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Extreme Fish Porn: 30-Pound Steelhead Edition!

February 2, 2012 By JD 10 Comments

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!


Well, sometimes you just need a little fish porn. And man, what a week it’s been for that! I probably should have saved this fish for last because it dwarfs the 20 pounders below, but holy giant rainbow trout, Batman…that is one amazing specimen is it not?

All I know about this leviathan is that it was caught last weekend and measured 44 inches by 24 inches, which using the steelhead weight formula, comes out at 32 freaking pounds! WOW!!!!! My jaw just hit the floor!

And, just for kicks, here are a couple other 20 plus pounders…

This one was taken by Paul LeFebvre of Brookings, OR. He caught and released the fish Feb. 1 on the Chetco River while fishing with guide Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. The steelhead hit a cluster of roe and took a half hour to subdue!

Twenty plus pounds of Perfection!


Our pal Greg McElroy sent in this pic of Tim Obert who fished just south of the Chetco, on California’s Smith River with Mad River Eggs for this low 20’s buck.

Damn, raise your hand if you work day just got totally screwed…

Filed Under: Trophy Room Tagged With: 20 pound steelhead, 30 pound steelhead, chetco river, olympic peninsula, Smith River, Steelhead

20-Pound Steelhead from the Chetco River

January 18, 2012 By JD 12 Comments

Welcome to the 20-pound club! Guide Tony Sepulveda (L) and John Sellers


It’s time to welcome the 20-Pound Steelhead Club’s newest member, John Sellers of Fortuna, CA, who fished on Tuesday with guide Tony Sepulveda of Greenwater Guide Service on a very low and clear Chetco River in Orgeon for this bruiser buck.

Let’s let Tony tell the rest of the story…

“John hooked the fish drifting roe and a Fish Pill along a shallow break,” he says. “When he swung on the bite, it erupted in 18″ of water and went burning off the flat with it’s back out of the water like a spooked bonefish!”

Congratulations are in order for John…fish like that don’t come every day. And to that end, he thoughtfully opted to release it, despite the ridiculous regulation in Oregon that allows for the retention of wild steelhead.

“John’s a relative newcomer to steelhead fishing, catching his first on the Eel with me last winter,” says Tony. “With his big fish resting in the net, we talked about the importance of keeping those genetics in the gene pool. John was immediately on board. We took a few pictures and sent him on his way. We ended the day by 1:00 pm with 6 landed out of 10 hooked, a 20 pounder and a double hookup. Not a bad day!”

Filed Under: Trophy Room Tagged With: 20 pound steelhead, chetco river, Steelhead, tony sepulveda

Chetco River pumps out 65-pound Chinook Salmon!!!

November 22, 2011 By JD 23 Comments

Oregon’s Chetco River has a good reputation for producing jumbo king salmon but that still couldn’t have prepared Wayne Smith of Yreka for what was about to happen on Nov. 19 when this massive 65-pound Chinook engulfed his back-trolled T55 Hawg Nose FlatFish.

Wayne Smith and Andy Martin pose with Salmonzilla


After what must have been some very nervous moments, guide Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing slipped the Beckman under the beast, which according to Martin, is the largest salmon of the year on the Oregon Coast (duh!) and one of the largest ever from the Chetco River.

All I can say is WOW!!

Filed Under: Trophy Room Tagged With: andy martin, chetco river, king salmon

OR’s Chetco River closure extended to Nov. 30

October 29, 2008 By JD 4 Comments

Chetco River King Salmon.jpg

To protect Chinook salmon in the low flows of Oregon’s Chetco River, the Oregon Depratment of Fish & Wildlife has extended a fishing ban for most of the river until Nov. 30.

Here’s what the ODFW has to say…
Click here to read more…

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: chetco river, oregon, salmon closure, salmon fishing

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