Steelhead

Themug · Post by **Themug** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:35 pm

Saw our boys hard at work today stocking 16,000 or so steelhead. Fun to watch and exciting to know that in another year or two some will be a catchable size!! It's a video, click on it if you care to see it.

Reelax · Post by **Reelax** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:46 pm

Very Nice! What river was it??

homewrecker · Post by **homewrecker** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:14 pm

Looks like Lewis Creek

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:22 pm

YEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!

Themug · Post by **Themug** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:05 pm

Yup, that would be Lewis Creek.

vtperchman · Post by **vtperchman** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:37 pm

Gecha (Gerry) · Post by **Gecha (Gerry)** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:15 pm

That's great news. I'll like to catch a few of them in a few years.
In the meantime, this could be a buffet for walleyes and pikes

tuckhunts87 · Post by **tuckhunts87** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:23 pm

hopefully no one went down there and caughtem from shore......

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:28 pm

tuckhunts87 wrote:hopefully no one went down there and caughtem from shore......

I don't think they're big enough to keep.

raz · Post by **raz** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:47 am

Cool.

Salmonseeker · Post by **Salmonseeker** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:42 am

Wish they would do that with a couple loads of walley in all the rivers.

dreamcatcher · Post by **dreamcatcher** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:51 am

That's good to see!

fishhuntadventure · Post by **fishhuntadventure** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:57 pm

Matt wrote:
tuckhunts87 wrote:hopefully no one went down there and caughtem from shore......
I don't think they're big enough to keep.

But if attrition isn't too high 2015 - 2016/17/18 could be good!

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:44 am

I am very glad they are stocking earlier. I had never seen a cormorant at salmon hole...until the hatchery truck showed up with a few thousand steelhead. Within 10 minutes there were about 30 cormorants above the dam feasting on the fish. I had a great day about a month later teaching a buddy how to fly cast in the falls above the bridge because every cast got nailed by an 8-10" steelie.

fishhuntadventure · Post by **fishhuntadventure** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:54 pm

How many of us would do shifts shooting cormorants even if we bought our own ammo? All the USF&W would need to do is coordinate pickup of the floaters as they made their way downriver...and truck 'em over to the woodchip plant for their final disappearance. Now THAT would be a great idea and a new Vermont family tradition!

(why do we need grants when we have sportsmen?)

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