Idaho steelies | BELOW Freezing temps!

By far one of the coldest experiences we have ever had on the river. Watch towards the end to see how all of our gear was freezing up. It definitely had an effect on the bite rate and overall fight of the steelhead. More steelhead vids to come this year, sorry for the long delay!

[@CTRFishing]

Golly those are some beauts! Great video man! Just subscribed

[@Dinko_B]

Really appreciate that! Thank you!!

[@bidaho8940]

Disappointing treatment of the wild fish.

[@Dinko_B]

Yeah I don’t agree with the toss back, I always try my best to handle them gently and get them unhooked and back into the water as quickly as possible. Gotta protect the future of these beautiful fish

[@bidaho8940]

@@Dinko_B Yeah, you are usually pretty good about your fish handling. Just that other guy holding the wild fish in a poor way and like you said, the throw back. With wild fish and this resource being so limited, there is no reason to not keep the wild fish in the water the entire time, and if you really need a hero shot, lift the fish above the water for no more than 5-10 seconds. The SF always leaves a sour taste in my mouth as well because despite there being some ethical anglers around, it really seems to attract those who care very little for the resource and have very poor fish handling skills. Not trying to attack you, just is frustrating sometimes.

[@Dinko_B]

@@bidaho8940 I totally get it, I’ve seen some stuff up there that absolutely blows my mind. If you see me up there stop by and say hi, love meeting people that watch the vids 🤙🏼

[@fowlhabitidaho3009]

Hell yeah dude! Made it up there before me lol super jealous 😂😂

[@ertreeservice9558]

I’ll have to try it now since I’m back from Oregon 😂

[@craigmartynn4183]

Was that mail box hole where you were catching all those fish? About to head to the south fork this weekend! Awesome video! Gonna be a great year!

[@Dinko_B]

Good luck! Not sure all the names of the holes, but I believe so

[@craigmartynn4183]

Fished it yesterday, seems like all the fish either moved back out of the south fork or they are hunkered down somewhere

[@-balapatekar1502]

Nice 👌👍❤️

[@fishp0rn208]

Nice job we will be heading up this weekend

[@Dinko_B]

Good luck!

[@dalegarrard2572]

I'd be interested in seeing a video about your terminal rigs, how you rig floats, weights, jigs, etc. After having all my spinning gear stolen at that first hole you started aton the North Fork last year, I'm slowly putting an arsenal back together. I would like to do it right.

[@Dinko_B]

I can do that for sure, try to get that made in the next couple weeks! You’ve got to be joking, I seriously don’t understand people. The amount of money and time spent on these fish, just to have your gear stolen, really sorry to hear that