two worms at this spot, something in the back of my head said "spinner. Siwash hook". So I tied up a chartreuse & chrome #4 blue fox with a siwash hook, and headed to the third and last hole of the day for me. Since the water was murky, I ended up using a slow and deliberate technique. After about a dozen casts, I hit what I thought was another snag...until I saw it glistening in the water. Fish on!! This little lady went through all of the motions. Rolling, jumping, diving. After about a minute or so, I thought I had the thing shored until it turned and ran away. It took about 30 yards of line, but ultimately gave up after a couple more minutes.
She was a hatchery hen with only a couple eggs. Measured out at 25" and maybe 3 or 4 pounds. I was so excited that I got my first steelie that I forgot I had a fish scale.
Today I finally found my skunk-be-gone.
This is one of those typical stories. I took the next two days off because my father is moving to Oregon and this just so happens to be his first visit here. At the last minute, I decided I would head up to the Siuslaw for a couple hours to see if I could find myself a nice late run winter. I only took one pole with me, and a small trout net since all I have been catching recently is trout. I packed up my rig and headed out for the Siuslaw.
I ended up starting with a pink bubblegum worm under a bobber, and drifted it behind a series of rocks at the first hole I hit. After about 20 minutes, I packed it up and hit the next hole. This time, I parked over by the campground, and hiked back to another spot that I knew of. After losing two worms at this spot, something in the back of my head said "spinner. Siwash hook". So I tied up a chartreuse & chrome #4 blue fox with a siwash hook, and headed to the third and last hole of the day for me. Since the water was murky, I ended up using a slow and deliberate technique. After about a dozen casts, I hit what I thought was another snag...until I saw it glistening in the water. Fish on!! This little lady went through all of the motions. Rolling, jumping, diving. After about a minute or so, I thought I had the thing shored until it turned and ran away. It took about 30 yards of line, but ultimately gave up after a couple more minutes.
She was a hatchery hen with only a couple eggs. Measured out at 25" and maybe 3 or 4 pounds. I was so excited that I got my first steelie that I forgot I had a fish scale.
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bran_man
Went out in the dead heat of the day, started around 2pm. After about an hour and a half in, I feel tick tick tick... Bury... Fish on. Ended up being a springer in good shape. Fought it for about 10 minutes, and fish would just not tire out! My arms were killing me by the end! Got it close to the net a few times and saw it was around a 12 pounds Hatchery hen. But finally it ended up doing a run down and got tangled up in a good snag and fish got to swim away After taking a break and letting the hole and my arms rest for a little bit.a few casts later farther down at the end of the hole,I hook up again this time after a good 5 minute or so fight, I net a beauty. 30" inch toad. Great birthday present to myself!
Crappy pic, but had to get my sexy loomis rod in there lol
After taking a break and letting the hole and my arms rest for a little bit.a few casts later farther down at the end of the hole,I hook up again this time after a good 5 minute or so fight, I net a beauty. 30" inch toad. Great birthday present to myself!Crappy pic, but had to get my sexy loomis rod in there lol
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rippin fish lips
Came across this 34" slab yesterday. Weighed 12lbs gutted and cleaned so maybe 14 or 15lbs. Bit a number 5 blue bodied fox fished really deep and slow. Want to know how slow?? Had the spinner bouncing and dragging bottom, the blade was spinning just barely, thump..... Thump...... Thump....... Slow it down...... Thump.......... Thump........... Thump...... Yup it was barely spinning at all. Layed into this fish so hard. 10lb test plenty heavy for steelhead. Pic still does this fish no justice and for those of you who know me on my measurements I'm usually on the dot. Guessed this fish to be 34" when bonked. Measured I for about 5 minutes and it taped to 34" on the dot. Fun fish
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rippin fish lips
this was about a week before the 34" I went out for a day of fishing looking to put some meat in the freezer and get an early limit. I didn't think it was going to take only an hour of fishing. Started at 7:25am and got this one at 7:30. Hit a number 5 silver fox, fished slow and deep with barely any thump at all. 
about a half hour later 8:15 I got this fish to bite the same 5 silver spinner. This fish took it under the nose and wasn't very happy about it debated on tagging out or releasing and keep fishing. Chose to tag outand get to the lady for the rest of the day before she had to go to work no regrets on not releasing it
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rippin fish lips
this fish was my second winter and first hatchery of the year. River was low and clear right before we got out first good rain the blew the rivers out, took me and two buds out fishin in sear ch of some chrome I landed this nave hatchery fish and my two buddies got two hatchery fish as well, and one of them got his hatch fish and 3 Nates to release. Here is me and my fish. Then the pic below is of all three of our fish. Total of 7 fish on the bank this day. 
I was drift fishing pink and white Corkie with white yarn and some scent. This was the seventh fish for this day lol. Took an all white yarnie that I made to resemble flesh or shrimp tumbling down river. Big ol nasty fire truck lol.
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rippin fish lips
here is my first Umpqua steelhead that took this side drifted yarnie. 
first fish ever well steelhead on a yarnie anyways... love they way the smash them.
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ChezJfrey
Heating up indeed...3 in a week.
Picked this up this morning at 7:
Picked this up this morning at 7:
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bigboy70
So in recent months I haven't touched a fish of any kind. So seeing coho coming in and went coastal last weekend thought I would give them ago localish. Josie and I decided to ask a friend Shawnie along for the ride, she was all game. Make the plan the night before thinking happy thoughts of Chrome and Blood!
After deciding where to meet up we fish around a bit and there in their rolling all over the place! YES I'm gonna catch my first coho today! Well that did not happen! We motor around awhile a lil here and there then looking at a spot I realize fish are not gonna move through this, go lower! On a gut call we head back to a spot I've heard very good things about!
