Lake Run Brown Trout

Quick post showing a picture of the lake run brown trout I caught and released last weekend on a Lake Superior tributary. This one is a 17" male, you can see the hook starting to form the upper jaw. The belly was turning a blackish color. I also caught a 23" female lake run brown the week before, of course my camera was sitting in the car that day. Both fish were caught with a 6' 6" Salmo Stick rod, the rod was build with micro guides on a St. Croix 3S66ML2 blank. This is my recommended rod for spinner fishing on Lake Superior tribs, it has enough back bone to turn the fish yet light enough to throw #1 spinners. The spinner was also custom made by me.
There are reports of a few steelhead in the rivers, nobody I spoke with had caught any though. They should start moving in "soon".