Steelhead

[Eglseder]

Hello all!

I'm Brian. New to the forum. I am looking for friends to go steelhead fishing with. I know very little about catching steelies and have never caught one. It is a dream fish of mine and a fish that I want to get after as much as possible. I live just NE of lake stevens and was planning on heading out to try some float jig fishing for steelies. Thought that maybe there were some experienced fishermen/women out there that might want a fishing partner and possibly be able to teach me a few things. I have gear and ready to test it out. I also want to try fly fishing for them. In my dream world, I would actually really like to be able to do a float with someone, but I do not have a boat and I feel that may be asking too much. But if anybody wanted to help me out there, I can always help with expenses.

Originally from Iowa (college in Maine), I have been in and out of Seattle for about 4 years now, because of my job, but have not had much time to fish, especially since I had no vehicle here. I'm 26 and work as a fish biologist on commercial fishing vessels in Dutch Harbor, AK. Now that I live here, and have my truck, it will be easier to hunt some fish. Because of this job, I get large amounts of time off and right now I don't have to work until January, so I hope to get out fishing a lot.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Cheers!

Brian

[megacabcummins]

Welcome Brian, I am just west of you in Marysville, also need to get out and find my first steelhead. Building a new rod right now at Greg's just for steelhead (ok not really just steelhead but it was an easy excuse to build a new rod). I have a couple weeks off coming up and plan to hit the Cascade, and some lower parts of the Skagit that you can walk to. I may try a few spots of the Stilly too. I'm gonna try bead fishing this year, got plenty of other stuff to fall back on just in case

[Bobber_Dogging_Gal]

Hello. We're up by the confluence of the Stilly river and although I'm certainly not the resident authority on catching steelies, I prefer bobber dogging for them when river fishing. Fishing and camping along the Skagit and Cascade rivers is also nice. Great scenery. As for lakes, am a big fan of Baker lake or Shannon, as well as lakes just north of the Stilly. Very much into salt water fishing and crabbing in marine area 8-2. I am however, limited to a small lake boat. Have done a little sport fishing in Alaska (miss fishing up there). *lol* Would be nice to meet other responsible fishers to enjoy local outings.