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    Another big Esox

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted · Edited by ctcarper

    A friend of mine sent these to me today, apparently caught through the ice on Lake Minnetonka, WI.

    I don't want to swim there... :D

    Sorry Scott - did not mean to steal your thunder from the other impressive pike thread...

    -Mike/CT

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    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    If they do spawn sacks like I do..

    Take either commercial spawn sack netting(usually about a 3" or so square), OR buy cheap nylons OR best yet, those funky 60's type sheer nylon scarves in orange or green, and cut them into 4" or so squares.

    Lay a bunch of squares out on a table, and in the center of each one, place 5 or 6 or so preserved(either borax or river cure) eggs(more if you want larger spawn sacks). take a spool of orange thread, and start at the one "corner" of your layout of squares. Bring the 4 corners of a square together, twist them to make a "sack" and use a couple of half hitches of the orange thread to secure the sack tight to the eggs(so as to form a marble sized round, fairly tightly packed spawn bag). w/o cutting the thread, move to the next "sack" and do the same...continue until all you have laid out, are tied up. Then go back and trim the excess outside of the knot, and cut the connecting thread.

    Bingo..you have a bunch of spawn sacks in like 20 minutes of tying!

    Nightwing is exactly right.

    I use cured brown trout eggs when available, steelhead seem to prefer them over salmon eggs.

    The "thread half hitch" method can be a bit tedious, they now have this elastic stuff called "spider thread", no tying needed. Just a few wraps pulled tight and done. Two of us tied 200 sacs in just over an hour. enough to last me days...

    -Mike/CT

    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    Nice fish.....I actually started out steelhead fishing in the Salmon RIver in 1982......Was very frustrated with the fishing there, lots of snags, crowds, etc, but the worst part was the fishing......A "good" weekend was landing a couple.....yeah they were "bigger" but not worth the effort, my biggest on the NY side of Lake Ontario is 17 pounds, the Canadian side is 18.5 pounds.......then the fishery crashed in the 90's so that there were very little returns......

    Seems like they got the numbers back a little bit, but with all due respect, you were saying that between 2 (or more) you landed 5 fish in a day and that is pretty good.....also, The size of the fish were pretty typical of what the SR produces these days 5-8 pounders. Thats the average size of the "Pennsylvania-strain" steelhead these days. That hasnt changed since I also first went there in 1982. The Ohio DNR stocks Manistee-strain steelheads into Lake Erie, and they Avg 10-12 pounds with many fish over 15......probably the biggest avg in the great lakes (excepot for maybe the summer-run Skamania)

    The trip Louis missed last week to Erie (and MAtt made it) was a "slow" weekend there. I landed 16 from 11 to 5 PM onSunday, hooked 27, landed only 9 on Monday and didnt fish Tuesday (high water). All fish were caught on Jigs and single salmon eggs on sz 16 hooks unde a float in deep water, the biggest being exactly 9 pounds and about 28-29 inches........NOT "sight-fished" like so many "fly-fishermen" up there.

    Bottom line is if you like steelhead fishing, you should try Erie.....seriously, a 20 fish landed day is the "norm". I would be glad to put you on some areas which are producing extremely well right now.....

    Bill,

    I'll have to make a trip out that way one of these days. That kind of action is hard to pass up! I almost came out there last October for some Brown trout action but it the trip never materialized. I certainly agree with your SR assesment. I too remember the early 80's where steelhead numbers were at their highest. It is certainly a tough river to fish, with it's size & changing flows. For someone to come up without an experienced angler to help them it is certainly hit or miss (mostly miss!). I know there were a lot of discussions before the new limit was put in place, one can only hope the strategy works. When I was more energetic we would trib hop, many of these small streams fish like Erie, if your willing to put in the time. Regarding fish size, this year the fish were definitely a bit smaller than the norm, A couple of years back we got into some really big fish, with two fish released that were near 20 lbs. My experience is that the larger fish move in later in the run.

    Keep at em'.

    -Mike/CT

    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    In the skinny water we sight fish for them which is my favorite way to fish. Single eggs with a size 18 hook under a drennan is awesome when your catching 12+ lb fish. Your allowed to fish until 10pm on some streams and other streams all night long. Its a blast using glow jigs under floats with a glow stick strapped to em! Over three days I caught around 129 fish and my buddy caught 77. In about 3 weeks all be on my way back up again :D

    That would be totally cool! I'm sure the reason it is not done at the SR is that many people would surely drown in the river every year. Way to big, deep & fast. I'd love to try night fishing though.

    -Mike/CT

    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    "douglaston salmon run" its a stretch of the salmon river thats privately owned and you pay to fish it.

    This was a landmark court case. When I first fished the Salmon in the early early 80's you could fish anywhere, granted you entered on public property & waded the river. I'm not sure but there was some kind of rule that the state owned so many feet above the high water line of any navigable river. This allowed people to fish DSR and not trespass. Barclay went to court & had the rule overturned. Not only did he now own property on both sides of the river, but now he owns the property under the river too. This allowed him to now control river access in that stretch, and make millions in the process. I am sure he had friends in high places, as he was a politician himself. Even drift boat guides now have to pay a fee just to drift through (I guess he now owns the water too!). It always left a sour taste in my mouth.

    -Mike

    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    Matt a few of those pictures were on middle elk near 20... Some of them were on walnut.. the rest id have to kill you :D We fished almost all day for 2 days without seeing another person and still put those big numbers up on the board. However, not many pictures were taken in these locations.

    That's the cool thing about all the small tribs (And there are tone of them), they all get fish.

    We used to trib fish the small streams between Oswego & Watertown NY. It was cool to catch kings, steelies & browns in streams you could alomst jump across! Some were absolute top secret spots... :D

    -Mike

    Cold Steel

    in Other Species Stories

    Posted

    having never caughta steelhead why do some of those fish look totally different than the others. i know there is a brown shown but what are matt and the guide guy holding are they steelhead ?

    Mark,

    When a steelhead enters the river they are bright silver with an dark olive, almost black back. We call these fish "chromers" or "silver bullets". Once in the river they change into their spawning colors. A fish in the river for a couple of months will turn very dark with a pronounced pink stripe along the lateral line & gill plate.

    -Mike

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