Are they in yet?

Yep. caught 40. Over 60 hook ups today. Most were old looking fish. No fresh ones. Hahaha

They're up to rt. 20 in numbers.  Hooked 79 at the Manchester hole yesterday but only landed 34 1/2 fish.  Little Cleos drifted under a big red and white plastic bobber with some shot produced fish.  There's nobody fishin the tribz this year, everyone thinks it's 2 crowded up there so they stay home. 
 
 
 
lol

flyfisherman

Here we go again! Im just waiting for people to start guessing the date when someone posts the first steel pic of the season. Wont be long tho....

First pic with yellow rope...

Loomis

Was up there last week where a spring comes into a larger West Side tributary well above Rt 79. Was 4 steelhead that never made it back sitting below it, hooked one and lost it and no go on the others.

 
No, those were wild rainbow that naturally reproduced in that large west side drainage dit..  uh, tributary.

Did you hook the one on blue powerbait?

Yeah....
 
Funny thing is im actually being serious....I used a price nymph.

wouldn't want to drive 3 hours to cast to them, but you may need to walk 3 hours to find them.

Well I am new to the area and am surprised to hear that Loomis had hooked some fish recently. I didn't think that steelhead were in the Great Lakes tribs over summer like the summer run steelhead of the west.  Does that mean that the greatlakes fish are actually more like steelhead or rainbows? Also if they were in the streams some already maybe something has triggered that they are hanging around already? What are the usual triggers, like I said I am new to the area but can't wait to cast some lures at the beach for them.

in this clear, low water they like half a waxworm

coldfront

As obscene as this is, it pretty accurately depicts spawning habits of some species of sucker.
 
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=21971

slabdaddy

I wish someone would explain the yellow rope joke someday. LOL

On the Wall of Nuts during the run, guys will use yellow nylon rope as a stringer.  I must admit I have been guilty. I have seen it done on the Salmon River as well for King Salmon.

cbeagler

slabdaddy

I wish someone would explain the yellow rope joke someday. LOL

On the Wall of Nuts during the run, guys will use yellow nylon rope as a stringer.  I must admit I have been guilty. I have seen it done on the Salmon River as well for King Salmon.

So all of the yellow rope jokes are in reference to the "weekend Warriors" from other parts of the state that swarm in to overcrowd the streams? I'm just asking because last year I had people asking me if I was using a yellow rope and I figured it was some kind of insult. I just didn't know what it meant. I equated it with helmet wearing and window licking at the time. LOL! Now I see it's a term used for "outsiders who keep fish instead of catch and release." Right?

but if you wanna be UBER cool & save the $1 a stringer costs....
just use rocks.
 

LOL I've actually seen that done before! 
 
I've  also seen people have fish on a stringer(yellow btw), but they had the fish just laying on the shoreline behind them just rotting!  Like a good 5 feet from the waters edge! 
 
Then there's the people who just put the fish in a bag lol. 
 
 

The only "cool" way, is to cook them up streamside as soon as you catch them. Otherwise we all KNOW that you're just gonna throw them in the garbage. Either as soon as you get home, and show off to family & friends. Or in 12 months, after a year of freezer burn