Category: Steelhead Fishing

Anise scented eggs are a go to bait for a lot of people who fish the salmon and steelhead runs around the Great Lakes. They are more popular in some areas than others, but they actually work anywhere you can fish salmon and steelhead. Although we might call these “anise salmon eggs” they actually aren’t salmon …

Fishing with hellgrammites is an underutilized tactic that can help you increase your catch rates. Hellgrammites are large aquatic insects that can be a big meaty meal for a fish. These insects are also common. Before they turn into adult dobsonflies, hellgrammites spend years crawling around on river bottoms. They can also get knocked loose and …

The Trout Magnet is a soft plastic trout lure that has become very popular in some parts of the US over the last few years. It probably helps that these lures can be found at every major retailer from Wal Mart to Bass Pro Shops. But the question is, do Trout Magnets really catch fish? There …

The cat is out of the bag. Plastic worms work very well on steelhead in rivers and streams. I’ve been catching steelhead on worms for over a decade now. When I first started using them I wouldn’t see any other people tossing worms. Now I see lots of people using them. Normally they throw pink worms. …

Fishing with jigs is one of the best ways to catch steelhead. The way they look in the water draws in strikes from steelies all across North America. These little lures can catch fish from the Great Lakes tributaries in the East all the way out to the native range of steelhead on the West Coast. …

Pink worms are one of the best lures for steelhead you can find. Whether you are spin, float or fly fishing, pink worms simply catch fish. In the past I have written about how good these worms are for many other species of fish including trout and even panfish. Yet pink worms work incredibly well for …

Beads can be very effective for catching trout and salmon. But how do you fish with just a simple bead? The rigging is quite simple. The fishing isn’t too difficult either. The most important aspect of it all is presenting a bead in a way that mimics a free floating egg in the water. The basic …

Do you want to know how to catch Erie steelhead in the fall? The you’ve come to the right place. What follows are some basic tips on fishing the Erie tributaries in the fall. After reading this, you will be better prepared to catch some chrome the next time you are in the area. Most people …

September marks the start of steelhead season all around the Great Lakes. While steelhead can be caught in the deep waters of the lakes during the summer, it is the autumn steelhead spawning run that brings out the biggest number of anglers. Steelhead are larger than the vast majority of trout in the United States, and …

It’s September, which means it is time for the Steelhead in the Great Lakes to make their annual spawning runs and flood into the tributaries. Many anglers will follow the fish in hopes of hooking up with a few. Some of them will catch fish. Others will be skunked. There are many ways to fish, but …