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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:55 am

bionic_one wrote:
donman wrote:
jens wrote: Good luck! I caught a 8lb chrome hen Silver and a 10lb Chum hen yesterday on the Notellum.
Just plain rude and mean hearted you shirt lifter!
I keep getting spam text messages with his fish, and he always marks it as urgent :rambo:
Your texts are pics of women having a bloody ole time [flapper] [drool]
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by crankbait42 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:45 pm

Thats what I'm talkin about! Haha I was just kiddin tho man. Nice fish tho!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by pilchuck » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:27 pm

Jens, Nice catch of Chums and silvers! Eggs and fish ta boot!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:26 pm

Damn! Nice fish! Im offically jealous! [flapper] [love] [flapper] [thumbup]
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:46 pm

Great fish Jens, always good to see some chrome. back on topic though.... I can't wait for the steel to show in force.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by scott080379 » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:28 am

you and me both Nate.....I hope to be in into some metal soon, very soon.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:22 am

pilchuck wrote:Jens, Nice catch of Chums and silvers! Eggs and fish ta boot!
You know it! 16 Skeins cured up from last weekend and ready to be Vacuum sealed. Bring on some Steelies....
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by knotabassturd » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:13 pm

Geeeez jens U are a serious egg man LOL. So did U get that backup storage space yet? :-"

Them there fish U caught are... uh... ugly and um... dead on the stringer. And that live one underneath is just plain... Ummm, uh, well DIRTY. Yuk


Those fish weren't fresh dude, I'll take 'em from you for no disposal charge as a friend.:-" :-"

Go get yourself some clean steel:cheers: Looking forward to watching your every post this winter:cheers: Geez I still ahven't been out fishing sinc eOctober.
And here I thought I might get cocky and get a 2nd salmon card. Knew I shoulda stayed quiet#-o :-# #-o
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by code3daddy » Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:41 pm

Thats a great looking chum too.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:26 pm

Hooked into one today at Blue Creek
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:04 pm

Image

Number 1 of the season!

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Bodofish » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:53 am

Nate thats a Nate???????? It must just be the angle but that fish appears to be out of the water?
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:11 am

no, it's not a a native. It's a hatchery from the salmon river, the Quinalt tribe don't clip the adipose fin. "Hatchery STEELHEAD are defined as having
a dorsal fin height of less than 2?" or with an adipose or ventral fin clip."

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:00 pm

natetreat wrote:no, it's not a a native. It's a hatchery from the salmon river, the Quinalt tribe don't clip the adipose fin. "Hatchery STEELHEAD are defined as having
a dorsal fin height of less than 2?" or with an adipose or ventral fin clip."
does it say that in the regs? ive never heard of that one before. Nice fish though
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Bodofish » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:21 pm

natetreat wrote:no, it's not a a native. It's a hatchery from the salmon river, the Quinalt tribe don't clip the adipose fin. "Hatchery STEELHEAD are defined as having
a dorsal fin height of less than 2?" or with an adipose or ventral fin clip."
I'm gonna have to trust you on that one. I'm sure you were fishing on tribal land. Nice fishy!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by NathanD » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:54 pm

Took the niece out today for the first steelhead outing of her life. Bam! 1 hour into our fishing I check my winter goal off the list by putting her on a steelhead . Un-fiddle-sticking believable. Only bite of our short outing. Skykomish system . Tight Lips
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:08 pm

Bodofish wrote:
natetreat wrote:no, it's not a a native. It's a hatchery from the salmon river, the Quinalt tribe don't clip the adipose fin. "Hatchery STEELHEAD are defined as having
a dorsal fin height of less than 2?" or with an adipose or ventral fin clip."
I'm gonna have to trust you on that one. I'm sure you were fishing on tribal land. Nice fishy!
Nope, not on tribal land, and yea, if you look it up it's in the regs. I threw back my first five steelhead from that river until a ranger asked me what I was doing, throwin 'em back. Then she told me all 'bout the Quinalt and how they don't clip the adipose, they do something to the dorsal fin. If it's in the river now it's hatchery, the natives don't start showing up until January-February. The quinalt fish get BIG. It's not tribal land from the mouth at the Queets to about three miles up river, then it dips into the res again for a mile or so and comes back out. You can fish the upper stretch by the bridge and the mouth. Just not at the hatchery upstream. If the indians yell at you because you're fishing the stretch under Washington jurisdiction than call the cops on 'em, the Res is marked with signs.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by bullhead unlimited » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:38 pm

I was wondering if anyone knows if hatchery steelhead on the Green River are moving up to Headworks, or if there is another hatchery on the main system they are making their way to.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by jens » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:00 am

Nice fish Nate and Nathan!
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by flinginpooh » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:36 pm

Is the whole Nate thing just on that river? Just curious, cause Ive never read that the adipose fin had to be over a certain height. Its supposed to be scared or not scared. Ive actually never hooked into a native steel so never had to worry bout it. But if there is a rule just for steel or a river Id like to stay on top of it.
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