midwest fishing

regalt · Feb 5, 2009

joworth;2739751; said:
i have no idea what those "steelheads" are. they look awesome. any info on them?

Their all salmon the two to the out side are Chinook and the kind of bluish silverish one in my left hand is a Coho or a steelhead just another name for them.

Louie · Feb 5, 2009

regalt;2738952; said:
Berrien springs MI probably the best steel head fishing ive ever had go up every year and havent come back empty handed. Pics from last year the big one was 15 lbs and the two smaller ones were both a little over 7 lbs one was full of eggs.

That 15 lb is amazing some catch.

wonderboy1377s · Feb 5, 2009

regalt;2743361; said:
Their all salmon the two to the out side are Chinook and the kind of bluish silverish one in my left hand is a Coho or a steelhead just another name for them.

No that is not correct a Steelhead is an anadromous Rainbow Trout. Which is in no way shape or form the same as a Coho salmon.

regalt · Feb 5, 2009

wonderboy1377s;2743618; said:
No that is not correct a Steelhead is an anadromous Rainbow Trout. Which is in no way shape or form the same as a Coho salmon.

Oops sorry thats what ive thought they were all these years

Noto · Feb 5, 2009

Like Thor Meeki said, there's some great fishing down here in TN and KY. Pickwick is a long drive from anywhere in the midwest; the dam sits where Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee come together, and most of the lake is in AL. Kentucky and Barkley Lakes in western KY and TN are a bit closer and are great spots for largemouth, crappie, stripe, paddlefish, and giant cats (blues and flatheads). There's also a lot of great smallmouth fishing in the area, especially in free-flowing rivers like the Duck. Reelfoot Lake in northwest TN is another great bass and catfish fishery.

Druu · Feb 5, 2009

wonderboy1377s;2743618; said:
No that is not correct a Steelhead is an anadromous Rainbow Trout. Which is in no way shape or form the same as a Coho salmon.

Heh, you beat me to it. Either way, nice fish regalt. You guys should hit the Falls of the Ohio with me in the spring.

MultispeciesTamer · Feb 5, 2009

ha you guys are talking about my "back yard" I live one town away from Berrien Springs MI< In fact Iam going steelhead fishing tomorrow and saturday moarning

, Yeah the river in fall is great king and coho fishing but this year it wasnt very good king fishing we did get alot of cohos tho. The st . joseph River is one of the best steelhead rivers in the Lower pennisula. Thanks to stocking of two states MI,IN.