That makes sense. We stood there for probably a minute discussing how to land him and he was just there. I guess I should have waited a while longer and let him do his thing
I think I'll look into a net. Any recommendations?
Man, spooking him when he was right there seems insane, but of course I couldn't tire him if he didn't want to fight.
Well, it happened again! This time with a much larger fish, probably 12 lbs or so I'm guessing.
It was strange, he didn't fight almost at all, I basically reeled it right to me, I had him at a rods length of line and waited for my buddy to come over. It was a somewhat steep bank, I was knee...
I've been at it really hard this winter for steelhead. It's my first winter, following fishing last summer on the Deschutes quite a bit. Never had a tug except an occasional trout. I tried gear fishing for a couple years too, never caught a steelhead.
Saturday was low and clear on my favorite...