Went up to the Salmon River last week for our annual fishing trip. Wednesday and Thursday were slow, but solid fishing. I managed to land about 12 steelhead between the 2 days. One of which included my personal best, 17 lb steelhead. A lot of browns are in the river. All caught on an orange salmon egg bead, which seemed to be the hot bait. Not many hook ups on other baits. They seemed to want natural colors. Blue goo egg sac was not working
Thursday rained all day, and they opened the dam Thursday night. The main river was unfishable Friday and Saturday. Fished some smaller creeks and caught a small steelhead (probable 5 lbs), and some wild rainbows.
Some pics below. Hopefully they show up
Salmon River: 10/30-11/3
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- nice steelhead. No weight or measurement
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- female brown
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- 17 lb steelhead
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Re: Salmon River: 10/30-11/3
Nice pics. Heading up this weekend.
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Re: Salmon River: 10/30-11/3
Good luck! The steelhead seemed to want natural colors this year. I was catching them on a 10 mm orange egg bead. Tight Lines!!!
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Nice! I gotta get back up this year. Also, how is 12 fish in 2 days slow??? LOL
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Re: Salmon River: 10/30-11/3
Thanks for the tip. I got plenty of beads!!justin.czu wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:55 amGood luck! The steelhead seemed to want natural colors this year. I was catching them on a 10 mm orange egg bead. Tight Lines!!!
I fish because the voices in my head tell me to.