Get there and get a feel haven't fished this spot at these water levels so we hike up as far as we can and start going to town. Then I look up and think dang it getting hot out fish are gonna be hiding, I look down river and spot some shade on the river another gut feeling so we jet down there.
I studying the river vigorously and know we are running out of time! So I thought.... I am able to make out a slight depression on the shade line I point to Josie (the misses) and tell That line right there! She cast out and I'm watching and bump something weird, da fuq?!?! was that I see there something small attached by the way the rod was moving. I peek into the water see her bait and not even two feet behind it a FISH I say drop it!!! not knowing she somehow hook a rock, yes a rock very small but a rock. She reels to her feet and the fish spooks and darts back to the depths I wanted to cry! So I get the small rockfish off and toss the a$$ into the bushes.
Go to get her some more bait and crap last chunk of eggs a lil smaller then I'd like but enough I though. Get it on the hook and have her pitch it out once I was clear. I was heading to my rod when something told me to about face and I did just in time to see Josie's line do thump thump....I see her lift feel for tension and set the hook like a god damn freight train! BAM!!!! FISH ON!!!!!
I'm thinking finally!!! then I grab my glove (thanks chez) and run over and this fish is all over the place screamin drag flash flash Chromer coho! Again I was wrong she got him close enough and he wasn't done! Did a head stand and saw that redline a summer?! That when he started to fly! Yup defiantly a summer!!! Get it up over the small rock ledge and grab for the tail bam got him! So we bleed him all that our friend shawnie came over to watch all the excitment. So she heads back to fish and I point a spot out to her cast nada cast nada third cast theirs a knock at the front door WHAM! HELLO! FISH ON! At this point I see more chrome a lil smaller I'm think ok a small coho then it made one run and I knew ANOTHER summer! :yikes: In the excitement (and her inexperience) she was trying to horse him in got her to calm down with a lil coaching and landed him a few mins later a bit smaller then Josie's but still great colors.
So In light of the recent outings I've came to the conclusion I QUIT! lol :lol: IDK who was more excited me or the ladies. It's defiantly a diffferent type of thrill "guiding" but knowing those fish we're right where I point and on the bait I chose I felt pretty damn good!
Josie's fish taped at 29" and Shawnie's was close to 26" and I caught a couple pike minnows
EPIC DAY!!
After deciding where to meet up we fish around a bit and there in their rolling all over the place! YES I'm gonna catch my first coho today! Well that did not happen! We motor around awhile a lil here and there then looking at a spot I realize fish are not gonna move through this, go lower! On a gut call we head back to a spot I've heard very good things about!
Get there and get a feel haven't fished this spot at these water levels so we hike up as far as we can and start going to town. Then I look up and think dang it getting hot out fish are gonna be hiding, I look down river and spot some shade on the river another gut feeling so we jet down there.
I studying the river vigorously and know we are running out of time! So I thought.... I am able to make out a slight depression on the shade line I point to Josie (the misses) and tell That line right there! She cast out and I'm watching and bump something weird, da fuq?!?! was that I see there something small attached by the way the rod was moving. I peek into the water see her bait and not even two feet behind it a FISH I say drop it!!! not knowing she somehow hook a rock, yes a rock very small but a rock. She reels to her feet and the fish spooks and darts back to the depths I wanted to cry! So I get the small rockfish off and toss the a$$ into the bushes.
Go to get her some more bait and crap last chunk of eggs a lil smaller then I'd like but enough I though. Get it on the hook and have her pitch it out once I was clear. I was heading to my rod when something told me to about face and I did just in time to see Josie's line do thump thump....I see her lift feel for tension and set the hook like a god damn freight train! BAM!!!! FISH ON!!!!!
I'm thinking finally!!! then I grab my glove (thanks chez) and run over and this fish is all over the place screamin drag flash flash Chromer coho! Again I was wrong she got him close enough and he wasn't done! Did a head stand and saw that redline a summer?! That when he started to fly! Yup defiantly a summer!!! Get it up over the small rock ledge and grab for the tail bam got him! So we bleed him all that our friend shawnie came over to watch all the excitment. So she heads back to fish and I point a spot out to her cast nada cast nada third cast theirs a knock at the front door WHAM! HELLO! FISH ON! At this point I see more chrome a lil smaller I'm think ok a small coho then it made one run and I knew ANOTHER summer! :yikes: In the excitement (and her inexperience) she was trying to horse him in got her to calm down with a lil coaching and landed him a few mins later a bit smaller then Josie's but still great colors.
So In light of the recent outings I've came to the conclusion I QUIT! lol :lol: IDK who was more excited me or the ladies. It's defiantly a diffferent type of thrill "guiding" but knowing those fish we're right where I point and on the bait I chose I felt pretty damn good!
Josie's fish taped at 29" and Shawnie's was close to 26" and I caught a couple pike minnows
EPIC DAY!!
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ChezJfrey
OK, I gathered some from 2014.
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ChezJfrey
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ChezJfrey
C_Run
As long as we are going back in time, here are the results from our two guided trips on the McKenzie last summer. This was part of my sinister scheme to get my wife interested in fishing.
plumbertom
This ain't no monster steelhead by any measure, but it is my first ever. So I guess I can be rightly proud of it.
Caught 10/7/14 from the Willamette river in Eugene, drift fishing from the bank a bit of yarn, a hook and a corky float.
Caught 10/7/14 from the Willamette river in Eugene, drift fishing from the bank a bit of yarn, a hook and a corky float.
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