Meat Rig Fishing-Secrets, Tips and Tactics-Fundamental Fishing 

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Great video. Finally bought a big boat last year and have 2 seasons under my belt now. Trying to learn from every place imaginable. Was in manistee recently (im from Kalamazoo and fish out of South Haven) and stopped in just to chat. Guy there on a sat morning was incredible and told me about the videos. I've been unsure how to run a mest rig. This really helped! Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Will be back to the store next time I'm up that way!

Good job on this video. Speed is critical any time you run bait.... um meat for you lakes guys. About 120 rpms or 2 per second is about right for the rotation. Boat speed over ground is not important until you get up close to 4 mph. Probably not a problem on the lakes but currents in the ocean and tidewater on west coast can exceed that regularly. Something you should consider is that strip baits are very rarely used out west. They are considered short lived and only employed as a last ditch effort when you are running out of bait and you are on a hot bite. We just fillet a herring. Cut a compound angle on the big end and stick a hook through the top corner leave the second hook on a mooching rod hang and send it down. The strip will spin because of the angle. Looking at swivels used on the factory rigs it is apparent the lakes are very free of debris. All the swivels would have to be changed to bead chains, roller chains or ball bearing for use out west. Changing those out you might find that they will rotate easier allowing for even slower presentation. Probably not practical for you lakes folk but if you make your own try dropping the leader test. The smaller diameter leader lets the baits work easier ie slower speeds can be attained and a far stealthier presentation. I’m guessing you are probably using 50 lb test. West coast boats employ substantially different programs then the lakes. I have used leaders all the way down to 8lb test. Best results with 12 or 15 pound test. 30 lb is the heaviest I use. Don’t be afraid to try plug cut or whole herring or anchovies. Look to Pro Cure ( not a sponsor ) for good videos on basic rigging and bait curing. Plug cuts and whole baits have the right profile and much more flash the the strip baits hence the lack of use of strip baits on left edge. Injecting bait oils may be a game changer for the lakes. Both whole and plug cut baits will hold allot of bait oil. Try injecting your baits with herring, anchovy, sardine or tuna oil or some combination there of. You can find the syringes and needles at a good feed store. They are used on cattle. BTW strip baits would benefit from injections but have little capacity hold and meter out the oils well. When buying frozen herring look for clear eyes, a deep rounded belly, and good scale retention. If possible find out the baits source and when it was packaged. You want this years bait and if possible from Washington state. It’s hard to get even out here. Avoid anything left over from last year if possible. The good stuff has all its scales and bleeds red when cut. Old stuff doesn’t bleed.

A big THANK YOU! for making the best and most informative salmon fishing videos that I can find anywhere on the internet! I have only been down-rigging Lake Ontario for two years now. The first year I caught nothing. This year, I am catching salmon on a regular basis! Great fun!

As always thanks for watching. If you're new to the meat rig game or even an old salt this video will give you some great insight to meat rig fishing, and some tips and tactics to put more fish in your boat.

Thanks for all your Awesome vids.I have started fishing salmon again after a 10 plus year stop and your videos are huge for me to get back in the game..THANK YOU !!!!

Thanks for the info. After living 20 years in Colorado and lots of trolling Lake Powell {Utah}, we are back in northern Michigan for the last punches on our dance card. I've got a lot to learn and a short time to learn it!!! Thanks again.

Happened to be watching RU-vid and fell onto your series of videos. I like them very much. I live in South Dakota and most folks don't realize we have salmon and trout here but in actuality we do on Oahe Reservoir. I also head east about 4 times yearly to sheboygan Wi. I am an avid salmon fisherman and we utilize both Great Lakes tactics and Pacific tactics and merge the two at times. I appreciate your simple approach to the various types of salmon set ups and you are both personable to watch as well as give good usable info. Keep putting out your videos, I appreciate you sharing.

Awesome video. Wish I had them a few years ago when I started out. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼

Love this info ! The best

I'm on the Wisconsin side and the two meat rigs that really stand out on my boat have been the Dreamweaver Green Gasoline and the Big Water Green Mile. I love when they get hit because it's usually big and silver.

Ive never had a mest rig go. Have a couple things to change like checking the roll of the meat rig. Hope these work better for me

Great video! Appreciate the info!

Wow, never heard of this for Salmon fishing. Great video.

Very informative, thanks for sharing video.

Very good video thank you I will have to try a meat rig for sure.

BIG Thank you, ton of great information. Little things that matter.

Dude, what an awesome video. Thank you.

Thank you for your video I don’t do meat rigging but maybe someday I will but I actually enjoyed just watching a video in general as I’m a basically a new salmon fishery that I’ve been starting to use spoons and stuff like that. I mainly fish inland but wanting to enjoy great lakes to

Great video. Thanks.

made lots of sense thank you

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Love your channel

We just found your channel. This is awesome information thank you for sharing.

