Just be you man. Stop worrying about the self-reflection of what you may or may not be doing right. I enjoy your video's because they are pure. Your cinematography is good, your ranting is perfect, and the fishing is great.
I agree with Michael... Remember, if you catch a half dead salmon that has already spawned, you can always do some first aid before releasing it. It's what all truly ethical cool kid fisherman do. I usually apply an anti-biotic ointment and make sure to handle it with pre-packaged sterile organic latex gloves I get a my local hospital. Also, you should use size 22 hooks and seven x and fish on rivers 200 feet wide. Anything else is uncivilized.... Just kidding man. Reading some of the comments on these awesome videos just bugs me. Keep up the good work.
i'm waiting for someone to roast me about having my line wrapped when I hooked that lanty, usually you guys are on top of stuff like that! I hope you all enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
Fish Fray you should have kept that Atlantic and turned in the head to the dnr. I’m pretty sure I saw that the adipose fin was clipped so it probably had a chip in its head and those mean a lot to the dnr.
+Kyle Smith I know about the chips and I thought about this but I was selfish and wanted to give the fish a chance to spawn haha. I know one of the biologists and he didn't seem to mind that I released it. I bet those loose lanty eggs would have been amazing bait though... A tough decision was made haha
I wouldn't roast you on the wrap but it's not good for the rod. I'd hate to see you loose it. Happy fishing... BTW if you ever want to learn some new water in PA we got great water for steelhead muskies and smallies. Tons of fly fishing opportunity
Congrats Man!! Atlantics are definitely a heck of a lot of fun. If you're ever up near Sault Ste. Marie in the U.P. shoot me a dm. The number of atlantic salmon in the St. Marys is absolutely insane. For the last few weeks my friends and I have been slaying them on spinners and spoons. A friend actually got one on a streamer today. The ones we're catching from shore right now are mostly all drop-back spawners so we've just been releasing them. Never seen that chrome of a female for this time of the year though! I kid you not, just on a 2/3 oz little cleo silver/blue spoon I've gone 15/17 on atlantic salmon and 1/1 on an 18 inch steelhead in THE LAST 2 DAYS!! That was all after school Friday and this morning! It's unreal right now. My buddies have also been lighting them up. The spoon bite is en fuego right now. Of the 15 only 1 has been female that I landed. A buddy got a pre-spawn female this morning though so they filled up a Meijer bag full of golden spawn. Have a couple atlantic salmon videos up on my channel if you want to check them out. Fish On!
+Mikael Ranta Outdoors That's awesome man. I think I might have one or two of your buddies on my snapchat, I've been seeing lots of Atlantic stories the past few weeks! Sounds like I blast, I'll have to check out your videos
Great video! I really enjoy what you're doing. I also liked the one from Thanksgiving. I'm from Ohio and want to get into steelhead fishing here. I've been to busy and time isn't my friend. Keep doing what your doing!
Caught a fee from lake Ontario tribs. They are beautiful fish. The some bright sides and the blue looking back underwater gives them away. I could tell you knew well before you landed her. Congrats!
Awesome footage I fish on the Scottish Borders where Atlantic salmon and seatrout are the target, fantastic to see your enthusiasm and believe me it never goes away. Loved the drone footage. What do you use for your editing?
You mean to tell me that Atlantic swam from the Atlantic Ocean, up the st. Lawrence River, hopped-up Niagara Falls scooted over to Lake Michigan and you hooked it. Hahaha nice fish and crazy clear water! So cool!
@GospelFisherman Well the populations that were fished to extinction at one point likely swam up the lawrence to reach lake ontario and the few other great lakes they established in
Nice! Atlantic salmon are surprisingly more rare than Cohos in the part of Erie in PA I've been too, such a cool looking fish. Nice job and great video!
Great videos man. If nothing else, your last couple videos prove the notion, "You don't know unless you go." Gotta get out there and see if anything pulls back!
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Brother you not the only one. I was fishing in the patasco river in maryland. And is supposed to not exist in that river atlantic salmon. I caught one. I was trying to catch trout they stock that river every year. So anyways. I take home believing was a huge trout. And when i was harvest. I see orange meat and I was so speechless. I have pics if you can help me identify this fish.
