Fall Salmon Fishing in Michigan - Massive King! Pere Marquette River 

Mid Valley Mercenaries Thanks Brotha 👊👍That’s my new PB and it’s going to be hard too beat

I bet! Salmon are hard to beat.. but I bet your having fun with the trout over that way

Ha for real!

Michael Prevost Let’s goo! Thanks 👊👍

Thanks! Appreciate it

Thanks man!

Freelance Duck Hunting Thanks! 👊👍 Heck ya I’ll get on em next year for sure haha

Mo JustUs Haha thanks man!

washburnbilly heck ya! 👊👊

Speaking of the "Big Man". Curious about your experience??? I been fishing it for the last 15 years. Up to about 10 years ago, fishing was pretty good. Limiting out wasn't all that hard to do. We'd throw Thundersticks and/or just have a flatfish behind the boat(letting the current make it work). Both methods were equally productive. Since then, it seems to be worse every year. The last 2 years...not even a single hit (for me). Last one I caught was 4 years ago. As far as the fishing goes...the 3.5hr drive is not worth it. The prize is getting to spend time fishing with my dad, before I can't.

@@fermiticus4034 I'd have to say that it depends on where you fish at? Two years ago I was out on the below Highbridge and was awestruck at how many fish we're just milling around? Nothing holding. Just pods of 20 to 30 fish swimming up and down river, there had to be thousands! I fish with flies generally but I have ran plugs with success for steelhead. I'm pretty new to the boat game just yet. And I haven't heard of any real drop off of the numbers in the fall?

Appreciate your reply! I like to think it's just a timing issue...."Ah, ya shoulda been here yesterday!" sort of thing. My 1st trip up there, saw very little fish the first few days. Then BAM...schools of hundreds at a time passing through, about every 20-30 minutes, with groups of 1-20/30 in between. It was an amazing sight to see. Saw a lot of chasers, but no takers. Hooked up on a few...couldn't get the line through the water without bumpin a few...usually in the back. Never did get any of those in. That lasted a very frustrating day and a half. We started catchin fish after the schools had passed on through. Haven't seen anything close to that since. We have a site at Coho Bend. For the most part, we go up, just past Jenkins Bayou and slow drift (drag anchor) down to Anderson Bayou, throwing thunders. It's a good 2.5-3hr drift. After that, we'll anchor above a hole, drop a flatfish in it and just enjoy the time out there. Every trip up there, I stop at Highbridge on the way in and out...just to look. Neat place!

@@fermiticus4034 you're welcome for the reply, I love to discuss fishing! If you're on FB look up Pat Kruisniak, he's a good buddy who started a page called the big Manistee lower end fishing or something to that effect? I cannot remember, but he lives there and that's all he does when he goes fishing. If you find him just tell him Billy sent you, he'll know. Where are you from? I'm from Owosso but I'm pretty new to the boat game, but I want to get into fly fishing from the boat next.

Ricardo Simmonds It’s awesome! haha

SwimSkinny 7wt rod and a reedington reel, floating line, 0X leader and no tippet

Brae Davis Heck ya! First fish I caught on it and I’m loving it so far.

Just bought one last summer to use on salmon. Absolutely love it! Not a single problem with drag sticking when they take off downstream

Han YO1O it’s a 7 wt rod from bass pro. The reel is the behemoth reel. I would go up to an 8 or 9 wt for Salmon tho. Hope this helps!

you are stupid and prolly throw killer parties

@vAspects - or eggs

1 adventure at a time Thanks man! You can streamer fish for em when they come in fresh.. but the longer they been in there the less they want to eat.. nymphs and eggs work best once they start to spawn. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Ya I bet!

The Iowa Plainsman Outdoors Thanks! I would have loved too but unfortunately I had to walk through a catch and release only section of the river so I didn’t want any chance of gettin in any trouble even though I caught them were I could keep them

Oh, I gotcha. I do a lot of catch and release as well. That salmon jump towards the end in the honey hole was awesome too by the way. Cool to see them all schooled up like that in that spot!