Great video man 👌👍 Can't let Atomic go unmentioned....killer flys and meat rigs they use ryes and John king heads and have some good cut bait as well! Tight lines everyone

awesome info

Thxs for the video Chris👍🏻. I can say I was intimated with using meat rigs and it’s a big investment if you end up picking the wrong colours and styles. I fish the North Shore of Lake Superior on the Canadian side and I heard from a friend in Wawa that they were using them there quite successfully. So I went for it I bought some Captain Johns and Dream Weavers. I know generally you can’t go wrong with green glow and uv in spoons so that’s the colour of meat rigs and flashers I bought. I also dip Net my own Smelt in spring for bait. I brine my own smelts and use Pautzke brine in green Uv and OrangeUv and natural Uv as well as my own recipes. I haven’t used bait strips just Smelt in my teaser heads. Meat rigs have definitely become my biggest producer of salmon and big lakers in my spread. Thxs

Caught my First Salmon on meat rig. Learned so much from you..

Keep er’ tight!

MC Rockets! Adjustable roll

Great Video!! I’m just getting ready to start learning how to fish meat rigs, can you tell me what length lead you would reccomend for meat rig on Downriggers? Thank you... Marty

Nice video

Do you tie your teaser flies? If you do can you do instructional video on that?

Great video as always. Generally,when running this rig on a downrigger,how far do you run it behind the cannonball?

Just wondering how you store your meat rigs and heads? I wasn’t sure if you had to do something special with them due to the scents from the meat. Thanks.

Great video! Thanks for the information. I am a Lake Erie Walleye guy and I am trying to figure what to use on Manistee Lake in mid-October. This will be my first trip up there, coming from Ohio. I kept hearing the term meat rig used but wasn't sure what it was, this cleared it up, thanks again! Would meat rigs be a good option in Manistee lake around mid-October? I mostly pull jets using big boards on Erie. For this trip I was planning on using dipseys. Just not sure what to put behind them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and I'm more than willing to trade tactics with anyone wanting to visit lake Erie for Walleye.

What is the best way to tie a copper or lead core to monofilament. Love your show. I fish out of Michigan City Indiana Dave McLachlan

Im fishing lake temagami and looking for education planning to use herring this year Il keep looking thanks

How far behind the ball do you run the big hoochies and meat rigs when fishing deep past temp break?

And his name is derek johnson he just saw you he would love it!!

Hi Chris, are salmon main food source here in SD. on Lake Oahe is Herring and Smelt. Would you know if Alewife cut bait work just as good if herring isn't available? I know Alewife are part of the Herring family. Thanks!

Do you use any type of small clear rubber bands to keep the hook on the meat?

Are there any benefits of running one style meat compared to the other? Speaking in reference to whole meat compared to already cut meat

A you don’t consider fluorescent orange I have had great success late in the season with it

Musslehead meatrigs way to go! Double white paddle!!! Deep!

I notice two holes at the end of the flashers. Which one is the default side? Does it just make the flasher turn counter clockwise if you switch sides. :

What rods do you like to use down riggers and for dipsy rods

I'm looking for bulk heads for customization purposes. Maybe a couple hundred. Any ideas?

If you don’t have a fish hawk for depth speed is there something to look for while out trolling to maybe get close

You showed how to use the strips but did i miss on how to start with the herring and prepare it to use? Thanks

you must own dream weaver

I would love to start using meat rigs but I cannot find anyone selling the green label baits where I live! They sell the rigs but not that meat that needed to run them. Lol

Can u do a video on electronics graph GPS transducer radar?

I want to run a strong wire leader ahead of the flasher to the mainline so I have less of a chance of losing it. My Question is, What is a "good length leader" for this or should I make up a variety of sizes of them 12", 24", 36", 48" and maybe some in moon as well? I have 120lb. Mono and some 80lb. Wire. Which is better or is it just personal preference?

Do those flies slide up and down the leader above your meat rig or do they have a stopping point? Do those flies make that much of a difference compared to just a flasher and meat rig? Thanks!

Hey Chris ever have meat soggy out of the package? Is that ok? Also you say you put your meat inside salt water? Aren't they pre salted?

Will lake trout hit meat rigs? And if so is there a specific color or style?

Is the meathead supposed to spin like a plugcut? I ran a three fly with meathead today (I’m in Oregon) and next to the boat at speed with the correct one second pump the meat rig didn’t seam to spin much. Our Willamette River fish love a tight spin on a whole or cut plug herring. Thanks.

What size flashers would you run for staging kings in 30-50 feet of water....

Hey my dad is your biggest fan when you do your live today could you shout him out

Have you used the meat rigs from Musslehead Tackle?

When you are talking about speed are you talking about knots or MPH

What are your thoughts on fishing with no meat in the meat rig?

Mussel head is best

how do u know how deep your dipsey diver is running

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