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easy to fish, it seems most people on the river now are fairly experienced giving respect to other anglers whom wish to fish the same area.
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Dec 15, 2009 9:53PM
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I landed my biggest steelhead ever today. 15lbs. Im pretty stoked. I'll post some pics and the details on my blog later tonight. Nobody on the river either.
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Dec 16, 2009 12:41AM
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Steelhead wrote:
I landed my biggest steelhead ever today. 15lbs. Im pretty stoked. I'll post some pics and the details on my blog later tonight. Nobody on the river either.
Well Done! Thats a big fish for the stamp system.
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Dec 16, 2009 1:55AM
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Steelhead wrote:
I landed my biggest steelhead ever today. 15lbs. Im pretty stoked. I'll post some pics and the details on my blog later tonight. Nobody on the river either.
sweet, sounds like Christmas came early for you,...S.
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 It was a good day! 
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Just checked out the pictures. That is a great fish no matter where you are. Congrats to you on bringing it in. Now I'm going to stare at my computer and pout since I still have another 5.1 hours of work left.
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It looks like a rosy cheeked winter run in the pic, not a summer. Just my opinion.
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Dec 16, 2009 7:34PM
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Thats what I thought, but the CO said summer.
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Dec 16, 2009 8:52PM
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So I have done a little bit of research, and I can't find out how to determine between a summer and a winter other than when they enter the stream (either summer or winter). I have a friend emailing a biologist... i may have something definitive later on.
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Steelhead wrote:
So I have done a little bit of research, and I can't find out how to determine between a summer and a winter other than when they enter the stream (either summer or winter). I have a friend emailing a biologist... i may have something definitive later on.
Yeah impossible to tell from looking at a fish and in the end it really doesnt matter much, a steelhead is a steelhead. Just usually what Ive found is the summer runs on the stamp at this time of the year will be pretty colored up after been in the river for months. Most will show a pretty prominent red stripe down the lateral line and an olive green color on the back. That fish still looks very silver despite rosy cheeks, likely in the river for less than a month. I'd put my money on it being a winter run. The stamp gets steelhead pretty much every month of the year so summer vs winter is kind of a grey area.
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Thats exactly what the CO said, probably entered the river in late November. Interesting, I always thought that a summer and winter were very different. Im going to wait and see what this biologist says.
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The only way you can tell really is sexual maturity.
At this time of year even a silver summer run would most likely have a pretty loose skein or even singles, a silver winter run will have very small eggs and tight skeins. Winter runs mature alot faster than summer runs however as they are in the river maybe 4 months to a summer runs 6 or so (maybe more) months before they are going to spawn.
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I have also heard that it is the summers that go further up inland rivers to spawn, while winters stay lower in the system.
SmokeyRiver - Is there a genetic difference between winters and summers?
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How are the water levels and clarity right now?
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Dec 18, 2009 5:10PM
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The water level has come up and the clarity was dirty green, i am going put up some pics around 7pm tonight on my blog.
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just got off the phone with my buddy... hit 2 hatch cloners in 20 minutes this morning and went home.
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She was pretty high again today and quite a few guys were on the river. I only fished for an hour and landed a smallish 4lb chromer on a black and pink marabou jig.
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We fished all day, got into a few, I managed to land an 8lb'r hatchery on a jensen cluster with white wool, I also managed to loose a few... Nice day on the river, got really cold in the afternoon. I put a pic of the steel on my blog.
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Fished the bucket down to the gun Club, Nothing going on for me in 4 hours of fishing. Stopped up at the falls before heading home, and talked to an older fellow that had been there all day and said he had seen 5 caught since 8 in the morning and it was around 2 in the afternoon. The water is pretty clear, Not sure of the levels as im new to the river. Gonna go try again on Thrus.
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Fished the bucket down to the gun Club, Nothing going on for me in 4 hours of fishing. Stopped up at the falls before heading home, and talked to an older fellow that had been there all day and said he had seen 5 caught since 8 in the morning and it was around 2 in the afternoon. The water is pretty clear, Not sure of the levels as im new to the river. Gonna go try again on Thrus.
Hey Lorne,
I was there also today, fished that area from 9am to noon,we didnt hook into anything , and did not see anybody hit/catch a thing??
my buddy said the water level and colour are as close to perfect for fishing rite now...fishing/catching? should only get better, good luck on Thurs.
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