I'm curious as to how many more steelheaders fish in the winter compared to those that fish in the summer. The last time I went out, about three weeks ago, there must have been about 100 steelheaders (bankers and boaters) near the hatchery. (I just got back from a two week vacation but did manage to go deep sea fishing and got skunked.)Probably had a lot to do with the good conditions at the time but I wasn't expecting this much company on a Tuesday. Sometimes in the summer I've seen maybe around 25 fishermen on the busiest weekend day but usually there are not alot of fishermen. I also notice less people fishing for steelhead in the fall. Probably has to do with hunting.

I think that there must be 3 times as many people that fish for winteruns compared to those that fish summeruns. I think they plant alot more winteruns in more rivers than summeruns. Probably easier to float in a driftboat when teh water is hight too. I'm sure there are alot of you that fish for steelhead all year long.

One of the things I love about fishing is the solitude and I'd rather fish my own stretch than fish shoulder to shoulder.