A Day on the Water — Center Pin Beads

Huron River Evening Steelhead

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Huron River Evening Steelhead

March 22nd and March 24th evenings: 1 for 4, then 4 for 4 on small steelhead.  8mm BigHole UV Orange bead got all the hits.  First evening, using a barbed #6 hook held 1 of 4 fish. Next evening, using the lighter wire #6 hook with the barb broken off held all four fish hooked.   Biggest and last Fish.  These fish run out or Lake Erie and run younger and smaller because the feeding in Lake Erie is not very profitable.  We get lots of skippers.  A fish with a head as big as this one would weigh twice as much...

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20) 10mm Yellow Glo-Beads take Browns behind Spawning Salmon.

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20) 10mm Yellow Glo-Beads take Browns behind Spawning Salmon.

Lots of big and small Salmon jumping at Tippy Dam above the coffer on Sept 27:  I saw a 6 pound and a 17 inch Brown caught.  Below the coffer, I got two 14 inch Browns and lost a bright 6 lb bright Coho or Steelhead on 10mm Yellow Spot on Painted Glo-Beads,  Above the coffer, I also fair hooked a big salmon and caught an 11 inch rainbow on a new Brown Balanced jig tie.  I was fishing not so deep under the bobber and only foul hooked one salmon.  A Balance jig will hang horizontally and drift and jig naturally under...

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21) Tippy, October 10 and 17th. Salmon and Steelhead are in

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21) Tippy, October 10 and 17th. Salmon and Steelhead are in

On October 17th, I was 1 for 2 on big bright steelhead above the coffer.  On October 10th, I got a big healthy black King to hit.  The week before I got two 14 inch browns and a 12 inch rainbow.  All fish were on 10mm Yellow Glow Beads except the bright steelhead that broke off Saturday who hit a 8mm Yellow Glow Bead.

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