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Title: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Robert on March 19, 2005, 04:23:39 PM

  Today I fished the vedder, I got to the Lickman road area at about 6am to be exact.  Anyways, I fished the "meathole" from the campground side, in amongst the brush.  Within the first hour I lost one steely of about five pounds, I could not tell whether if it was hatchery or wild.  After that, I moved up a spot and fished there for a while to no avail, then I walked down river to try a few spots and nothing came of it, so I decided to go back up to the spot where I had lost my first steely today and guess what, I landed and released another steely of about 8 pounds, it put up a great fight.  First, it ran up river, then down and once I finally got it to shore it went for the log which was under the water, fortunately I was able to turn it around before it was too late 8).  After, I moved up one spot because I saw a steely rise a few times and a few minutes in that spot and I landed and released a steelhead of about 6 pounds.  Oh I almost forgot to mention, I also found a drennan float in the water right by my feet, it was like totally brand new. ;D

  I fished until 2 pm but most of the action occurred in the morning 7 to 10am.  After that it was really slow.  All in all it was a very good day and the weather wasn't bad either, just a little chilly.  So, today I hooked three steely's and landed and released two wild one's, pretty good, I would have liked a hatchery steelhead but I can't complain after a day of steelheading like this one.  In addition, all of my fish were caught on ghost shrimp, I tried other baits but they did not seem to work.  I have some pictures too ;D ;D However, I have to wait for Rodney.

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Rodney on March 19, 2005, 06:13:19 PM

Robert's Steelhead Photos

(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/pic/pic050319-1.jpg)

(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/pic/pic050319-2.jpg)

Nice reel by the way. ;)

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Robert on March 19, 2005, 06:14:46 PM

Thanks, Rodney ;D

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: BIG T on March 19, 2005, 06:35:07 PM

nice fish and thanks for the report

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Robert on March 19, 2005, 06:38:35 PM

Yup

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Fish Assassin on March 19, 2005, 07:19:51 PM

Way to go Robert  ;D

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Robert on March 19, 2005, 07:32:15 PM

Thanks, FA.   

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: DragonSpeed on March 19, 2005, 11:25:05 PM

Sweet fish dude!

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Gooey on March 20, 2005, 01:47:54 PM

i am surprised that you hit a fish that colored in the lower river!?!

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Athezone on March 20, 2005, 02:50:25 PM

Great going Robert those are beautiful fish. Did you use the same lure or bait for each fish or switch up a bit, just curious. Congratulations again, that's a good morning's fishing. :)

Title: Re: Vedder March 19,2005
Post by: Robert on March 20, 2005, 05:58:35 PM

Yeah, Athezone, I caught the fish on ghost shrimp.