Chicago Fishing Forum banner

5/6 In Search of Steelhead

2157 Views 16 Replies 7 Participants Last post by  Jay K
3
Well, despite what I've been reading about the run coming to an end, I decided I'd get out today and find steelhead.

Long story short... I hooked up 13 times, landed a few, kept a pair. Caught a decent hen and male in the morning measuring 22" and 24". Went back in the evening and landed a few more, biggest was 28". The hen was full of eggs when I caught her, she spawned about 3/4 of them out, had enough to make 2 dozen spawn sacs upon filleting her.

Great day on the tributaries. Get out and fish. Its not over yet!







Males were roughed up, most had some battle scars, females were still as chrome as can be.
See less See more
1 - 17 of 17 Posts
nice going cam. i pretty much wrote steelhead season off. good job at getting some action
She's not over yet brother!!! I couldn't risk not being able to catch another trout/salmon till the fall. I needed one more dose to tide me over.
never think the run is over mike. There will be steel in the systems for 2 or so more weeks. Then it is over. Good job on those steelhead. Im surprised u found some hens with eggs still tho. But I guess that last rain pushed one last fresh batch of fish up the tribs.
Nice ones! Must be fun on the fly rod. :mrgreen:
mplant1 said:
thanks rootpro. i almost forgot why they call you the rootpro. by the way, who caught more fish this year? :lol:
U did simply cause u got out more than me. And I was the one who got u on some winter chrome for the first time? It's all good. No need to get deffensive
rootpro6 said:
mplant1 said:
thanks rootpro. i almost forgot why they call you the rootpro. by the way, who caught more fish this year? :lol:
U did simply cause u got out more than me. And I was the one who got u on some winter chrome for the first time? It's all good. No need to get deffensive
oh yea i forgot. you could only get out when i drove you and when you weren't grounded by your mom
mplant1 said:
rootpro6 said:
mplant1 said:
thanks rootpro. i almost forgot why they call you the rootpro. by the way, who caught more fish this year? :lol:
U did simply cause u got out more than me. And I was the one who got u on some winter chrome for the first time? It's all good. No need to get deffensive
oh yea i forgot. you could only get out when i drove you and when you weren't grounded by your mom
Nope wasn't grounded and I have other rides besides u. Never was grounded. Lemme know when u need my services again
rootpro6 said:
Nope wasn't grounded and I have other rides besides u. Never was grounded. Lemme know when u need my services again
no. you let me know when you need my guide services again. i'm not interested in catching rotting kings this fall from the root. i'll take a pass on rootpro's zombie king guide snagging service
LOL, Mike and Keith you guys argue too much! :lol:

Nice Job Cam! Man, I have been thinking Bass and would have thought the run would have been done by now. I haven't even checked TSS for a few weeks now. Great job getting some fish man!
mplant1 said:
rootpro6 said:
Nope wasn't grounded and I have other rides besides u. Never was grounded. Lemme know when u need my services again
no. you let me know when you need my guide services again. i'm not interested in catching rotting kings this fall from the root. i'll take a pass on rootpro's zombie king guide snagging service
Lmfao good one. U ever see that picture of that silver kong I got. I don't fish for zombies mplant. And I don't snag fish. If I did it's on accident cause the fish r in thick obviously. Lemme know when u wanna fish ktown again and we will get on some nice real king salmon that are fresh. Why didn't u post about ur skunk u got yesterday??
rootpro6 said:
Lmfao good one. U ever see that picture of that silver kong I got. I don't fish for zombies mplant. And I don't snag fish. If I did it's on accident cause the fish r in thick obviously. Lemme know when u wanna fish ktown again and we will get on some nice real king salmon that are fresh. Why didn't u post about ur skunk u got yesterday??
You must've missed it. Here is my report from yesterday:

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8544

And why would I go to ktown? There is no May run of chinook. You let me know when you want to go up north like Sheboygan and we can get those July kings
LMAO. You guys are killing me! :lol: I am waiting for Mplant to pull up the old report from Keith of... haha nevermind... I'm goin riding soon. Ya'll have fun now! :mrgreen:
Great job out there Cam :D
Thanks guys.

Mike and Root Pro... You guys made me laugh a ton. I know mike, and from what I have read and heard about you Keith, you both know how to fish.
Those are great looking shots, Cam... always look forward to your photography.
1 - 17 of 17 Posts
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top