After a slow February, steelhead fishing took off on the Chetco this week, with the handful of guides still fishing reporting two to six fish per boat reports Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. “Plunkers also have been catching steelhead from shore with Spin-N-Glos,” said Martin. “A mix of fresh and spawned out fish are being caught, with quite a few hatchery fish on the lower end, many of them brand new. A storm on Wednesday likely will blow the river out by Thursday. The Elk and Sixes also received fresh steelhead over the weekend and early this week. New steelhead also arrived on the Rogue River just above Gold Beach. A few jet boaters are now anchoring, hoping to get the first spring salmon of the year.”