I was bank fishing during the walleye run, several years ago and got hooked up with a fish that was headed back to Lake Erie. I was using a heavy duty bass rod, 12# test line and a Shimano baitcaster reel. Even with the drag set as heavy as I dare, for the pound test line that I was using, it wasn't enough to slow this fish down.
The guys fishing around me were nice enough to let me play it for a couple of minutes, but then one them said that I had no chance of landing it. This guy said I should wrap my hand around the line and back up until it breaks. I did what he asked and got about 80 yards of my line back, but never turned the fish.
I asked the guys standing there what had I hooked into and they all agreed it was a steelhead.
Has anyone ever caught a steelhead in the Maumee?
Thank you, Bowhunter57
The guys fishing around me were nice enough to let me play it for a couple of minutes, but then one them said that I had no chance of landing it. This guy said I should wrap my hand around the line and back up until it breaks. I did what he asked and got about 80 yards of my line back, but never turned the fish.
I asked the guys standing there what had I hooked into and they all agreed it was a steelhead.
Has anyone ever caught a steelhead in the Maumee?
Thank you, Bowhunter57