Steelheading In The Alley: March 2011

Just getting going for the spring season. Went out on the 19th and was going to do some scouting and ended up taking someone with me. We fished in Ohio and had a great day of fishing. The waters were on there way down and looking very good. Between the 2 of us we hooked at least 20 and landed around 11. On the 20th I had a trip with 2 people with one of them being the gentleman that had gone with me the previous day . We arrived very early in the morning to a stream in Ohio where we waited for the sun to come up in anticipation of seeing many fish. Once we were able to see where the lines they started to fish and it was not long before one of them had a fish on. It was a great feeling to see Al hook and land his first steelhead ever. Once it was light enough to see in the hole realized that most of the fish that were there the previous day had moved. I had a feeling since the water had came down overnight and you could see they bottom clearly that they had moved up to the next hole which was deeper and you really couldn't see the bottom clearly. I had Bob fish the hole up above while Al targeted a nice fish that I had spotted hiding be hide a big rock. It was not long before Bob was yelling fish on. I ran to net the fish and went back to Al and then he hooked and landed a very nice 29in buck. We then moved up to where Bob was and we started catching , well at least hooking many fish . By the end of the day which was around 1:30 because they had a long trip home they had landed around 20 fish and had about 30 hooked possibly more. What a great day of fishing.
The rivers in Ohio were just getting good and then I was hearing about all the rain that was on the way which was disappointing .The one good thing is that the amount of rain that was in the forecast never came. The rivers did come up a little but should be fishable this week starting with the Astabula river and the Chagrin river. Conneaut is on its way back down and should be fishing good by the weekend if the rain stays away.
As far as Elk in Pa goes it is looking good right now and I have hearrd of many fish being caught but get it while you can the Pa rivers will peter out first around the 2nd week of April.
The Ohio rivers will be getting better around the 1st and 2nd week in April with the Astabula petering out first.
Well I am happy that I got to meet Bob and Al and that they both had a great day of fishing and I am looking forward to meeting some new people for my upcoming trips. If anyone is interested in a trip you can give me a call. 724-322-4982 Book while there are still openings... Tight Lines Chris