Steelheads on the St. Joe

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Its been 45 years since I fished for steelheads so i jumped at the chance when I was invited to go to St. Joseph with a couple of my good friends.Th e fella in the wheelchair is my buddy "Jiggin Mike"he had hip sugery 3 weeks ago. The other fella is "Woodsman4gods" father Gerald.We caught a dandy catfish and 2 good steelies. The north wind threatened to blow us off the pier more than once.We lost a chair,2 rod holders,and a brand new rod and reel when a wave crashed over the pier and caught us off guard.That was Friday. Saturday started out even worse.So we headed to the laundromat to dry our clothes. The craziest thing was that our motel was on Red Arrow Road. I couldn't believe it. Omen.

Somebody tell me what kind of catfish this is.


Coastguard heading up the river.

The weather was nice enough saturday afternoon and I got a chance to dry my socks.

Did I mention it was rough ?



First steelies in many a moon.

[TrackeySauresRex]

Nice Chrome! Great fish right there 

[Hognutz]

Nicely done, boys..That looks like fun..

[kamski1151]

Nice fish billie...... that looks like alot of fun 

[vaturkey]

 

Nice fish Red ! That looks like a channel cat ! 



   vaturkey   

[flintlock]

Yep channel cat.  Did you get them on spawn or shrimp?

Congrats!
Wess

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We were using shrimp.

[stone road turkey calls]

 

[catdaddy]

Loved the pics Billy. That is a Big Head Channell Cat--fry that daddy up!!!!!

[hookedspur]

 

[tomstopper]

Nice. They all will be some good eating.