Steelhead fisheries in Oregon and Washington

 
Steelhead fishing in Washington is the finest fishing. With the wild rivers we have in Washington we can offer excellent steelhead and salmon habitat. Almost any time of year a steelhead fisherman can find an opportunity to pursue the prized fishing in Washington. We have excellent runs of huge wild natives that are targeted on a catch and release basis only. These natives can get quite large with fish in the 20 pound or larger class fairly common and an occasional 30 pound plus fish as well. Washington also has many hatchery steelhead programs designed to allow the fisherman to catch and keep some of these fine eating fish. These hatchery fish usually don't get as large as the natives but they still get over 20 lbs often.

Most rivers in Washington have Summer Steelhead and Winter Steelhead. The Summer runs begin arriving in the Spring and stay in the rivers until the next winter when they spawn and head back to the ocean. These summer fish are very aggressive and will take lures, flies, bait and most anything that is presented to them. Fishing for these fish can be very exciting as they are very acrobatic and jump frequently and are very strong fighting fish. Winter Steelhead begin coming into the rivers in the late fall usually with the first good rainfall. The hatchery fish begin to arrive around thanksgiving on some rivers with the bulk of the runs occurring from Christmas to mid January. The native fish usually arrive beginning in February and continuing until April or May.  The winter steelhead are not as aggressive biters as the summer fish and can be quite challenging to catch. The winters steelhead  begin to discolor quickly and begin there spawning activity

Steelhead are one of the most popular game fish in the world. In our site www.steelhead-fishing.org we l cover many locations and offer tips and techniques for Washington steelhead fishing.

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