I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but things are not looking good for our Washington Coastal Steelhead season in 2022-2023, in fact, my “too early prediction” is that we won’t have seasons on *most* of our favorite coastal rivers this year.
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Washington Coast Steelhead Seasons and Concerns 2022
You need to know about the big changes to the 2021-2022 Washington coast steelhead recently announced by WDFW.
Washington Winter Steelhead Update February 2021
While we’ve had some challenging steelhead restrictions to deal with this winter steelhead season, the opportunity still exists to hook into a winter chrome bolt of energy.
Washington Winter Steelhead Update January 2021
We are only a couple of weeks into 2021 and the early winter steelhead season is winding down already. I like to think of the winter steelhead season as broken down into thirds: Early, middle, and late.
Steelhead Float Fishing Washington coast, January 2020
I finally made it out for a fishing trip after a dry spell of almost 5 weeks! The goal of this trip? Float fishing for steelhead on the Washington coast! In this post, I describe all the details that made this a successful steelhead fishing trip.
Fishing Hooks for Salmon
Selecting the right fishing hook for salmon may be one of the most important tackle choices you make if you want to hook and land lots of fish. There are a number of considerations to make when deciding on hooks to purchase such as: Size, durability, and cost.
Watching a steelhead inhale my spinner in front of me!
While any steelhead encounter while steelhead fishing is a memorable experience, this one will go down for me as one of my favorite and most surprising.