Let's talk Alsea
I don't travel outside my comfort zone too often but I do enjoy exploring new rivers now and then. Most of my "new river" experience is on the North coast for fall chinook but I've dabbled on the...
View ArticleWilson River
Hello All, New to the forum. I will be swinging the Wilson at the end of March and was hoping to find some general areas to try. Not looking for specifics, just some info to point me in the right...
View ArticleBaitcasting reels
Hey everyone I am in the market for a new baitcasting reel for steelhead and was wanting to try something new. I have heard good things about the Okuma cerros and the newer Shimano ceanan. Budget is...
View ArticleWater level on Alsea vs. North Fork Alsea?
The post below was helpful as I also try to catch my first winter steelhead for me or my son on the North Fork Alsea. I know it's important to get the bait to that sweet spot within two feet of the...
View ArticleMr. Heater hero
Mr. Heater has a new forced-air battery operated heater called Hero I was thinking about trying it in my wood drift boat for winter steelhead fishing on the Rogue River. It would go in the bow under...
View ArticleI need help! Help me catch my first steelhead
SO i have been fishing my whole life and i go salmon and steelhead fishing every year. Yet i always go home empty handed, and it is not from lack of trying (4 salmon total in 40+ years). I fish up and...
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Fish identification help
What kind of fish do you guys think this is? It was caught in a creek three days ago. I think either a jack steelhead or really unique looking rainbow, was caught in a Willamette river watershed.
View ArticleSteelhead fishing around Seaside/Astoria
Hi guys I must admit this my first time going steelhead fishing. My girlfriend is here from Africa and wants me to take her. I am looking for rivers that have bank access. I know many people aren't...
View ArticleWinter steelhead chase
Went out to the Wilson and the Trask river yesterday and didn’t have much luck. The Wilson looked like it was golden 3-4 dats ago, Saturday (1-22-22) it was still some what greenish but on the clear...
View ArticleWhere to fish winter steelhead near Eugene
I recently moved to Eugene from Portland and was wondering if anyone could offer some tips as to which rivers and streams near Eugene (within an hour or so), are good for winter steelhead fishing. I...
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First spoon steelhead
Landed my first spoon steelhead Saturday. I also hooked 1 on a jig and two on spinners. Lost all three of them. I sight fished the jig fish. Watched her eat it and I set the hook. She went screaming...
View ArticleSpring steelhead run/regulations?
Hey Folks, Last year I picked up fishing again for the first time since I was a kid and have had a blast, caught a bunch of rainbow trout last year and enjoyed it. I want to step it up to Steelhead...
View ArticleSouth Santiam
I recently moved close to the S. Santiam and was looking for some advice on where some good public access points are to target steelhead?
View ArticleLow and clear summer strategies?
Last few seasons, I have largely neglected summer steelhead fishing. Strangely enough (and perhaps incorrectly), it seemed harder to me than winter fishing with the water being gin clear most of the...
View ArticleRogue River, late September
Looking for some info on the Rogue river for late September. I've never been down there and am planning on spending a 3 night weekend on it a couple of weeks from now. Been wanting to go down there for...
View ArticleFeb/Mar coastal steelheading w bobber
I will be hitting the coastal rivers the coming weeks and curious what people feel is best to hang under my bobber. I hear a lot of talk of beads. Is that best? It doesn’t seem like anything is...
View ArticleOregon steelhead fishing (2010 - 2021)
Nothing major to brag about here. But aftr spending 10 hours on the river I hooked a total of three. Lost two of em. And landed this little guy. Like I said nothing major to brag about.But I guess its...
View ArticleBack at it
2022 wasn't much to brag about for me. I did not fish much nor catch much when I did go except for one great day fishing for searuns in June. Hope springs eternal, though, and I am ready to go out and...
View ArticleRogue/ South Coast steelhead endorsement and tag WT*
So I just heard this and what I can figure out is that it's$2 to fish for steelhead from Elk River on south. $10 to retain wild (not that I do anyway). So Elk but not Sixes? You can fish with the $2...
View ArticleUpper Nestucca (for beginners)?
As someone with nearly zero Steelhead experience and with a preference for the Nestucca (closest to me, where I like to fly fish in the summer), I'm wondering if anyone has advice for me bank fishing...
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