Comments on: What type of lure should I use for steelhead fishing and what pound test should I use?

By: Mulch Wilmington de

Mulch Wilmington de — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:09:50 +0000

Thanks for an idea, you sparked at thought from a perspective I hadn’t considerd yet. Now lets see if I can do something with it.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:51:51 +0000

I agree with the first guy, you’re gonna get a lot of different answers here. I’ll just tell you what works the best for me.

I drift fish with one or two size 12 corkies above a size 2 or 4 Gamigatsu hook with a little bit of yarn in the bait loop. I always use a sliding sinker on the main line to help telegraph bites better.

As far as line: Lately I’ve been using 8 lb Spider with a four lb leader. But I use an ultra light rod that can absorb a lot of the stress.

Now it also really depends where you are also. Where I grew up in SW Washington you’d be a fool to use anything lighter than 12lb for mainline.

Hope this helped a little bit.

PS, shrimp, prawns, salmon eggs, and the lowly night crawler make great baits. Josh

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:21:20 +0000

i would go with a light wait rod and metal lures the best plastic bait will be a pink buble gum colored worm on size 4 hook or 5 if your going fishing in fast currents use planner bobbers or trolling and good luck

brian Brian

By: JUSTFISH

JUSTFISH — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:52:48 +0000

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