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katfish

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Keeping Steelhead
« on: November 14, 2011, 04:32:36 PM »
Do steelhead lose their eating quality the longer they are in the river like salmon?  This will be my second year and I hope to get one this year :)
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paul1971

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 04:39:49 PM »
 yeah most definetly the chromer the fish the better for eating.
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Dennis.t

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 05:22:37 PM »
Most of the time ,the chromer the fish the better for eating.But ive caught late season fish that have been chrome,mostly does and they have not been good eating because they were ready to spawn even though they were dime bright.The eggs were very large and ripe in the enlarged body cavity and the meat was not very tasty.You also want to stay away from bonking Kelts,that is spawned out fish that are mending and appear chrome but are very skinny and not good table fair.They should be allowed to return the saltwater.So if the fish is earlier season and chrome with sea lice and a hatchery then yeh,good for the table. ;D
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 05:31:07 PM »
talking about keeping steelhead
is vedder river the only river we can keep steelhead? (one hatchery per day)
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Dennis.t

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2011, 05:35:40 PM »
No,there are other rivers that contain hatchery steelhead.
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frozensalmon

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2011, 05:45:24 PM »
so I was reading the regulation http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/docs/1113/fishing-synopsis_2011-13_region2.pdf
says 2 hatchery steelhead per day in region 2 rivers expect 2 rivers with only one hatchery steelhead per day , which are CHEHALIS RIVER and VEDDER RIVER
and I have to stop fishing for steelhead once I got my daily limit. stamp is $25 

correct me if i'm wrong
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2011, 06:13:30 PM »
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frozensalmon

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2011, 06:15:44 PM »
 ;D my first steelhead season starts
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2011, 06:17:19 PM »
btw, how does steelhead taste compare to coho? in the past months my conclusion is coho taste awesome...
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2011, 06:19:58 PM »
id suggest keeping only one steelhead a day anyways if you want your kids to do it.. thats if you even get the chance to play one ;)
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2011, 07:33:23 PM »
Kill every hatchery chromer you catch.
That's why they are there. If we released them all, funding for the hatchery would soon stop.

Good luck. I caught my first hatchery steelhead in my first season. A fluke...
It took me three years before I caught another keeper.  ::)

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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2011, 07:34:50 PM »
Quote from: Dennis.t on November 14, 2011, 05:22:37 PM
So if the fish is earlier season and chrome with sea lice and a hatchery then yeh,good for the table. ;D

Ah, sea lice are good ;D ;D
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2011, 07:42:07 PM »
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2011, 07:44:57 PM »
Last season, every steelhead I landed at the Chedder was chrome but wild.
I think fishing mostly mid and upper river was the cause.
This year I think I wil spend more time in the lower river and get a keeper. ;D
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Re: Keeping Steelhead
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2011, 07:57:31 PM »
Quote from: bigblue on November 14, 2011, 07:44:57 PM
Last season, every steelhead I landed at the Chedder was chrome but wild.
I think fishing mostly mid and upper river was the cause.
This year I think I wil spend more time in the lower river and get a keeper. ;D
Luck of the Draw.Lots of hatchery fish make it to the mid and upper reaches.Lots of anglers such as myself release hatchery fish.Granted there are more hatchery fish lower river and a heck of alot more anglers as well.
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