My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

Now that my big game seasons are over, and my rifles oiled and put away, I managed to slip out and dip my line and picked up this nice 18 pound male.

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

what a pig!

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

Man, I am so jealous of the Steelies out there. I take part in the Great Lakes Basin Steelhead, and they aren't anything like that.


Congrats on a fine fish, sure would love to come out there sometime for some fishing!

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

WOW, Nice fish you have there, but it sure looks like some cold fishing to me. Did you catch him with a fly rod? It sure would of been fun to catch that way..Congrats!!

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

Nice fish. Clearwater River?

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

Clearwater river, right here by my hometown of Kamiah. I am spoiled because where I fish the most for these guys is only 1/4 mile from my office and house. I caught this guy while lazy man fishing. Trolling a plug from the drift boat. River is froze up now, so have to wait for the Feb. melt to hit them again.

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

You can not ice fish them? That would give me some fun times that is for sure.. I enjoy ice fishing just to see what happened to hit the bait..

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

This time of year I really start getting the urge. My closest area is Salmon, which is nearly 3 hours away. In our part of Idaho we really don't get many B-run fish, and I normally can't do much until the weather breaks in march. I envy you guys hitting them in January and February. I need to bite the bullet and get up there some time.

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

WOW nice fish

RE: My first Idaho Steelhead of the fall 2008 season.
 

That is a real nice fish.