Jenna James
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Favorite Month for Steelhead
What is everyone's favorite month to fish for Steelhead? I have always gone in early October but might head up
towards thanksgiving this year to avoid the crowds. What month and why?
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 14:42:24
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Ive always found crowds, but really i've never had any problems with anybody except the Russians
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:17:24
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september... sorry you missed it
maybe next year
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:19:39
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better watch KJH, Griffon might be lurking. lol
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:31:35
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I have always gone in early October but might head up towards thanksgiving this year to avoid the crowds. I was up over Thanksgiving weekend last year for a couple days thinking I would beat the crowds. Didn't happen, it was just as crowded as any other day. However there should be more fish spread out then compared to early Oct, so if your willing to put your hiking boots on you should be able to find fish away from the crowds a little easier.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:32:04
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ORIGINAL: ShutUpNFish
July
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:34:25
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Sep-May 
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:39:26
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Get's kinda lonesome in January... 
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:40:56
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i would say go up in early winter.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:50:30
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August on lake Ontario almost as easy to catch em out there as in erie cricks.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 15:51:20
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Get's kinda lonesome in January Yeah, you're not really going to avoid any crowds until after Christmas. Maybe end of Dec with an early cold spell.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 16:00:26
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ORIGINAL: catchinfish
Sep-May
May-Sept On a serious note I like Oct-Nov, but I don't like the crowds though...
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 17:43:03
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ORIGINAL: bingsbaits
Get's kinda lonesome in January...
and also in early February...
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 20:22:26
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Late November into December.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/04 20:32:01
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Dec and Jan, if it ain't cold and snowing it ain't steelhead season...WF
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 00:00:26
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i have honestly never had a problem with crowds unless it's september or early october. After that, If you are willing/able to walk, you can find fish without tons of people. I like November and December best.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 04:23:38
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Early, before the crowds.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 14:31:25
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maybe I'll just wait for between x-mas and new years. 
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 14:45:58
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november, because the pin outing happens then
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 15:04:38
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November,  but not telling where
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 15:30:41
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maybe I'll just wait for between x-mas and new years.
That is usually a good week.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 15:54:31
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When I was single with out kids. Christmas morning was the best day of the year for me.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 16:56:39
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Like Shut-up and Nuke said, July-August! alot less crowded on the Lake than in Streams. Only problem, I go thru alot of powerbait. It won't stay on the hooks when trolling. 
My Wife said, if I go fish'n one more time, she'll leave me! God, I'm going to miss her!
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 21:11:43
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When I was single with out kids. Christmas morning was the best day of the year for me.
Our tradition is to open gifts Christmas Eve , so i fished quite a few Christmas morns . as long as i was home by 1 or 2 to head to the in-laws, all was good... Thanksgiving and Easter morning are another two I traditionally fish. Easter is still reasonably light pressure, but Thanksgiving pressure isn't as light as it used to be ..L.T.A.
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 22:04:15
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ORIGINAL: Jenna James
What is everyone's favorite month to fish for Steelhead? I have always gone in early October but might head up
towards thanksgiving this year to avoid the crowds. What month and why?
would you buy kylers hOtdog? for the secret answer? KO letmeno 
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 23:35:40
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Anytime that it's not below freezing, but mostly early in the season when people are still talking about 12" perch and logeyes. Hopeishelpa
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RE: Favorite Month for Steelhead
2011/10/05 23:35:57
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The biggest snow storms are my favorite times to get out with the highest winds and most snow possible no joke I've have had some great memories of catching steelies in blizzards
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