I've been pleased by how aggressively steelies attack the "intruder" The strike is often visible too, was able to land a 17-to-18 pound buck on a spoon while bank fishing a week ago.
smelt, thats pretty dang cool.
Prepare yourself as I go all Phoenix77 on you w/ my cut & paste Herzog....
In a canyon stretch of one West Coast trophy river, my partners and I have been privileged to observe some crazy steelhead behavior, at least we interpreted these actions as bizarre until they continued to repeat themselves over the years. Whenever a large buck was laying in the tail section, establishing territory, and a smaller male steelhead would move within a few feet of its lair, the larger male would, without exception, angrily charge and either aggressively bite the intruder or simply swiftly chase it off while popping its jaws.
Whenever we would back down a spoon toward these large male fish, at the instant the lure became visible to the fish it would immediately begin a side-to-side sway while slowly backing down, each fin erect. Within a few seconds, the steelhead would swing out a few feet from the direct path of the lure then bolt upstream, violently attacking the intruder at a 45-degree angle, always biting the lure from the side. We watched this dozens of times with huge, male steelhead, and the results were always the same.
Sounds like a tactical view of a plug take to me. Same killer response.
c/22
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