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South Bend Tribune - 9/2
Record steelhead run
It's official: Indiana's St. Joseph River steelhead run is a record-buster.
Bob Bell, assistant manager at Bodine Hatchery in Mishawaka, said 4,496 steelhead were counted going over the South Bend ladder through Aug. 20.
"That's a record for us," said Bell. "We've never passed more than 2,000 before Sept. 1."
The bad news is that the fish haven't been very cooperative, probably due to the warmer water temperatures. If the water temperature dips below 70 degrees, look out. Those fish are going to bite.
Some are, according to [**whoops**] Parker at Central Park Bait in Mishawaka. The aggressive steelhead are taking spawn or in-line spinners (pink, orange or something with black in it) "throughout the river," said Parker.
Does the glut of steelhead in Hoosier waters serve as a sign of things to come?
"At this point, we've got two guesses," said Bell. "Either a lot of the summer fish ran early and we may not get many more, or there's more coming and it's going to be a great fall. I tend to be an optimist and think it's going to be a great steelhead season."
Anglers are finding the fish are running a little heavier than normal, as most are in the 10- to 12-pound class.
"They're really healthy fish," Bell added.
Lake Michigan biologist Brian Breidert reports that steelhead also are in Trail Creek in Michigan City and that a few coho have been caught. According to Bell, no coho have been reported in the St. Joseph, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.
We'll know more next week when we start trapping again," he said.
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Yikes, the water is above 70 degrees?
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Yeah way to warm, but you know what these steelies are moving in high 70 degree water, but they are not biting well at all. Cool weather is here finally so that will be changing soon.
BG
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if you hook em you gotta keep em in that bathtub water we get.
wonder how many supinski released fish die in july and august? he's always fishing the dowagiac for skams
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gotta be a 2 hander
i am lost in spey abyss, so he says
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BG's buddy, BG is my personal rod handler
i let hal carry my long rod while on the stream
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