Nice Steelhead hen

My brother caught this beautiful Steelhead hen yesterday at the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River. It tipped the scale at just under 20 lbs.
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MuleyMadness
Beauty!
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sneekeepete
Thats a whopper!!! :thumb What did he catch it on?
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MULEY7MM
Nice fish :thumb
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AGCHAWK
sneekee, I failed to ask him what he was using. However, I am pretty certain he was using shrimp.
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one hunting fool
why shrimp? oh and Dang nice fish if i caught one like that i'd have to give up fishing cause i don't think it could get any better.
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killerbee
thats a fat hog! steelhead are by far my favorite fish to catch!
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AGCHAWK
hunting fool. This time of year we use drifting bobbers from the boat with about 20 ft of leader and shrimp. Works GREAT!

Shortly we'll head upriver toward the upper Snake River and Grande Ronde River and switch tactics.
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Buck Fever
Cant wait to get out and fish for steelhead this winter. Hawk tell your brother congrats, that a nice b-runner. Grew up fishing the Grande Ronde, very good steelhead river these days!!
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AGCHAWK
You know it Buck Fever!!! Sure wish work would allow me to be out there more often.

Good news is I retire in about 8 months so I'll get my "day in the sun" soon!
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IDHunter
I went steelhead fishing once a few years back. It was the most miserable four days of my life ](*,) .

I keep thinking I need to give it another go when I see fish like that.
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Hiker
Great looking steelhead.
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