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BEAD Fishing For Steelhead, EVERYTHING You Need To Know! (101 & Advanced Tips)

Posted March 05, 2024

Across the range of bead-fishing Steelheaders, you'll find a variety of rigging styles, colors and sizes that people use to catch fish. There are now so many types of hard and soft beads available, that you may feel overwhelmed if you're new to it. If you're already experienced in fishing beads, you may still find some tidbits in this video to consider, as it goes quite into depth on the technique itself, beyond basics. Jordan goes through the rigging in full, from your float and bobber-stop selection, to the leader, hook and even how to rig a double-bead setup, which...

Spinner Fishing for Trout (The Complete Guide)

Posted February 27, 2024

Fishing for Trout with Spinners is a really effective way to cover lots of water and entice aggressive fish. When they are fished correctly, right size, right colors/finishes and proper line, they can get Cutthroat & Rainbow Trout to move many feet to intercept the spinning blade. Brown Trout & Bull Trout also are voracious spinner biters! This video is a complete breakdown from Jordan on how to fish these ultra-popular lures for Trout. There are many famous brands out there, some examples of spinner types would be Blue Fox Vibrax, Rooster Tail, Panther Martin & Buds Spinner. They have...

How to Fillet Trout (Quick & Easy)

Posted February 06, 2024

Trout fishing is popular all over the world, and in certain fisheries, they are available to harvest and eat. When this is the case, a good fillet job will make your cooking process and overall experience better! Jordan Knigge of Addicted fishing teaches his method for filleting trout. Filleting trout can be simple! In this method Jordan teaches, using his Gerber Fillet Knife he quickly removes the rainbow trout meat and bones. This also works for Cutthroat Trout. Rainbow trout fishing is a lot of fun but you need to know how to clean and cook these tasty trout afterwards. Thanks for...

The Most ETHICAL Way to Kill A Fish (Salmon, Steelhead, Trout) w/ Jordan Knigge

Posted March 02, 2023

Some fish are meant to be released, while others are destined for harvest. Whichever situation you find yourself in, make sure that you are within regulation guidelines and take into account the sustainability of the species. Addicted Fishing has always been all about conservation, as well as harvest opportunities for anglers when it is appropriate and condoned by regulations. Because of this, anglers should understand the best ways to ethically end the life of the fish they intend to harvest. Often, the subject of our harvest are salmon, trout and steelhead. These fish species all have a similar method of...

What Makes Spring Chinook Different? | Fish Species

Posted March 30, 2018

Spring Chinook, as defined in the Columbia River region, are often regarded as the best-tasting salmon in the world. The fishery is a highly anticipated time that brings multitudes of anglers to both boat and bank, to try their hand at these impressive fish. Fishing for Springers Spring chinook is often a difficult percentage fishery. The timing of the run and closures can leave many anglers frustrated at the hours spent for minimum reward. When the fishing is good, it can be really good and few fisheries provide the satisfaction that springers do. If you do it right...

Keeper Sturgeon Opened in Lower Columbia!

Posted May 16, 2017

The Columbia River has finally opened to keeper sturgeon fishing from _____ to ____ ! You can now keep legal-sized sturgeon in these areas :Legal-size sturgeon is ___________Plunking for Sturgeon can be very effectiveFirst Opportunity in YearsThe Lower Columbia Sturgeon fisheries were originally closed due to perceived over-fishing and low fish counts. This closure took pressure off of sturgeon and left only catch-and-release opportunity on the lower river. The population has recovered over the last several years bringing this new opportunity.Short windows of retention periods above Bonneville Dam have kept a few anglers entertained, but those fishing the lower river...