3/2/13 caught my first steelhead

 Caught my first steelhead near false river. Native 20 lb plus. Will post picture soon as I figure out how to do it.

From the yak?!  Either way, 20 pounder's a fish of a lifetime.   

I am going to go ahead and assume you were fishing the Smith... and like Eric said, a 20lber is a trophy.  Quit while your ahead.  My personal best is 18ish... I have no intentions of besting that in this lifetime.

False River is in the Delta

False River is in the Delta

I need reading comprehension lessons... I didn't even see that he said a location.

Welcome aboard rickashay52  and congrats on a fish of a life time.  Looking forward to see the picture.

OK I got help posting the pic. This is one of the biggest freshwater fish I have ever caught. The only freshwater fish I have caught bigger than this is sturgeon and that was from a boat. Can't imagine catching a sturgeon from a kayak but I'm willing to try.

What color mouth did that fish have black or white?

man it sure looks like a salmon with that long anal fin comparing to a steelhead. Either way great catch! Only way to truly know is that salmon have black mouths and steelhead have white mouths.

That looks like a salmon to me.

That looks like a salmon to me.

And a wild endangered winter run at that!  CNR'd, right?

-Allen

Congratulations on your 1st salmon bud.
Nice fish and great pic

 

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I really hope this is just a trolling post...

On another post he said it was c&r