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You are correct. I don't remember ever saying anything about retaining wild coho, in fact I often advocate for not removing them from the water at all, just like wild steelhead.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 Nope, you never said that. I just wanted to clarify for my own knowledge as I will moving to the coast next year and am just getting prepared. Thanks.

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it. Congrats on the Steelhead, they are a special fish.

Have you ever actually seen a shrimp swim? They swim backward. Either way, the steelhead don't seem to care.

Yes, but she's removing bees from structures and catching swarms, that's an entirely different scenario. She's not marking them.

It's most accurate to look at flossing as a legal loophole that circumvents the intent of the regulation. I don't mind people flossing, despite the problems I outlined in this video, but I have a huge problem with people snagging and will call them out every time. These fish belong to all of us equally and we don't need to tolerate poachers and cheaters.

The fishing pressure on this river is enormous. We have a set of regulations that somewhat level the playing field and give the fish a chance. I'm referring mostly to barbless hooks and no snagging. If we get to a point where a lot of people are snagging, the balance shifts and the fish will be wiped out in a short time. As things stand now, there are some places on the river where almost everyone is snagging, but most places are ok. I'd hare to see snagging become the norm.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 oh I see!! Thanks for the reply!! Hope people stop snagging! Takes the fun out of actually fishing and catching!

surprisingly good to eat as well. Many people have a hate on for Northern Pike Minnow and can't tell the difference from a whitefish. Both species are a natural part of the ecosystem and should be treated with respect.

The gold reel is an Islander, the blue is a Luhr Jensen Legacy. The Islander is better quality, gut I prefer the feel and handle location of the Legacy. I broke one of the handles on the legacy, which is why I've been using the Islander lately.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 Ah ok, I like the way the blue one looked. Hopefully the handles are easily replaced. Thanks Petr.

I appreciate the kind comment. tight lines!

That's pretty good on the starvation stick. I found a few good spots, about 1/2 of those fish came out of maybe 4 spots, the rest were all over the river.

Awesome. I have found since the flood there is a ton of fishable water. Especially for the fly. Shouldn’t be saying this in July but I can’t wait for winter. Dying to get out again haha

It's quite unusual to get reds that late. There has been a long term trend with more of the white chinooks having orange or red meat though.

I think that there is a lesson there: if you wipe out a run they may never recover.

Glad you like them!

That's awesome. I didn't hear of anyone else having much luck. I guess like any other fish once you figure out what works, you can replicate it.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 yea for sure this year has been tuff tho there not wanting to push up

For sure. I'm out most days in October, so you'll probably see me in or on the river.

Thanks for the comment. Catching the biggest fish is just luck, getting them consistently is where the skill is. tight lines.

There were hardly any. I did a lot of fishing in November when the river is usually thick with them and I only got a few.

I appreciate that

This year I'm putting my "money" where my mouth is. In early September I will be offering a free course on salmon regulations at the Library.

Thanks for watching!

On average 50 pounds per hive, that's the long term average, some years are better than others.

Yup, If I'm honest about the gas and tackle and steelhead tag, each hatchery steelhead costs me around $200. Maybe less this year, but over all the years for sure.

Yeah I loved to learn more about this as well. Super helpful stuff

You are correct, sometimes it's just a twitch. On the other hand I don't want to encourage people to rip their float all the time.

That is sound advice, unfortunately enforcement is severely underfunded.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 oh I know but we can't let that stop people from doing the right thing and at least attempting. Best not to get involved physically but take all the footage in the world. It's about all we can do.

I've had many years of the steelhead struggle, sometimes a month with not a single bite. They're hard, but not impossible.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 hopefully I have better luck this winter. Hope to see you out on the river again this year.

right? The older I get the faster time flies.

Glad you liked it!

Thank you so much for the kind comment. Tight lines!

The rocky mountain whitefish are still the most numerous species in the river. There are about a hundred of them in every run, but they rarely bite anything except very small beads. If you want them, caddis fly larvae will get you a bite nearly every cast.

I hear you, but I'm about a decade ahead of you on experience. Be patient and great things will happen.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 Thank you, that's encouraging! When I picked that up, it all looked approachable enough as there are really a millions of tutorials on every possible aspect of that hobby - like I "know" what bait/lure to use where, how to do all the knots, how to find the right water etc. And while it looks like that I'm following all that to the single letter, I still need a tutorial on how to start getting bites ;)

I have never personally seen someone get a chinook opening day, but it does happen. I think I'll go toss some roe in there for a while, love spending time on the river regardless of outcome.

Yes, I looked at those numbers after I put the video up and the early numbers are something like 10% of the long term average.

@@petrhermanadventures9509It would not surprise me if the Vedder Red Springs have a poor showing this season for whatever reason.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you very much for your positive comment. I like watching some of the content from WA as well. Fish don't see borders.

They might just be hiding lower down in the river. Lots of water still though.

Thanks for watching, and I appreciate the comment.

Thanks for the comment.

I had an awesome steelhead season this year, hooked about 50 fish, landed 27. About half of them were caught on some sort of shrimp variation, shrimp and bead, shrimp with jig, shrimp piece, whole shrimp, etc.

@@petrhermanadventures9509 Oh wow, thank you Petr. Would you bother with shrimp for the upcoming season for springs and coho?

@@eeeffert6042 I use roe and beads, sometimes jigs. Some people use shrimp and do well, it's just one thing that I haven't experimented with. Rod Toth used a lot of shrimp before he got into the bead manufacturing business.

I'll do my best to get something up before opening day. I've been working a lot lately to make up for all the time I spent steelheading.