fall steelhead

[beef]

has anybody been up to the bighead or the beaver rivers yet this fall are the steelhead moveing in yet.

 

[salmotrutta]

Hey,

Did I meet you @ Bowmanville this spring? Do you use a center pin reel? Think I met someone who said their nickname is beef or something like that??

 

[salmotrutta]

Found your cell # on my phone I think, does your name start with a C? lol

 

[Float_down]

I was at the bigheaf last Friday, didn't see any chrome but lots of salmon.

 

[LogJam]

i have been up north the last two weekends. first week seen few white tailed salmon sitting on nest, few small steelies were landed,

this week, different location, very few salmon..... massive chrome everywhere!!

cant wait untill nxt weekend!! and i wont forget my micro swivels and florocarbon... :blink:

 

[tkachur1985]

What river did you see all these fish in?

 

[Taylor]

i have been up north the last two weekends. first week seen few white tailed salmon sitting on nest, few small steelies were landed,

this week, different location, very few salmon..... massive chrome everywhere!!

cant wait untill nxt weekend!! and i wont forget my micro swivels and florocarbon... :blink:

r u talking about beaver river? n where is it, how do i get there?? im dieng to slam sum steelys

 

[Taylor]

someone asked about beaver, i found this thread on my other forum, check it out!!!

TROUTSLAYR
Have you ever fished the Beaver (Georgian Bay) for skamania, if you get a chance to go man, do it! These fish are powerhouses, you have to put your time in but believe me its worth it. I fished 3 days, hard, before I hit my first one. I have seen them blow guys apart before they knew what happened.....sweet! Bill a.k.a Troutslayr


MeOldTrout
I understand that skamania is a variety of steelhead. How can you distinguish one from 'normal' steelhead(apart from any fighting characteristics). Or is that the only kind that run on the Beaver?


TROUTSLAYR
No the beaver gets a run of salmon and trout. I like fishing the pols and runs down from the dam close to the mouth..Identifying skamania can be tricky sometimes, they are simular to steelhead, but their body is long and lean, big shoulders (all muscle), the tail is more square shaped (the part you grab when tailing a fish) is thicker than a trout, they are very silver (chrome), and their head is more bullet shaped..they can also handle warmer water temps, I have caught them in june (float fishing).. Trust me when you hook one you know it, they are amazing!...I hope this helps, I could go on with the history of the Skamania but it would take too long..anymore questions let me know...Bill a.k.a Troutslayr

 

[LogJam]

r u talking about beaver river? n where is it, how do i get there?? im dieng to slam sum steelys

i wont say where i was. it was very nice, so was last weekend, seen hundreds of huge chrome...
going again this sunday, i will try to get pic's.
but only the fish and rocks its laying on, lol no background...

 

[dwarf717]

someone asked about beaver, i found this thread on my other forum, check it out!!!

TROUTSLAYR
Have you ever fished the Beaver (Georgian Bay) for skamania, if you get a chance to go man, do it! These fish are powerhouses, you have to put your time in but believe me its worth it. I fished 3 days, hard, before I hit my first one. I have seen them blow guys apart before they knew what happened.....sweet! Bill a.k.a Troutslayr


MeOldTrout
I understand that skamania is a variety of steelhead. How can you distinguish one from 'normal' steelhead(apart from any fighting characteristics). Or is that the only kind that run on the Beaver?


TROUTSLAYR
No the beaver gets a run of salmon and trout. I like fishing the pols and runs down from the dam close to the mouth..Identifying skamania can be tricky sometimes, they are simular to steelhead, but their body is long and lean, big shoulders (all muscle), the tail is more square shaped (the part you grab when tailing a fish) is thicker than a trout, they are very silver (chrome), and their head is more bullet shaped..they can also handle warmer water temps, I have caught them in june (float fishing).. Trust me when you hook one you know it, they are amazing!...I hope this helps, I could go on with the history of the Skamania but it would take too long..anymore questions let me know...Bill a.k.a Troutslayr

So when was this alleged Skamania caught???? Must have been years ago, as the Skamania was a hybrid fish developed by man and stocked into Georgian bay in OwenSound to boost the summer tourist fishing season, as the fish ran up the river in July. They stopped manufacturing, and stocking the Skamania many years ago, and they did not naturally reproduce.
Some clubs in Michigan still stock these fish into Lake Huron, and it hasbeen reported that some of the fish have been caught in the Soo.