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Official 2025 Lower Columbia Summer Steelhead Reports The number of hatchery steelhead smolts released in the Columbia and Snake River basins now is roughly comparable to the number released 20 years ago, with only minor adjustments for management and conservation purposes [1] [3] What has changed in the last 20 years to account for the large drop in Bonneville Dam summer steelhead counts
Steelhead plugging advice. - IFish Fishing Forum I usually run divers and **** shrimp on the Cowlitz for steelhead I have a bunch of old plugs that I have never used In fact, I think I have only been with a person one time that was pulling plugs and that was in the late 70s I have been wanting to mix in a plug rod or 2 while running the
Rod selection for steelhead | IFish Fishing Forum The steelhead I know eat rubber legged stonefly nymphs like candy and will chase far out of their resting spots for them Black, purple, black and purple, something with black and or purple etc
Columbia Basin Salmon Steelhead (all stocks) 2025. . . Adult return forecasts for salmon and steelhead Dr Charlene Hurst, WDFW, Stuart Ellis, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Dr Sarah Maher, IDFG, presented the 2025 forecasts for adult returns of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin
Steelheaders, Look At This | IFish Fishing Forum This chart came from a recent OPB article on fish returns that I'll link below I think steelheaders should look at the diminishing gray portion of the bars post-2015 (The year of the Pacific Warm Water Blob) Back in the 1980's, steelhead made up almost half of the entire Columbia River
Official 2025 Lower Columbia Summer Steelhead Reports Bonneville summer steelhead forecast for 2025 was abysmal - just above the all time low of ~ 72,000 I hope it beats or we may set another new low for CR summer steelhead They go farther out to sea than the other salmonids - I keep reading the food web's been bad mid-ocean for the last 10 years From 2001 - 2010, we averaged 400,000 summer steelhead over Bonneville
Smaller plugs for salmon? | IFish Fishing Forum My dad uses a Lami XCC 705 STRIPER I gave him for a steelhead plug rod, and like sized plugs, he always picks up salmon from time to time, he fishes near the Cowlitz mouth mostly I've caught a few Chinook while walleye fishing worm rigs in the Columbia by the 205 bridge area and the mouth of the Washougal area
A guide to Plunking: the gear - IFish Fishing Forum Plunking in the CR or other big rivers in oregon is super popular but it's tough for a beginner to learn the basics This is a great time to get into plunking because the mad rush for spring chinook is over and steelhead plunking isn't exactly screaming hot Therefore stores will hopefully