Hi FishFray, Massive congratulations from me, whose coho release scene was uploaded on one of your videos a few months ago. Your atlantic salmon appears much more fresh than many caught in AuSable river (e.g.: facebook.com/pg/Streamside-Custom-Rod-Guide-Service-173535778204/photos/?ref=page_internal). I wonder if she/he intended to spawn in that creek this fall. Last month, by the way, I presented the most popular video of yours in my lecture @ Cleveland for introductory purposes, and it was well received. Thanks for allowing me to show that video. I am looking forward to watching your center-pin fishing videos in the near future, since I also just bought a center pin reel and rod. I hope you will have a success this December, which has been warmer than usual. Take care.
Great video. It is fantastic that you found an Atlantic Salmon in that creek. I also hope she finds a mate. Does the fish and wildlife service stock that creek with smolts? First I have heard that Atlantic Salmon have been introduced into lake Michigan. No snow yet? Thanks for posting. Just subscribed.
+Edward Dergosits Thanks , no stocking in the lake Michigan tributaries yet, but lake Huron is getting increased numbers of Atlantics stocked. This fish is likely a stray from lake Huron. We had snow stick for a day in November but it's long gone. Welcome to my channel!
What an amazing catch! But the only great lake that they are truly native to is lake Ontario, still never even seen one here though. Kinda sad that their numbers were depleted so much that were considered locally extinct.
Yeah. When Europeans came over to north america they described fishing for them with pitchforks in huge numbers. I totally wish they were still around in some decent numbers.
+Urban Ontario Angling I've been reading Matt Supinksi's book "Steelhead Dreams" and it has a lot of stories like that about how many Atlantics there used to be, said they were so thick horses would kill them when they crossed the rivers. They are increasing stocking in Michigan, can't wait to see more and more of these awesome fish
They keep talking about stocking them around lake Ontario but I haven't seen much success. The only kind of salmon we have around here is Kings, no cohos, no pinks, no Atlantic's. A coho is a very very rare catch here.
Awesome video! What was the water temp? The one and only Atlantic I caught on a fly rod kicked my butt. I would have expected more from the one you caught. Congrats, unlike the Steelhead, I know this was your first.
Looks like you fish places I hope to be fishing in the coming years. I'm wondering what fly rod you use in those Michigan rivers/creeks. Do you have different rods for salmon then for trout? What weight rods, what kind of fly line and typical leader lenght and sizes?
Did that Atlantic grab an egg, or something on the surface after you released it right before it cut away? Also do you know if they are a strain of true Atlantic salmon, or a landlocked strain? I really liked the video. We have landlocked Atlantic salmon in our lakes, and they are the best fish to catch with a fly rod trolling early spring. I’ve always wanted to catch one on fly rod in a river though.
+Z Wiggles these are a landlocked strain, this one likely came from lake Huron. Im not sure what it was doing on the surface but I saw it do it twice. Very strange fish
They grab air for there air pocket. It's helps them stay up right. I think it's called a buoyancy bubble . They lose it when you hook them and they start to spin so when Fray released the fish it didn't have a buoyancy bubble until I took a gulp of air.
Never new that about the Atlantic’s/LLS. Thanks. Fish fray if you ever get a chance to catch one trolling they are the most acrobatic fish I have seen in freshwater. They probably would also put on a good show in a deeper river.
My school actually first stocked them in Michigan. But I've heard of rumors they make their way all over the place. What general location was this fish found in Michigan?
Fish Fray it's a battle at both tribs man. If you go to them I'd recommend a weekday, weekends are loaded, check out my Burt dam video to see all the idiots lol
+WNY Fishing we would be there on a weekday morning mid December. Figured we could find some areas with fish, we have 4 of us to stake out a spot haha. I think I've already seen your vid
Unfortunately a farmed raised fish pen broke in the salt ealier this year in Washington state and around a couple hundred thousand of alantics ecaped.(most around 10 lbs) Then we started catching them in the rivers. They are considering an evasive species here. Anyways nice fish.
Chris Thayer I remember that happened a few years back when I was living there. Cool catch for sure, last I heard they were spawning there. Might help the fishery now that steelhead aren't stocked in pudget sound (when I left they weren't anymore don't know if that has changed).
Puyallup river recently started a steelhead run and they are getting ok returns. Can't fish them yet, maybe in a few more years they will open it up to keep them.
Chris Thayer hopefully they do allow keeping of steelhead in future. That area needs some more opportunities with the closed rockfish, salmon netting and loss of planted steelhead. Still amazing place to live!
There’s water not too far from where you go to school where the Atlantics run well. I don’t want to give anything up in a public comments section but there are plenty of Atlantics in Michigan to be caught
