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By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/6/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/5/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Steel with my girlfriend for swimming mainly. I saw some minnows, but other than not no sign of fish whatever. I fished from the dock for about and hour with no bites. Some guys in a kayak s...
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Posted: 6/7/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Couple hours on the lake. Given up spinning reels for life. Slammed the crank in about 10 inches off water from under a dock. Lost one on a spinner bait.
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By: robert53a
Posted: 6/6/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Gave Steel lake a try for the first time this year using my 10' Sorensen. I trolled a dick nite(small chrome) at about 1.5mph. Spent 3 hours.
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By: canoeguy
Posted: 7/14/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got to the lake at about 4pm. It was sunny and around 80 degrees. No clouds in the sky. We launched out boat and headed to the west end of the lake. There are normally a lot of lily pad...
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By: jimlee29
Posted: 6/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty good morning/afternoon of fishing. Got on the lake a few minutes after 8AM. There were probably a dozen or so other anglers on the pier when I first showed up. Trout were coming in from a fe...
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Posted: 6/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the dock about 9am I started with chartreuse power eggs but wasn't getting the bite so switched to green and fish on. The fish were biting pretty much all day, I got another limit by about 1pm....
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Posted: 6/10/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got to Steel Lake around 7 PM with my kids. The dock had a few guys on it and I ended up seeing a few trout caught. I fished for about two hours and got nothing. I was using yellow powerbait ...
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Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
They restocked the lake for a kids fishing derby this morning so the fishing is good. Got a fish in first 5 minutes, nice size stocker. The next one was the Big Un they put in 500 large ones is what I...
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Posted: 5/30/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Too windy for the boat today, so went to steel lake since its close to sit in the sun. Ended up catching a nice 13" Rainbow trout. The bite has been on and off this week, but still some nice ones comi...
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Posted: 4/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another fine day of dock fishing at the lake. Got a limit of Rainbows in a few hours, 10 - 12" stockers on yellow power eggs bottom fishing. Bring a light action rod and they can be fun to catch.
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Posted: 4/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing on the dock and got limit of trout. using yellow power eggs, stockers 10-12" but fun to catch. Should be good for next few weeks.
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By: _Sergiy_
Posted: 5/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Steel lake after school. Started to be a bit cloudy and windy but whatever. Later wished i had dressed up in warmer clothes. I used 2 chartreuse power eggs and about a 6 ft leader. Had a bite ...
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By: _Sergiy_
Posted: 5/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went after school to Steel lake for some trout for the smoker. Not a lot of people. Used chartreuse power eggs. The bite started to be good at around 7 pm. I caught 2 fish and my brother 3, one of mi...
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By: _Sergiy_
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Steel lake after school. Not a lot of people there like on Saturday but I took some spring green powerbait and casted it in. After a couple minutes i see my pole moving and set the hook. I the...
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By: _Sergiy_
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Steel lake trout fishing opening day, arrived at 10:00 am and saw that there were lots of people there and found an open spot near the bend of the dock. Started out fishing with a Mepps Light...
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Posted: 8/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
seems as if the lake had just about dried up on the stocked trout, fished from 9-4 with various powerbaits, power eggs and some of pautzke's products with no luck. not even a single trout, the perch w...
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Posted: 8/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Steel Lake today and decided to fish by the boat launch. I was there about 3 hours total and only caught two trout within the first 45 minutes I was there. The strange thing was that the ducks...
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Posted: 6/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report – Tuesday, 06-26-12 This was almost a mirror image of yesterday evening. I got to the lake by 8:30PM again. Not a creature was stirring in the air or in the water. Was hoping t...
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Posted: 6/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report – Monday, 06-25-12 In order to avoid the crowds and in the hopes of giving me the best chance to catch fish and still complete the tasks on the honey do list and spend time with t...
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Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Steel Lake Report – Sunday, 06-24-12 I got to the lake at about 8:15pm. En-route to the dock, I was wondering if the screwy weather conditions yesterday and today might have been affect on how the...
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Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report – Wednesday, 06-20-12 After finishing a very important honey-do task, I just had to go fishing to relax. I got to the lake about 8:40pm. Since the pink and red power egg combi...
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Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report – Tuesday, 06-19-12 Early AM Session I stopped by Steel Lake on the way to work, knowing full well I only had about forty minutes to fish. The dock and boat launch area had a ...
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Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Fishing Report – Saturday, June 16, 2012 Got up this morning knowing I was going to go fishing, but I really couldn’t decide where. Green Lake kept calling my name with the temptation...
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Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 5:30-8:30 pm. Got a few bites off and on, fish were barely jumping. I blame the weather shift -- but on the up side, it was great sunny weather to be out on my float tube. Only lande...
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Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Tested out my new Cumberland (by Classic Accessories) float tube today. Verdict: LOVE IT! My tackle, while not exactly an unknown strategy, isn't the common powerbait, worms, or spinners, so I'd rathe...
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