For all those who think the Stamp has nothing but hatchery rats
- Thread starter Summer Steel
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eaglemaniac
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Your grin says it all SS. Fish of a lifetime. Well done for sure.
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Big Green Machine
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Bloody awesome. You must share some details.........or not.
-steelhead-
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Nice fish! Gotta love the Stamp wilds. So much bigger than the hatches.
this is one I got this year in Jan. from shore using a luhr jensen unscented egg cluster... very similar fish perhaps they are related. lol! Hopefully there's more coming up, it sure is nice to see big Steel coming out of the Stamp! I guess like BL said below, they are probably all genetically mixed with Hatches... o well.
this is one I got this year in Jan. from shore using a luhr jensen unscented egg cluster... very similar fish perhaps they are related. lol! Hopefully there's more coming up, it sure is nice to see big Steel coming out of the Stamp! I guess like BL said below, they are probably all genetically mixed with Hatches... o well.
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Blackleech
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Actually, there are no more truly wild steelhead in the Stamp. All fish are considered to have some kind of hatchery influence.
Very nice fish though!
lorneparker1
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I can make a 12 look like a 20 holding it like that too!.
Nice fish though.
Lorne
Nice fish though.
Lorne
Dennis.t
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Nice fish!Rare indeed! Only a few of that size caught each season. Of the hundreds of Stamp fish Ive landed,not one has been even close in size, to that beauty!Wow!
youngsteelheader
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nice fish .... im gonna catch him on friday from the bank
Lipripper
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banger17
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pretty sure they bigger than a 12 lorne...
Charter Tofino
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If you see someone getting skunked on the bank with their thumb out thats me! Nice fish.
Summer Steel
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Seriously????? You think that fish is 12lbs?!? WOW!!! Just for the record then.....it was 34" length & 22" girth. That calculates between 20 & 21 lbs depending on which formula you use. Doesn't matter HOW you hold it.....the numbers don't lie.
Summer Steel
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Your grin says it all SS. Fish of a lifetime. Well done for sure.
Actually, it's not me in the pic.....it's a buddy of mine. His first 20lb steelie!! He was grinning from ear to ear the whole day. The boys actually hooked 10 fish this morning, but this is the only one they are still talking about.
Summer Steel
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Rare indeed, however, the Stamp has never been historically known for big fish like the Gold, Hoh, Thompson, Dean or Kalum for example. Average size has always been somewhere between 6-8 lbs, but we have caught quite a fair number over 10lbs in the 20+ years we've been fishing it. So far this year, there have been a pleasant number of 10+ lb hatchery fish showing up as well. Could be good ocean survival, good nutrient levels in the river for the smolts, who knows, just glad to see some nice size fish!! Here is a 14lb hatchery caught last week......
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Summer Steel
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Will do when I get back.......off to the Olympic Peninsula for a few days tomorrow to drift the Bogey & Hoh. Should be fun!!
