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Photos from the Hog Pen

Photos from the Hog Pen

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Chuck Berry caught and released this chrome steelhead in the Situk River near Yakutat, Alaska. Jeremy Warter caught and released this Satsop king with an Okuma 7’10” Hot Shot rod. This 37-inch hatchery buck was caught with a jig in Lake Creek, Oregon by Mark Wiederhold. 10-year-old Malijah hooked this chrome hatchery steelhead at Oregon’s Meldrum bar with a Spin-N-Glo and prawn. Steve Lancaster and Jim Tomulty—two old chums, with two old chums. They were fishing a river in WA state. Eric Thomas caught this chrome chinook while fishing with his dad and Kelly Reichner on Oregon’s Nehalem Bay. Rick Guo caught this trophy steelhead while fishing Washington’s Sol Duc River with a jig and float. Jake Langer hooked and released this big native steelhead in Oregon’s Clackamas River with an orange and black jig. Trevor Frieze caught and released this giant Umpqua River steelhead while fishing with his friend Jason Vaughn. Patty Harmon hooked this 30-pound king in the Columbia River near Drano Lake. She was using a Nordic jig. Five-year-old Tanner Greenwood caught this upriver bright with the help of Grandpa Greg Greenwood. Janelle Borba caught this Sacramento River chinook with a sardine-wrapped Kwikfish. Six-year-old Miles Reagan with his first chinook. He was fishing the Siuslaw River with guide Pete McMenamin. Dr. Joe Hong hooked this Bogachiel River steelhead in late December with a silver and red K9 Kwikfish. Todd Hilton used a diver-and-egg rig to hook this 40-pound Cowlitz River king. It took 25 minutes to land. Chase Salisbury and Caden Peterson with a pair of 17-pound chinook caught below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Alicia Salisbury caught this 30-pound Tillamook Bay chinook with a blue-label herring. Carlin Sage with his first keeper ‘nook. He was fishing the Siuslaw River with guide Nick Franks. Chad Huntsman caught and released this beautiful Salmon River steelhead with a Corky and shrimp rig. Damian Unger caught this 6-pound brown trout on an 1/8-ounce Salmon Fly Rooster Tail. Cameron Brandt with his first king salmon. He was fishing with his dad in the San Juan Islands. Anne Tarabochia caught this nice chinook in Washington’s Puget Sound wth a hootchie and flasher. John and Cooper Coppock caught these two kings while plunking the Columbia River. They were using Spin-N-Glos and shrimp. Gary Docksteader with a Columbia River summer steelhead. He was using a Spin-N-Glo and spawn sack. Randy Chase with his first chinook. It was caught on Oregon’s Siuslaw River while fishing with guide Gary Stevens. Tyler caught this bull trout while fishing with his grandfather on Upper Arrow Lakes in Canada. 13-year-old Ryan Keys caught this 42-pound king on his birthday while fishing the Kenai River. Krichelle Riedle caught this Cowlitz River steelhead with a Corky and yarn. She was fishing with guide Bob Barthlow. Bill Zahra from Australia caught these browns at Lake Purrumbete with a downrigger setup. Tyler Perry caught this 30-pound springer in the Kalama River with a Mag Lips plug. Darin Diller caught this summer steelhead on the St Joe River with a Wee Wart—on the morning of his wedding. Jesse Hynes with his first salmon, a 25-pound springer from the North Umpqua. He was using sandshrimp and eggs. 27-pound rainbow trout caught by Okanagan Jim in Lake Okanagan. One of the largest taken in recent history. James Zekas of Ashland, OR caught this 25-pound springer at the hatchery hole on the Rogue River with a Little Cleo spoon. 4-year-old Steven Nemnich caught this kokanee in Detroit Lake with his Lightning McQueen spinning outfit. Dave Kimble and Anton Jones with a 13.5-pound lake trout. They were fishing Lake Chelan with a Flatfish. This 38-pound chinook was caught by Geri Keele-Joe on Washington’s Humptulips River with an orange Corky. Michael Pair with his first Nestucca fall chinook. It was hooked with a shrimp and egg combo. Brown hooked this 18-pound hatchery steelhead while fishing Oregon’s Sandy River. Jeff Forell caught this 16-pound winter steelhead with a pink and white jig in Oregon’s Clackamas River. Ashley Cooper with her very first 40-pound Eel River salmon. Guide Damon Albright got her into this fish with a Kwikfish. Dylan Booth with a 29-pound Columbia River fall chinook. 12-year-old Nikki hooked this 8-pound brown while fishing with her grandfather, Chuck Schwartz, out of Waukegan Harbor. Dylan Perry caught this Siltcoos River coho with an orange Hot Shot while fishing out of his canoe. David Gillespie caught this 30-pound Chetco River king on a sardine-wrapped Kwikfish. Jeff and Hayako Morrow caught this Rogue springer while fishing a spinner with guide Shaun Carpenter. John Gilbert caught this 28-inch monster brown while fishing a northern Michigan stream with Tony Zadonia. Colby Bonner caught this 28-pound spring chinook with bobber and bait in Oregon’s Sandy River. Nate Stanaway and Ralph Thomas with a keeper Columbia River sturgeon. They were using sandshrimp in five feet of water. Tim Olsen caught this chrome 19-pound spring chinook in Washington’s Cowlitz River using a diver and shrimp. 