Syracuse.com - Skaneateles angler, 11, catches first Salmon River steelhead Thanksgiving Day

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He was fishing with his mother and father at the time in Pineville.

John Danczak, 11, of Skaneateles, holds up his first steelhead. He caught it in the Salmon River on Thanksgiving Day.

He was fishing with his father, Joe, and mother Barbara, at the time.

His father wrote: "John caught and landed this fish in Pineville. He hooked the fish himself on a blue egg sac, using 8-pound test line with a 6-pound test leader and a size 10 hook. Mommy netted him.

"Then we let him go so we can catch it again next year," the father said.

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