But neither of the mentioned ones are as large as the handsome buck amongst the ads up top ... that fish was 43 inches long and 23 inches in girth. Our big fish last year, we're looking for another one anytime now, it's that time of year!

Depending on the formulas used (there are several out there), the estimated weights ranged from 29.3 to 30.1 pounds ... we called him 29.5 based on that

They never look as big as when they almost span two persons widths vs. just one

Best part about it?? He swam off and we're about 95% certain we was caught again the next day by another lucky angler! And Grover still had a coffee table reproduction mount done as well!

A closer look for you ... that's the way they are supposed to look



Best way to tell the diff? Steelhead are far too great a fish to be as slimy as a salmon

Actually, go to the UW school of fisheries site and you should get a good lesson in taxonomy !