Fatheads
Marabou jigs(white w some krystal flash is golden)
Sacs
Waxworms
and a newer fav for me beads

Most of the time it's more about how you present the bait and hitting the right water conditions then what you're actually using.

My 5 favorites in order:

1. Medium Size FatHeads (Not drifted but threaded onto the line with a needle and worked through current)

2. Egg Sacs (Better when the water is high and off colored)

3. Black Mini Foo Jig  (Shake it and jig it right near them -  This will **** Steelhead off and trigger angry aggressive strikes)

4. Emerals Shiners (Used the same way as the fat heads.  Shiners seem to fall apart much easier than fatheads.) 

5. Sucker Spawn / Single Eggs (Better when the water is low and clear)

when the conditions are rite and you are fishing them correctly, nothing will outfish a single egg.

ORIGINAL: akitadog

when the conditions are rite and you are fishing them correctly, nothing will outfish a single egg.

I'd beg to differ...

2 treble hooks and a 1/2 ounce weight ripping it as hard as i can.
Just joking i like to use skein, flatfish lures but only when i am fishing in the lake at the mouths, trout magnots, mini foo foos.  and if all else fails flatheads casue they seem to perform all the time.  I dont catch as many with fatheads but it seems they are always good for at least 1

I would agree with Wally with the exception of the snagging hooks..  The fly or bait you know the best and know how to fish is the one that the steelies will bite.  Steelies are not that particular most of the time if they are in a biting mood.  If they have a case of lockjaw, nothing is going to work.

Dynamite, Net, Gaff, Sharp stick, Bare hands.
 

Skein
MiniFoo with single egg
Small Cleo near lake
Powerbait flavor of the week on #8 circle hook-I buy the circle hooks with 18" fluorocarbon snell
Egg sack

ORIGINAL: Cold

ORIGINAL: Mr.Slickfish

Funny.....that's how I get my women.

Or rather, how they get you...

Nobody's yet mentioned a baseball bat...surprising.

Man you are, really Cold! Dont you have a conscience?

I'll bet I'm the first guy to ever strip a cleo....

top that....winning!

Yall are doin it all wrong. Yinz are making it hard for yourselves.

My friends and I use electro-static shock therapy to bring them to us. Its so easy. all you need is a shocker and some nets and a few coolers to drag em out.


SEE ...  ITS  SO  EASY !!!   





Then just BONK em on the head and fill up da cooler



10 minutes and Im all done time to go home and smoke em



SLICK I just topped ya duud.

The Deetz

single eggs
egg sacs
2 or three maggots on a small hook (caught my first Coho on this)
crystal meth
bead head prince nymph

 Emerald Shiners,Emerald Shiners,Emerald Shiners,Emerald Shiners,Emerald Shiners                not fatheads,not fatheads,not fatheads,not fatheads,not fatheads        nor golden shiners,nor golden shiners,nor golden shiners,nor golden shiners.                    under bobber or  with no weight  or with splitshot or no bobber with splitshot or no splitshot                                                                              

I'll give away one of my most deadliest tricks I've learned over the years. I've walked into holes where guys were fishing for hours and couldn't catch em. I've caught palomino's on this combo, rainbows, record breaking brooks and massive man eating browns.

here's the trick:
we all know fish love crawlers and waxies.

well my friends, attach a small piece of living leaf to your waxie combo, I usualy use 2 to three at a time. this makes the fish think those babies just fell out of the tree and are natural. it also covers up the hook a lot better!

what do you guys think of my trick?