When I was commercial crabbing off the coast (did it for 7 years anywhere from Destruction Island to the Mouth of the Columbia), we used to see steelhead at night idling in the current next to the boat. We'd be on anchor and the sodium lights would illuminate a large area around the boat. They seemed content to just lazily hang suspended in the water column next to the boat. Possibly the boat made a current break for them or the lights were an attraction to them. In addittion, when we'd get offthe mouth of the Queets, Hoh, Willapa, Grays HArbor, or Columbia we'd see fish jumping, sometimes frequently. Could never tell if they were steelhead or spring salmon. Since the waters were closed we could never try to fish for anything, but it does make sense that these fish would stage outside the river mouths waiting for the right time to head in. Even in the middle ofthe night and dog tired, I'd get excited at he size of some of the steelhead I saw while taking a leak over the rail..worse things to look at while peeing I suppose.