Really dont want to eat those fish after they have been in the river more than a few days, they dont really feed once they hit the river so they get really gross, plus these are spawning fish and we all would really appreciate them being released and allowed to spawn. If you want salmon to eat I would suggest getting them out of the lake

Soua Yang Yep egg flies and streamers

david uriostegui shhh it’s a secret 😬😬

Noooooooooo. Faaaaaqqqq

lol man I'm so sorry.. It's just a rule for me.. peopl get ticked off if they see me hot spotting there favorite fishing hole

bakdrft2009 😑

adfred putt lol who is this

@@DuckGunChronicles randy the trash picker upper at your old job epw.

@@adfredputt8539 haha small world that's cool. How you been?

@@DuckGunChronicles i am still working at the same place. you still live in wakarusa. it's been years since i saw you. you still see terry stump. the work place is now vmw tooling. what kind of work do you do now.

Nice! I need to try the manistee one of these years. Kings fight soo hard haha

It’s a section of the river they is catch and release only for all species

jorge cosio common misconception from people that don’t know salmon but they still eat when they’re in the river haha 😂

lmao eat flies on the outside of their mouths? It ain't no thing either way. No hate on the game, but don't front.

tyler keeton Ever heard of a hook set? Real ignorance.. no front.. salmon eat.. I don’t know why that’s a crazy idea

Didn't look like a euro nymph setup. Didn't see an indicator. Looked like a barrel swivel with a good amount of weight attached to three feet of tippet and an egg fly, right? A chuck n duck rig, right? Cause that's what the hook set and set up looked like. I know salmon can strike out of aggression/territory/etc. Jus sayin dude. I know that stretch of the PM quite well and 9/10 fishermen over there are chuck n duckin.

Egg, streamer, stone flies they eat a wide variety of flies. I've caught them with euro setup and indicator works fine too. I had more on a streamer that day than anything else and of course chuck and duck.. but you can do chuck n duck for steelhead and even trout. No barrel swivel and not very much weight at all and actually not tippet either.. I understand if that's your opinion that they don't eat.. but they hit just as good as a steelhead on the right day and I fish them almost exactly the same. From my experience I can say that they do indeed eat up too a certain point. When they are half dead.. then ya they are done eating and they are no fun too fish anymore

Soua Yang Haha would have help

Not legal on a trout stream in michigan....

Adam Lancaster I fish there but not this time

Ohhhh ok I was just curious I was up there on the same day fishing Green Cottage

It's nice to only live an hour away from there

Adam Lancaster Haha I’m jealous I’d fish there every day if I lived that close

You're a good example of someone who hasn't done a lot of salmon fishing and clearly doesn't know what they are talking about 😂😂

@@DuckGunChronicles Alright? Rake all the salmon off gravel you want if that makes you feel great but just know it's not hard and unethical. Try floating skein in deep holes, thats when they bite in rivers.

I was thinking the same thing. They arent feeding, hence the crazy hook sets and drifting into the mouth. I hate salmon fishing like this. I always enjoy taking them in deeper water on slip rigs with alewives or anchovies.

@@leviburns89 Pretty sad seeing considering i've grown up in northern michigan my entire life. So many tourists/out of towners flood our rivers for salmon just to blatantly floss/snag them and boost their ego on social media or prove they are great fisherman its insane. People like him are the reason Northern Michigan salmon rivers like the Betsie are fucked. People trying to justify flossing/snagging in anyway they can saying "they dont bite in rivers". They just cant admit they dont want to put in the hard effort to catch them legally

@@Exite21 you are stupid lol i grew up my whole life fishing salmon this way they bite waay harder than a fucking bobber little kid fishing lol hahahah your just a jelly baby lol who cant limit lmao bobber fishing is for grandchildren lol

Lucas Mares There are many things in life I still need to learn how to do 😂

Rofl

Will Durant Hey man your pretty ignorant about what’s goin on here. They have catch and release sections of the river and this is one of them

Wrong. I’m a M-gander and sportsman who respects our ecosystem and well aware of the PM restrictions. Why fish there if the DNR doesn’t want you keeping fish there? Probably because you’re yet another RU-vidr who is the master of the obvious. Replying constructively will never undermine you, especially when it’s sportsman oriented. Don’t assume someone’s ignorance because it’s informs subscribers and viewers of yours. Grow up and beware of the obvious. Have a purpose. Good luck!

@@willdurant216 you cry alot dont you Will?

Matt Leese yes I do as I tolerate those without character like someone you know so well.

@@willdurant216 do you even limit bro? lmao