10-year-old Noah Burlingame hooked this 27-pound summer chinook in Oregon’s Columbia River with a herring. Elijah Prather with his limit of hatchery trout caught on Father’s Day weekend. Sharine Simpson with a Kalama River springer. Chocolate lab Toby approves! Jack DeRyke of Concrete, WA caught this hog off Meares Bluff, Vancouver Island trolling a herring. 10-year-old Joshua St. Peter caught this 30-pound chinook and 15-pound coho out of Ilwaco, WA with his grandpa Gary. 7-year-old Colby Homer caught this spring chinook in the Salmon River near Riggins, ID while visiting his grandparents. Todd S. hooked this large hatchery summer-run steelhead with a River Fishr spoon in the Wynoochee River. Nathan Trevino hooked spring chinook salmon in Washington’s Drano Lake. He was using a prawn spinner. Joyce Hibma caught this 28-pound chinook off Eagle Point, San Juan Island with an anchovy and flasher rig. In August Dennis Kenna caught this 35-pound URB chinook on the Columbia near Kalama with a wobbler. Patrick Carter-North caught this steelhead in Oregon’s Siletz River with a brass #5 Blue Fox spinner. Emily with two 24-inch cutthroat trout caught in Strawberry Reservoir, Utah on a Rapala. Randy Cook hooked this chrome hen in Oregon’s Siletz River with a blue #5 Blue Fox spinner. Tom caught this 28-inch lake trout on a White Trash, Sweet Beaver jig crafted from the January 2011 Salmon Trout Steelheader article. Mindie Wilson of Coos Bay, Oregon hooked this nice hatchery steelhead with a Corky/yarnball combination. Shellie Schoonover and Brooke Turnbow caught these steelhead while trolling a Brad’s Wiggler on the Snake River. Scott Allibone caught this steelhead in Idaho’s Salmon River with a black, size-5 Blue Fox spinner. Anthony Olsen with his first hatchery winter steelhead. It was caught in a Puget Sound tributary on a jig. Steve Blair with a 19-pound winter steelhead caught on the East Fork Lewis River with a jig and bobber. Thad Ary used a “Steelhead Candy” jig to catch this 12-pound steelhead in Washington’s Kalama River. Joseph Budnik caught this huge brown trout by vertical jigging trout spawn out of Milwaukee Harbor, Michigan. Cary Pugh with his largest steelhead to date. He was fishing Oregon’s Coos Bay region. Brian Stark photo. Craig Johnson caught and released this 23-pound Umpqua River winter steelhead with a yarn ball/egg combo. I\'m Davud Veddor. This is the bigist, britust chum salmon I ever cot. I was very nervis but I landid it ok. Larry Baca caught this 11-pound monster trout with Pautzke salmon eggs in a Colorado reservoir. Princess of the N. Umpqua, Kenna Cotton, and her grandpa, Gary Stevens, with a beautiful native steelhead. Shawn Nakich hooked this 33-inch steelhead in Conneaut Creek, a Lake Erie tributary located in Ohio. Dan Schutt and his son Morgan caught this Snake River steelhead with a shrimp-tipped jig. Alan Beane caught this 20-pound Olympic Peninsula coho on a Wade Larson home-made spinner. He was fishing with guide John Monk. Sheryl Jakel hooked this 27-pound king with an anchovie and flasher at Point Defiance, Washington. Kevin Mills caught and released this Grand River, Michigan steelhead while fishing with a yarn fly. Ten-year-old Justin White caught this chinook in Oregon\'s Nestucca River with a bluetip rainbow spinner. David Gillespie caught this beautiful 9-pound buck on the Upper Rogue River with a nightcrawler. Jonathan Baldivino hooked this chrome hen while drift fishing Washington\'s Cowlitz River near Blue Creek. Shane Milburn with his first steelhead. It was hooked with a Spey rod on Oregon\'s North Umpqua River. This giant native steelhead was caught with a bobber and Aero jig last January. It measured 40x21 and did it ever fight! Eleven-year-old Bethany Yalas skipped school one fine March day to catch this limit of Siletz River steelhead. Carl Purdy hooked and released this nice winter steelhead hen with a jig in Oregon\'s Clackamas River. Jason Hambly caught this early-season spring chinook in the Columbia River with herring. Karen Wulferdinger caught this 6-pound steelhead while fishing California\'s Feather River. Aaron Helfrich hooked and released this 40 x 24-inch winter steelhead while fishing Oregon\'s North Fork Umpqua River. Jeff Pawlak with his first Olympic Peninsula steelhead. It was caught with a Mad River Worm on the Bogachiel. Joe Baxter caught this 18-pound steelhead with a jig in Washington\'s Bogachiel River. Summer steelhead hooked in Washington\'s Methow River on the swing by Kraig Mott. Five-year-old