Shep:
In my bait days, I used to get steelhead on peeled crawdad tails. Also on nightcrawlers, and squid, which stays on the hook all day. I used to hear that they'd take slugs, but never got that desperate! Then I started using spinners and spoons (and occasional flies) and never felt the need to go back to bait. Try some "hardware" sometime, fishing them almost like drift fishing a bait but with just enough tension to keep the action going. You might just break the bait habit, too. Good luck!