Went fishing this Friday didn’t get any steelhead bites, but I didn’t get skunked. Caught two tiny steelhead, one was from a hatchery apparently. Also, can some explain to me why a rainbow trout has to be 20 inches to be considered a steelhead?Do rivers that flow into The Tillamook bay have rainbow trout that stay in the rivers their whole life? I caught a 13 inch rainbow in the Miami, I don’t know if it was just a baby steelhead that stayed a bit longer or a resident fish.
I got two new poles and two new reels. I got free line on both of them, and they were both below $60. The x11 was $59. Sale at fishermen’s warehouse was nice. I got aero jigs for 1.89, and some other stuff. I usually go to Coastal it has some good prices for fishing gear, and its close to where I live.
Any advice on how to fish eggs and ghost shrimp for steelhead. I tried out some spawn sacs I made from my steelhead and I still have tons of big chunks of eggs. Any kind of setup for like drift fishing them would be helpful since I only know about float fishing. Also I’m trying to figure out the right way to fish the brn soft beads, proper weight, float or no float. Didn’t find very much on YouTube.
Some pics from the sportsman show pike minnow program booth.