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What is your favorite way to catch river steelies?

  • Bobber w/ Spawn

    Votes: 15 34.9%

  • Wet Flies

    Votes: 12 27.9%

  • Backtrolling w/ Plugs

    Votes: 4 9.3%

  • Casting Plugs/Spinners/Spoons

    Votes: 12 27.9%
  • Total voters
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Favorite Way to Catch Steelies?

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jassut6
I'm curious as to what everyone's favorite way to catch river steelhead is. Weigh in using this poll.
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-db-
Casting spoons, spinners and plugs. (no poll option for this)
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Manolin
Sunny day, bobbers and shrimp on the pier. Perfect for kids, women, and old men in dry tennis shoes. No option for this….
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jassut6
-db- said:
Casting spoons, spinners and plugs. (no poll option for this)
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Of course there is :).
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jassut6
Manolin said:
Sunny day, bobbers and shrimp on the pier. Perfect for kids, women, and old men in dry tennis shoes. No option for this….
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To be fair, the pier is arguably no longer in the river.:sneaky:
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Gabe T
Manolin said:
Sunny day, bobbers and shrimp on the pier. Perfect for kids, women, and old men in dry tennis shoes. No option for this….
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I’m with mano, pier skams is the ****
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whistler
Bottom bouncing.
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tincanary
Casting spoons, spinners, and plugs for me. Casting and retrieving is about 20% of the fun for me, then 40% adventuring through the woods, and the rest is catching fish.
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Musket
Depends on what side of the pier one is fishing on I would say half of it is in the river. Nothing like watching that bobber drop.
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jassut6 said:
To be fair, the pier is arguably no longer in the river.:sneaky:
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You didnt specify lake or river
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RHRoss said:
You didnt specify lake or river
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Yeah - should have made the subject more clear. The poll indicates river steelies. Interesting to see so many on the piers. Been awhile since I've fished the piers. Might have to give it a try this spring.
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Levelpebble Angler
To vague of options. Catching a steelhead float fishing has a very different experience with a spinning reel vs. bait caster vs. centerpin. I also agree with the pier/harbor comments. Trolling or casting in and around piers can be insane.
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nighttime
Anyway I can get them to bite!
A steelhead will hit about anything if presented right, of course they go off the bite at times.
Always loved bob drops but kinda miss bottom bouncing at times, feeling the bite! It’s kinda like casting hardware, but hardware covers water in dig ways than bouncing or bobbers. Love covering water with lures and even ran flys and had success. So many approaches one can take.
spawn probably most looked at and rightfully so but timing and water conditions can play into whats producing best bite for that scenario.
equally I like casting hardware and float fishing but float fish more if I averaged it out
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UPEsox
It is funny how nobody (in WI and MN) ever fishes dries for steele anymore.

Well some guys do, but they won't let you know
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Ricky Bubbles
UPEsox said:
It is funny how nobody (in WI and MN) ever fishes dries for steele anymore.

Well some guys do, but they won't let you know
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In all the reading, research and talking I've done with folks, I've never heard anyone mention dries for steelies. I could see dries in early / late fall, late spring, but what dries in the winter? Yarn flies? Genuinely asking as I have no idea.
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Rasputin
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docmorgan
Black stone flys, wigglers, beads. Bottom bouncing love to feel the bite.never been much of a bobber fisherman.
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Ricky Bubbles
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Lol wtf never seen that fly before
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