11.0 lb. Steelhead caught by Tim Fancher fishing in New York on 01/06/07

Posted by Tim Fancher over 11 years ago

11.0 lb. Steelhead caught by Tim Fancher fishing on Saturday January 06, 2007 at 13:15 3.11 km from Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York (NY), United States North America using a Drifting egg sacs off the bottom

It was snowing heavily on the way to the boat launch and only 28 degrees but we were fine with heading out. We headed straight to Devils Hole on the lower Niagara River in upstate NY and were 2-2 on our first two drifts. My Brother caught a nice 9+ lb. Steelie and I landed a 7lb. We then proceeded to catch two more fish from 8-1pm and were starting to feel it. So we decided to give it one last drift and then call it a day if we were skunked. The fish turned on and we then went 5-5 on the next drifts and boated a total of 12 Steelhead for the day all between 6-11 lbs!

This photo was the big dog, an 11 lb. beauty!

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	Just looking at the picture, it looks cold...very cold. Posted by Thorsten Evans over 10 years ago
	great looking fish Posted by Brandon Mabrey over 10 years ago
	ONE DAY TELL US YOUR SECRET. GOOD SIZE. Posted by THE HAMMER over 10 years ago
	Congrats! Sounds like a great trip. Did you use your own boat or did you hire a guide? Richard Posted by Richard Levis over 11 years ago
	Nice catch, Tim! She looks bigger than 11 pounds, but then I looked a little closer at the picture and can see you use the same "extended arms technique" I use to make my catches look bigger ;-). A very nice catch, nonetheless. Posted by Joe Pych over 11 years ago