Posted on 12/18/2006 10:25:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Steelhead trout season has lured fishermen to Santa Cruz County with hopes of landing one of the feisty fish to reel in.
Sportsmen traveled hundreds of miles away to fishing holes up and down the San Lorenzo River this weekend, one of 33 spots around the state where catch-and-release fishing of the imperiled steelhead is allowed.
The steelhead season began Dec. 1 and continues to March 7.
"I caught a two-pounder -- the biggest in a long time, said Don Foskett.
Torin Bryan, 29, who said he was a "corporate cubicle worker" from Mountain View, relished the experience.
"There's no other place in the San Francisco Bay Area where you can catch migratory fish in such a beautiful spot," Bryan said.
In the San Lorenzo River, about 3,000 adult steelhead are expected to wind their way from the sea this year, said Larry Wolf, director of the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project.
Steelhead are born in freshwater and, as juveniles, migrate to the ocean where they grow into adults. The fish return annually to their birthplace to spawn.
Unlike Pacific salmon, which spawn once and die, steelhead spawn repeatedly and travel between the ocean and their home stream several times during their lives.
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Ahhhhhhh, Salmon fishing.
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HA HA HA! Send him over here. We'll use him for bait to catch a real one.
Cruzio Pingio
My husband tells me that someone once said that catching steelhead with a flyrod was the most fun one can have standing up...
FWIW
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