Who fishes for drop backs at this time of year anyways lol they've used all there energy going up the river to spawn and you wanna catch them on there journey back to the lake when there half dead hahahaha, did that ever cross your mind why it was soo easy to bring it in lmao and you say you've been fishing well over 20 years, you should have known that Mr. you're too good to catch fish in Ontario.
Ooo...someone take an offense...you don't get the sarcasm I guess.
What, you mean this early October Steelhead on the Niagara (note the tress haven't even change colours yet)?
Or this blinking December cold water Niagara Steelehad (if you think warm water Steelhead fights like trash)?
Or do you mean this early November Brown Trout?
Or do you mean this 25lb Chinook on leadcore line?
Pffff...big freaking deal...
Even Niagara Steelheads, in early October, as fresh as they can be and in as big and strong a river system as you can get...still pale in comparison to a fight that a 5lb Yellow Jack gives...
Yes, I've caught fresh blinking Steelhead in late summer when no one are on the banks at Queenston. I used to spend 3 days a week fishing down in that area for 5 straight years...they are not hard to catch.
Fact is...if you had read my latest report...catching a Steelhead in late June in the river requires shamrock, horseshoe, rabbit's foot, ZERO BANANAS...and definitely a sprinkle of fairy dust. But the fact that we caught something, anything...within 2 hours of fishing...just less than an hour after arrival...when the water was muddy and visibility was only 12" at best...and the fact that everyone fishing there, all day as they professed, caught zip, zero, nada...even the locals and people who are fishing in waders in the prime locations...that can't be luck, can it? I mean, we did catch a couple of Channel Catfish, which is a more expected and common catch at this time of year...the Steelhead is just a fluke...but we did catch 2 of them...so maybe it's not such a fluke after all?
Again, not saying I'm superstar...but at the same time...not saying that it's absolutely gobsmack challenging either...if you figured out how to fish under certain conditions at certain locations for certain species at certain time of year...
Notice all those qualifying phrases...yes, it takes time and effort to figure things out...that's part of the challenge...but once you figured it out, the challenge becomes moot...
That's why local amatures often beat pros at tournaments...
And that's why some people don't bother to chase Steelhead in June...
Just saying...