Welcome to JSO! We're a group of friends from Northern Michigan who love adventuring and exploring the beauty and resources that is all around us in this amazing state! We're not professionals or even sponsored by any means, we're just average people with day jobs that share a passion for adventure and have developed a kinship while exploring and enjoying all the beautiful resources around us, and we decided to make this channel to share our adventures with the world in hopes of inspiring our viewers to get out and enjoy the great out of doors as well. Thanks again for taking the time to stop by our channel, and make sure to come back regularly and join us on our expeditions!
I have heard about the shallow water entrance to the river. Guess I’ll be taking my kayak instead of my boat. I also make my own spinners and jigging spoons. It’s a lot of fun catching fish on what you make
Are we sure that first fish wasn’t a giant splake? The tail was more squared, the fins had some red and a fin was clipped so it was stocked. Just wondering.
I am fairly certain he's a Laker. He didn't have the telltale wormy squiggles on his back that Splake tend to have. No spots on his sides either, just the typical Lake trout pattern. Anything's possible though!
Good stuff. I studied the various knot RU-vids and I recall the knot called a figure 8 knot is stronger than an overhand loop knot and it's just as easy to tie. With 50-pound test I'm confident it really doesn't matter but it's something to consider. I don't have a salmon background, so I was curious about the tournament hook rig. It seems to me the single hook should be at the back. That way if the fish strikes short he's apt to be on the single hook. If he misses, he's apt to come back because he wasn't hooked to scare him away....maybe. If the fish strikes short and gets on the treble hook of a standard tournament rig the short strike could mean a poor hook up and an escaped fish. If the fish strikes aggressively the treble can hold it long enough for its thrashing to embed the single hook, if the single hook isn't already embedded. Just a thought. Thanks again.
We went out 9/17/2023 (video to come) and caught shoreline fish in about 25ft of water on spinners. Jigging is over and with the rain we just got....all the fish are likely pushing into the rivers now. It's worth a shot to work the mouth of the Platte and Betsie, plenty of fish in the water! Skein and waders going forward though...
Note to self. Always have a backup harpoon. Don't tie it off to the boat. Tie it off to a buoy or life jackets. Cool video. The messed up scenarios always make the fondest memories
