WINTER STEELHEAD TROUT FISHING ON THE SKAGIT RIVER. EACH YEAR SOME 250,000 SPORTSMEN FISH FOR THESE TROUT. STEELHEAD AVERAGE 6-8 POUNDS, CAN REACH A WEIGHT OF MORE THAN 30 POUNDS. THEY ARE ANADROMOUS, SEEKING SALT WATER, THEN RETURNING TO THEIR NATIVE RIVER TO SPAWN. DON DUDLEY, OF BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON., WITH A 19! POUND STEELHEAD

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