frozen-fire

Put a few hours on a trib this morning in hope that the warmer temps would stimulate the fish. I only managed one, but it put up the best fight by far. It went on several acrobatic jumps and powerful runs. Eventually got this nice thick hen onto the snow. A few quick pics and back in the water. It actually soaked my camera on the release. MJL pulls in a few nice ones. Hopefully KelfuN's got some cool shots to post from the waterproof camera

First ice report! Nice little rockets

Pretty good deal

Nice photos of incredible fish!

I'm pretty satisfied with my XSi Newer T1i shoots HD video and takes better shots in low light conditions.

Fantastic! Makes me want to get out of the office and do a couple drifts Is that a blind eye in one of the close-up pics? Pupil seems very small. Nice pink cheeks though!

Sweet shots of a very nice fox. Are all of them that nice looking up there? The ones down here are mostly all skinny and don't look that great. Have a great season on the hard stuff!

Oh no...what have I done?!?!?! Glad to be on the Dark Side!

Nice fish and excellent photos

It's an annual tradition for me and the GF to fish the islands for pike opener. Her PB is still bigger than mine, and she still rubs it in once in a while

It disappointed us today I still can't believe that guy wouldn't even move over so that I could safely land the fish today. I mean, it's not like I stole his fish...he came to the pool after us.

Thanks guys! tibbs: I'm using a Canon EOS Rebel XSi. Today, the pics were taken with a 50mm F1.8 lens. Small and easier to carry on the river.

I recently picked up a float setup for this fall season. Seeing all these steelhead reports made me want to expand my fishing opportunities into the winter and also pick up a new style of fishing altogether. With lots of help from MJL and Victor, I was slowly on my way to becoming a pinner Casting is still a little awkward at times, but I'm definitely starting to get the hang of it. Handling of such a long rod through thick trees and bush is also a learning process haha. I spent about a month or two going on countless outings only to produce nothing. The skunkings were starting to pile up and I started to get frustrated. The lack of rain leading to low water and gin clear conditions certainly didn't help. This weekend I was determined to get into my first and to put an end to my embarassing skunk streak. Thankfully, MJL joined EC1 and myself to show us how the pro's do it The morning was cold. Ice was forming along the shores and the water looked very murky. Not good. We got to a nice stretch and rigged up the rods. As sunlight slowly crept over the trees, I was finally able to see my float and the actual pool we were fishing. MJL is a very good teacher/guide, as he showed us what to do, where the fish typically hold, best conditions to fish in, some history and info on the fish and stocking, etc. As we fished, the water eventually cleared up a bit and looked very ideal. It was still very cold and our guides would keep icing up. MJL was the first to hook into one, but lost it shortly after a few headshakes. Many anglers walked by and none seemed to have any luck. This day was starting to look like a bust. Not long after, MJL gets an aggressive strike and manages to land a nice steelie. First one of the day! It was very satisfying to see a fish after such a cold and slow start to the day. He soon lands another one. Beautiful spotting on this fish. Things are starting to heat up! Before you know it, my float goes straight down...set the hook and the fight is on. I was really scared as this would by my first real fish landed with a centerpin. Thankfully, due to the cold temps, the fish were a little more sluggish and were subdued without too many problems. As soon as things started heating up... it slowed down and we didn't get anything for quite a while. Packed it up and headed to another pool. The sun was high up by now and the heat felt nice. With the increase in temp, the fish should be more active too, right? Of course. Fished this pool for the rest of the outing and it produced quite a few big ones I ended up going 6 for 6. 5 nice ones and 1 shaker. My previous trip was a complete skunking and the trip before that, I went 0 for 4... so this was a really nice change. All fish released to make their way upstream and spawn. I even managed to get a free spinner from a fish that still had it stuck to it's jaw! I am hooked. It's quite a rush watching your float go down and setting the hook to feel head shakes from a big steelie. Hopefully many more reports to come.

Insane fish!!!! I had no idea there were huge slab crappie at Quinte!

I am seriously jealous.... steelhead don't like me Nice fish fellas

That sucks... I would really like to read your story as this is my first season wiht the float reel too. Hopefully you can save your post .

I'm currently using a pair of boots with studded felt soles, and have almost done several face plants into slippery mud. I'm going to have a fun time this winter when the snow hits.

Nice handsome fish you have there! All these tribs are killing me

Nice fish I've been hitting these eastern ditches the last two weekends, but have yet to successfully land my first fall steelhead

un-freakin-believable.

Congrats! I went 0 for 4 today.... Lost a HUGE male.

Congrats man...I never got a hit on my first day out...took like 3 outings and it was only a smolt. May I ask how you rig your glow stick onto your float? You use tubing at the top and just stick it in there?

I'm staying in tonight and heading out on the weekend. Did you ever get waders?

the bird does better than me!

Nice. We are in similar stages of steelheading. Keep at it. Takes a few trips to get it down. Hopefully we hook into our firsts this weekend