First Try Steelhead

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Godrew1972

Good luck, awesome battle getting one of those on the line watching it take off and get air. Be safe, not sure your wading or in drift boat but I find that river bottom to be very slippery compared to most NJ rivers and streams. River bottom in some on the better spots seem to be carpeted with softball sized slick rocks, the size you break your ankle on. Most NJ river beds IMO seem easier to navigate. I always used my walking stick when wading up there. Good luck, hope you reel em in.

Thanks we’ll be wading and I was warned about that so I put some metal cleats on my wader boot bottoms.

The place we’re staying is right outside Altmar along the Fly Fish only section. Not sure if you’ve fished there. We’ll probably do some fly fishing but the plan is to mostly spin fish using floats or bottom bouncing.