Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

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FishingThePacNW
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Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by FishingThePacNW » Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:34 pm

Hey guys i was wondering since the sam river opens in January if it had any winter run steelies in it???!!! That would be pretty awesome! Ive heard some stories and i myself have caught 2 20 inch Rainbow/Cutts outa there but are there any winters?
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:45 pm

skip it. Try somewhere else if you want a decent shot at hatchery winter run steelhead
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by FishingThePacNW » Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:32 pm

Oh i know i am going to be fishin the sky alot but the sam is close to my house and i could ride my bike there for some! I was just wondering if there were any in there?
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:59 pm

None in it. none gonna be in it. Just go to the sky :-"
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by Bodofish » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:17 am

Yeah, gonna have to say just go to the Sky.
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by 3footvis » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:40 am

It might be statistically possible, but I think it would be a "native" run fish that is very depressed.
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by drysuperfly52 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:03 pm

can you fish for squaw fish that time of year? a fish is a fish when you only have an hour afterwork before its too dark to fish
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Re: Sammamish River Winter Steelhead??

Post by FishingThePacNW » Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:48 pm

You can fish any fish in there from January 1 to august 31st i havent caught anything till like march and i fish it alot!
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