Caleb Gauntz caught this beatiful steelhead while fishing the S.F. of the Coquille River with his father. Steve Blair with a 16-pound steelhead that he released back into Washington\'s E.F. Lewis River. A fishing date with Daddy! Bryan and Haley Holt with a Chehalis River, WA winter steelhead. Christian Fabian and his Grandpa\'s dog Tye admire three limits of fat kokanee taken at Palmer Lake, WA. Randy Woolsey with a hatchery winter steelhead caught while fishing Oregon\'s lower Wilson River. John Gilbert caught this 28-inch monster brown while fishing a northern Michigan stream with Tony Zadonia. Adam Radford caught this nice fall steelhead with a homemade jig in Oregon\'s Grande Ronde River Douglas Wright hooked this giant steelhead with a spoon. He was fishing B.C.\'s Bulkley River. Travis Michel, owner of Sweet Trinity Guide Service, with a beautiful chrome California steelhead. Fishing changed his life. This 32-pound ling cod was caught by Kenneth Hasselbalch off the rock pile at Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle John Nordin caught this 76-pound king salmon in Alaska\'s Kenai River while fishing with Fenton Bros Sportfishing Greg Ladrow hooked this 43-pound chinook on the Columbia River near Astoria with a spinner A great redside caught by Bucky Buchstaber on Oregon\'s Deschutes River This 9-pound bull trout was caught by Jeramy Yost while fishing Oregon\'s Lake Billy Chinook Justin White (age 10) caught this Nestucca River, Oregon tidewater chinook without any adult help on a blue-tip rainbow spinner. \ John hooked this Stamp River (British Columbia) coho while fishing with Nick from West Coast River Charters. Steven Stritzel caught this 33-inch keeper steelhead while fishing Washington\'s Touchet River with sugar-cured roe. Zachary Carter caught this nice king in Willapa Harbor (Washington) while trolling a flasher and cut-plug herring. Jay Hunter of Olympia, WA hooked this 30-pound ivory king at La Push, WA while fishing with WA Outdoor Adventures. Dan Godinez caught this 35-pound king at Vernita on the Columbia River with a K16 Kwikfish. He took 4th Place in the Workers Derby. Ken Bedell hooked this 42-pound king in a S.W. Washington stream using a Blue Fox spinner. Marty Cecaci with an 11-pound steelhead (his largest in 40 years of fishing the Klamath) caught on a Brindle Bug. Paul Durrant picture. Sever-year-old Carter Lysene with his first Columbia River springer. He was using cut-plug herring. Jeff Main caught this springer off the wall at Little Goose Dam with plug-cut herring. Bill Roach with a Columbia River springer. The Columbia and its tributaries were very productive this season. Tanner Roberts of Columbia River Guide Service caught this chromer while fishing with his father. Shane Quinet caught this spring Chinook below McNary Dam with a K15 Kwikfish plug. Eric Delgado with his first spring Chinook. He was fishing out of Kalama, WA with a Brad’s Super Bait. This 30-pound springer was caught with a chrome-and-orange Magnum Wiggle Wart by Tracy Kim. Seven-year-old Jase Bustad’s first springer of the year. He is from LaCenter, WA and it weighed over 25 pounds. John Moore, age 11, caught this limit of spring Chinook salmon in Washington’s Drano Lake. Wes McKenzie with a beautiful fall steelhead caught on the Columbia River with a homemade spinner made by Wes. Andrew Jaeger hooked this colorful steelhead while fishing out of Milwaukee Harbor with guide Eric Haataja. Blake Seabaugh, while fishing with J.C. Riter, caught this 19-pound springer in Oregon’s Willamette River—on his birthday! Dan Fenton caught this 20-pound hatchery summer steelhead while side-drifting Washington’s Cowlitz River. Jeff Main caught this spring chinook near Little Goose Dam using a green label, plug-cut herring fished 17 feet deep. Albert Gabelein with a 32-pound Tyee (chinook salmon) caught while fishing Bajo Reef in front of Nootka Sound. Terry Mulkey and Dennis “Steely Dan” Hurford caught this Columbia River chinook with a spinner. Seven-year-old Jase Bustad from LaCenter, WA caught this 25-pound spring chinook all by himself. Steven Gabelein, a sophomore at Gonzaga University, caught this 33-pound Tyee at Bajo Reef in B.C. Brent Blair caught this 43-pound fall chinook while trolling herring in Oregon’s Tillamook Bay. Wes and Gary McKenzie with an 18-pound hatchery steelhead caught on the Columbia River with a spinner Wes made. Joe Quiocho hooked and released this chrome-bright winter steelhead in an undisclosed Washington State river. This giant native steelhead was estimated to weigh 22 pounds and was caught with a #9 Aero Jig. Left to right: Greg, Cody and Caden Johnson caught these Rogue River chromers while side-drifting yarn balls. Submitted by Papa. John Benedict hooked this 15-pound summer steelhead in B.C.’s Stamp River with a Jensen Eggs.

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