Finished getting two of the Cardinal 3's ready to fish. Paired with a Fenwick 12'6" rod for float fishing. It worked great. Never fished a Cardinal before but I will have one on the river from now on. The rod/reel combo handled those fish well. [1.jpg[/attach][attach id=120183]IMG_6748[1].
That is a beautiful, fat steelhead! Congrats!
Nice! Where'd you get 'em? Lookin like there's some roe in that Gal.
Now thats what this is all about. Gorgeous fish!
Well done, Chris! I'll bet that was fun!Those Cardinals are very efficient when taken to that type of fishing. Given the right line, drag settings and rod there's not much those Card 3s & 4s can't handle. What size line are you using?
Nice looking SH. You probably have better fishing for them back East then we do here in the Pac NW.
Cheers:
todd
Quote from: Christopher M Songer on January 12, 2023, 11:21:46 PMFinished getting two of the Cardinal 3's ready to fish. Paired with a Fenwick 12'6" rod for float fishing. It worked great. Never fished a Cardinal before but I will have one on the river from now on. The rod/reel combo handled those fish well.
great fishes Chris! did you use roe to hook em?
Using 14lb Sunline, hi viz gold. with 8lb floro leaders. We drifted egg sacs all day. This was the Grand river in Ohio.
Nice going, and solid report, Chris —-
Those Steelhead are hard fighting fish.
That shows what the correct rod and a strong retrieval reel like the Cardinal 3 can do in the hands of an experienced angler.
Nice fish!
Best, Fred
such great reels those cardinals. harryk
That looks like a healthy one !
Looked-up the Grand River in Wikipedia. Looks like an Ohio jewel. Only been to Columbus a couple of times. Ya just never know...