eyeassassin
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anyone cathing steel
has anyone picked up any steel me and tastytrout are thinking about coming up on thurs or fri.
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swinger
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/17 21:13:59
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PA is a fall fishery. No steelhead in PA right now. See ya in Oct.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/17 22:15:59
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you cath your steel? 
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/17 23:16:43
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hope you like catchin smolts
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 07:51:19
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i just got back yesterday. saw quite a few kot on sat before the water got bad. they where there and i would say there was more that came in. elk is loaded with smolts. the guys catchen the steel wasusing mostly jigs. the ones i saw caught where shiny as can be. if i was goen up for steel i would try walnut first, but yes there are lots of still left.
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eyeassassin
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 08:36:23
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thanks for the replys and i meant catching not cathing  . like said my typing fingers must have a lisp. thats good to know that there are some there still
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 13:54:26
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Fished upper Elk looking for stockies on a fly and managed to get 5 steelhead and 0 stockies. Creek was almost blown-out from the rain. Fished the tail-out from a large pool. Got all on white minnow patterns.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 14:38:58
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So you can keep 5 steelies in the spring according to the regs, correct ? They need to change that, I've been saying that for years.If you have a cool spring, like we've had, the steel numbers can be better than average in April. Plus if there are any jacks in there people will keep them as well. I know they only stock browns in Erie tribs for spring, but 5 is too many to rope and smoke !
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 15:49:20
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No. Steelie limit is three. Combined limit is 5 fish.
I caught and released 5 steelhead. No sense in killing any more when I still have one in the freezer.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 17:09:47
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No. Steelie limit is three. Combined limit is 5 fish. Jeb was correct, the steelhead limit is now 5 until September 5'th. The regulations say 5 combined species (2 of which may be lake trout). The combined limit was only 3 fish up until trout started. I hope other anglers aren't hauling out 5 steelies at a time from upper elk in trout season. The PFBC probably figures some people would have a hard time distinguishing a very small Steelhead from a large rainbow or something. http://www.fish.state.pa.us/fishpub/summary/lakeerie.html
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 17:42:05
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they're just dumb fish 
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 18:33:18
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OH.........................................................IO!!!!
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 19:40:35
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ORIGINAL: SteelSlayer77
No. Steelie limit is three. Combined limit is 5 fish.
Jeb was correct, the steelhead limit is now 5 until September 5'th. The regulations say 5 combined species (2 of which may be lake trout). The combined limit was only 3 fish up until trout started. I hope other anglers aren't hauling out 5 steelies at a time from upper elk in trout season. The PFBC probably figures some people would have a hard time distinguishing a very small Steelhead from a large rainbow or something.
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/fishpub/summary/lakeerie.html
They dont stock rainbows any more, in any creek that washes out into lake erie. Browns and chromer smolts only.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 19:49:12
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is this steelhead stuff hard or what everyone? I wanna take my boy but a neighbor of mine said they all done for the year.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 21:55:54
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fished at uncle johns on lower elk on sat opener. My son had 2 steelhead on. both fish where jacks.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/18 22:36:47
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jus fish boys go get em 
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/19 08:51:17
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They dont stock rainbows any more, in any creek that washes out into lake erie. Browns and chromer smolts only. I never said that they stock rainbows, but do you think everyone fishing the Erie tribs on the first day of trout knows that? Maybe it's not the reason, but why else would they let the limit of Steelhead increase to 5 after opening day?
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/19 09:00:53
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ORIGINAL: SteelSlayer77
They dont stock rainbows any more, in any creek that washes out into lake erie. Browns and chromer smolts only.
I never said that they stock rainbows, but do you think everyone fishing the Erie tribs on the first day of trout knows that? Maybe it's not the reason, but why else would they let the limit of Steelhead increase to 5 after opening day?
Good point, most anglers don't know the ins and outs. But I think the reason the limits changes to what the regular spring limit is that the PAFBC figures most steelies will be back out in the lake in mid April. But with the cool weather we had this year , there are still fish in the creeks. The reg should be changed to three fish in Erie tribs year round, steelies or stocked brown pellet heads. You can still rope & smoke 5 steelies in April, maybe not as easy as in the fall, but I've caught plenty of steel in April. Just my thoughts !
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/19 17:17:28
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i figured it out when everybody in the whole creek around me was catching tiny browns. wasnt hard to figure that out. didnt see 1 over 10 inches.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 08:22:28
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I got one steel head last night
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 09:56:38
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Last time i took a walk over to 4 mile there wasn't a single one in the creek....
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 12:31:10
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Last time i took a walk over to 4 mile there wasn't a single one in the creek....
I find fishing for em works better than looking;) imp; if you can see em leave em alone... like kokanee killer said...go get em...
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 13:53:58
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ORIGINAL: dimebrite
ORIGINAL: D-MAC
Last time i took a walk over to 4 mile there wasn't a single one in the creek....
I find fishing for em works better than looking;) imp; if you can see em leave em alone... like kokanee killer said...go get em...
If you only fish for fish you don't see you would do very little fishing on the Erie tribs :)This is n't the SR dime LOL
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 14:01:05
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well thanks for all the replys but tastytrout and i decieded to stay at pymi and fish for eyes for our 4 day trip.
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RE: anyone cathing steel
2011/04/20 20:38:56
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ORIGINAL: pafisher
ORIGINAL: dimebrite
ORIGINAL: D-MAC
Last time i took a walk over to 4 mile there wasn't a single one in the creek....
I find fishing for em works better than looking;) imp; if you can see em leave em alone... like kokanee killer said...go get em...
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If you only fish for fish you don't see you would do very little fishing on the Erie tribs :)This is n't the SR dime LOL
lol jack... you know you can tell me to shutup :) plenty of tug hill region creeks for sight fishers, I keep it to sight only though :) I was hoping to here from ya this spring:(
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