Steelhead Fishing
Steelhead fishing Steelhead fisheries Tips and Techniques for Fishing Guided Trips Guide Eli Rico
Washington Fishing Guides offers
Steelhead and Salmon Fishing also Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fishing and Seattle Fly Fishing for Steelhead guide trips in Washington. Eli fishes for Steelhead on the Columbia and its tributaries. Eli also offers trips on the Snohomish River system (Skykomish and Snohomish rivers) the Quillayute River system and isolated rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. In short, Eli fishes all areas of the State wherever the Steelhead action is HOT!We offer jetsled or drift boat fishing trips and Steelhead flyfishing Vacations, Steelhead flyfishing charters and Steelhead guide trips! Learn how to fish for steelhead!
Eli offers both Seattle Steelhead Fishing trips and Portland Oregon Steelhead fishing trips. Eli is the owner of Hot Shot Guide Service. Eli Rico is one of the most well-rounded Steelhead fishing guides in the Northwest! We offer group fishing trips and fishing charters for corporate customers up to fifteen.
Based in the Seattle
area
and owner of Hotshot Fishing Guide Service,
Eli Rico is one of the most well-rounded
Northwest Steelhead
fishing
guides!
Throughout the year Eli fishes the entire state for salmon, steelhead, walleye, trout, bass and sturgeon on fisheries ranging from the Olympic Peninsula to the tributaries of the Columbia River to Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Washington. Eli guides more than 300 days a year! He also fishes on the Snohomish River system, the Quillyute River system and Olympic Peninsula rivers (including the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel, Queets and mainstem Queets rivers). Eli targets Steelhead, Salmon and Sturgeon on the Columbia River systems (including tributary fisheries like the Cowlitz, Klickitat, Wind and Yakima rivers) and the Chehalis River system.
Eli is frequently featured on the KJR AM (Saturday Mornings from 6-9AM), Wild Country Radio, Fishing and Hunting News, Game and Fish and Salmon, Trout & Steelheader.
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Checkout Eli's new DVD on Drano Lake Springer Fishing!!
Available through; Eli Rico, Outdoor Emporium, Auburn Sports and Marine or Sportco in Fife
Springers are hot NOW and will continue at record returns through June! Now booking spring Chinook trips - on the Drano lake, Wind river, Klickitat river, Yakima river, Skykomish river and the Columbia river
Current Reports
Cowlitz Steelhead Fishing Reports
Region 5 Steelhead Salmon Sturgeon Fishing Report
Weekender Report - Statewide Report
Fish Passage Report Columbia River Dams
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Columbia Region
Puget Sound Creel Salmon Reports
Washington River Levels and Stream flow
Steelhead
Steelhead spend only part of their life in freshwater. Like Salmon, Steelhead return to their home waters to spawn. Unlike Salmon, Steelhead do not die at spawning and can return to the salt water to return even larger!.
We can help you develop your Steelhead kills and build your fishing confidence - which will yield more Steelhead hookups!
Our trips include the legendary Olympic Peninsula rivers and the Skykomish, Lewis, Kalama and Cowlitz rivers among others.
Cowlitz river Steelhead are plentiful and hard fighting - year after year the Cowlitz River ranks in the top ten Steelhead rivers in the Northwest for steelhead production!
We can also offer Steelhead trips on the Skykomish river near Monroe Washington for those who want to learn this highly productive river. Learn to fish the river from the top Skykomish guide. In the last two years Eli has produced Winter Native fish in the 27- 30 pound range
We fish either from our drift boat or jet sled depending on the time of year and river conditions.
The native winter Steelhead are the largest and most aggressive of the species, these trophy fish are available in catch and release fisheries throughout the state.
Without a doubt the most picturesque location and largest runs are on the Olympic Peninsula. We offer Winter run fishing trips for these fish in January, February, March and April.
The Cowlitz River and Skykomish River systems have high returns of BIG hatchery fish during November, December and January!
When fishing conditions are right, we will also fish the Cowlitz, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Columbia, Klickitat, Kalama and Washougal Rivers, along with the fabled rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. These fishing trips are by drift boat, the most peaceful and relaxing way to enjoy a day on the water in a wilderness setting.
Prime time for the winter Washington steelhead fishing on the Skykomish, Cowlitz, Lewis, Kalama and Snoqualmie extends from November through February. The average winter fish is eight to ten pounds with many going into the twenty pound range. February, March and April see the return of the Olympic Steelhead - Peninsula’s wild Natives. With true trophy potential, these natives average twelve pounds and every year anglers land exceptional fish over the twenty pound mark. Thirty pound monsters are taken every few years!
