browns vs steelhead

just a quick survey..... seems browns are all the rage lol  ive been fortunate to catch numbers of both over the years   ny  pa  great lakes tribs    jus my vote goes to the steelhead   in my experiences  they fight better  aaaaand if you choose to eat one they eat better...... just seems alot of guys get  buck fever on the hook jaw male browns lol lol    

Steel any day. They fight harder. Plus where are the 100,000 Browns put in every year? Only saw three caught this year in Erie

I'll take a Brown over a Steelhead most days, same goes for inland fish too, I prefer resident Browns over Rainbows. Just my opinion, but I think Browns fight better. Browns stay down and dirty and keep your rod bent in a U for the entire fight, add in some violent head shakes, short powerful bursts; and the ability to sit in the current and not move until they want to and you've got my perfect stream fish (maybe it's because they behave so similarly to Lakers but they're in moving water that I love them). However, that's not to say I don't love steelhead because I absolutely do, they're one of the hardest fighters out there. What I love about steelhead is their sporadic tendencies, acrobatics, speed, and blistering runs. What I don't like is that they tire much faster than Browns because they use all their energy in bursts rather than consistently tear on your rod for 10-15 minutes like big Browns do. I also prefer a fish that dives to a fish that jumps.

My 2c.

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pound for pound,,steellies,,especially in colder water.
 
Big inland river brownies fight beter than lake erie brownies. Trust me.

Browns can't even get a W on the fisherie forums. 0-16?

Very nice Cappy.
This one is from the Allegheny and caught this past July.
 Didn't weigh it and released it. Measured 30 1/2"
I probably had about 6 turns of fly line backing left on the reel before I was able to stop it.
I've caught bigger lake run browns but this thing fought twice as hard as those. 
 
 

 

dano ive heard theres some hog browns in the allegheny ....obviously this confirms.. hahah.... im guessing they just come in from the tributaries... but i was also told they used to stock browns in the river.... 

CAPTAIN HOOK
Very nice river Brown Dano, I lost a beauty years back where East Hickory Creek empties into the Allegheny. Fishing for Smallies when I hooked into a hog Brown, broke me off after seeing him a few times. Not as nice as that but a good one .

love fishing the clarion river in the late spring (may/early june)  always catch some nice brook trout and walleyes on blue fox spinners and night crawlers.... fun to fish that time before all the canoers and kayakers show up

Browns win the beauty contest, IMO.  Dano & Capt, those are some great looking fish.

genieman77

Porktown
Browns can't even get a W on the fisherie forums. 0-16?

  ..L.T.A.

My guess, he saw the words "browns" and "steelies" thought yinz was speakin' football.

Divemaster you need to hook into a big Hybrid Striper! If you want deep power fighting mixed with some line burning runs that's your fish ! None in Erie.....although I think they would be a great trial fish to introduce there being a hybrid, but I doubt that will ever happen.....too bad. 

Someone on here caught a lake traaht in the elk crick

The wiper beats all in pa, hands down. If you'd have gotten into a nice one with a 8weight in the river, you'd have been in for a brawl that you'd probably lose. Get one of those wide bastards on a run with current and your gonna be way into backing, quick. Lake Arthur, may/June, toss bomber long A's, and hold on.

ShenangoEyes
The wiper beats all in pa, hands down. If you'd have gotten into a nice one with a 8weight in the river, you'd have been in for a brawl that you'd probably lose. Get one of those wide bastards on a run with current and your gonna be way into backing, quick. Lake Arthur, may/June, toss bomber long A's, and hold on.

Shenango Eyes , I won't argue that statement pound for pound they are one vicious fighter !
Those hogs we pulled out of Shenango Lake were unreal, heavy action rods, and braided line and they had that rod bent so bad it was creaking like an old rocking chair ready to crack!
Started uses salt water plugs to hold em ! Runaway locomotives on line !
Never filmed the battle ( big mistake ) just photos before we released all of them.
Kept one 15lber for the wall. 
Just an awesome game fish !
 
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