The very best tips really! Cheers and thank you! I’ll be spending the next 4 days hunting Steelhead on the Pere Marquette and Little Manistee!!! So stoked!!
Great tips, gave me a few things to try out! This bodes well with my experience steelhead fishing and I think the number one lesson here is to experiment. Some of my most enjoyable moments are when the fishing slows down with traditional methods and you need to adapt. It’s a great feeling when suddenly no one is catching except you and guys approach to see what your doing different.
When I was 13 I rode my bicycle to the river and used my 88cent yellow fiber glass pole with $1.25 tic tic tic spinning reel and a red and white Daredevil to fish in the middle of fishermen with fancy waders and fancy poles and fancy reels and fancy hip waders. They were using eggs and I caught my 2 steelhead limit in about 30 minutes with the largest fish was a male at 42 inches long. Yes that is 3 and 1/2 feet. Got on my bike and road home and left those fancy fishermen still standing in the frozen river skunked.
Rainbows are so goofy, man…that steelhead hitting the bobber is such a great example. There are times when you’d swear they would fight over an empty hook…
It's to explain the video quality which has changed in big leaps every 10 years or so. Sorry to say that even 4K doesn't stream that well on youtube during busy times. Going to offer full resolution copies on flash drives by the end of Summer. Wish everyone could see how it all looks on a 55 inch, 4K TV! No comparison!! For me it's all about how fish look underwater in their own environment. The information is solid and true, based on many years of underwater filming and experimentation. But, truth be known, the scripted info is just an excuse to share all the recorded images of these amazing fish we enjoy catching! Rick
I've fished the rivers of Vancouver Island for almost 50 years. Float fishing has always been the go-to around here however, I always carry a second slightly shorter rod which I use for bouncing and/or swinging spinners and spoons. Apart from the float fishing, I'd like to believe that we Canadians here in the Pacific Northwest were the first guys to start using the rubber worms and pulling the plugs, though Buzz Ramsey might object to the latter claim. :) Great underwater footage. Cheers from Vancouver Island. :)
I live in the US pacific NW, and I do give you guys to the near north all the credit on being the first to float fish and for sure rubber worms and many other now common techniques. I love floats, bouncing, spoons etc all are good.....but I do give buzz the nod on the plugs I think he came out the womb fishing plugs
@@tommcclellan1133 Yeah, in the early '80s Buzz came up here to fish the Thompson River and gave us all a lesson on pulling plugs. Because of him they made jet sleds a no-go on the Thompson and later band all fishing from boats. I guess he made a few too many folks jealous. A friend of mine who fished the Thompson regularly told me about this guy that was back trolling plugs in sled that was just killing them. We started trying the plugs(mostly Hotshots) out on some of the Island's rivers and had some great success with them. We've got too many seals and sea lions stalking our estuaries these days and not enough enhancement, it's not what it use to be. Cheers :)
This is an interesting video for-sure, I generally fish close to bottom especially when it’s clear but the old twitch to get a reaction strike does seem to work even with a bead or bag.. cool that you guys actually got that on film. I wonder about trying that little drop shot method when fishing heavy timber, may have to bring a smaller drop shot rod then my float rod next time I fish tribs and give it a try.
Here in northeast Ohio, our best runs seems to be late fall and early spring. Sure there's enough to where you can have good fall action, but I prefer March
Whelp, I've been doing it wrong for years! No wonder I've had such poor luck, and lost tackle!!! Gonna rig up just like I do for trout as a kid. Greetings from Oregon.
Perfect drift? - You DO need a Centerpin! A second choice would be a bait caster with a super smooth roll, and finger control. Problem is I come from the 'old school' group of Anglers that grew up with spinning tackle and NO FLOATS! for Bows (as we called them). In 1970 my good friend Richard Sim (not any one else as some will claim) observed this ages old European float fishing method and adapted it for our cold water fish here (Salmon and Trout). I LIVED it and SAW it unfold in Ontario in the early 1970's. Man am I old! The method took off like a shot and led to all those rod, centrepin and float making industries. I'm sure I'm going to get some flack for this claim. In 1973 Richard taught me the method. His original rod and freespool weighed 11 pounds. Going to do a special this Fall complete with old photos and historical facts. I just prefer the versatility of a spinning rod, and to be different. Achieving a good drift is real tough but I cover water a lot quicker...and can toss lures. I also prefer the feel of fighting fish this way. Where are you from Adam - maybe we fished side by side and didn't know it? Rick
@@ontariosteelheadoutfitters5838 Thanks! Please check out the 'History of Centrepin Steelhead Special' this Fall, probably in November. Need to scan 100's of photos and talk to Richard Sim's surviving Daughter for other memorabilia. He was a great Man and shared his knowledge with anyone who desired it. Unfortunately, from his teenage years he weighed in excess of 350 pounds....which eventually ended his life prematurely. He would have been amazed to see the Centrepin revolution everywhere across North America. I'll post an old photo in May on my next Steelhead related post. Rick
@@thefish-eyeview7733 is Richard Sim's the guy that people used to call "Tiny" ? I think it was Craig Ritchie that mentioned around 20 years ago or more in an old Real Fishing magazine article about a guy named Tiny that started using a fly rod with a spinning reel taped to it, light line and floats. I absolutely loved this video. PS, I'm an old friend of magazine editor Jerry Huges. I tried getting in contact with him through email 8 or 9 years ago but no luck. I first met him in person 20 years ago at the fishing show. We exchanged emails before meeting in person for a long while. I hope he's doing ok. If he's still working there, tell him Tony says hi. Just mention to him that my buddies and I were the guys that helped him pack out the gear at the canadian sport fishing booth at the fishing show when he used to work there. cheers!
These are Lake Huron and Lake Ontario Tributaries. I choose the smaller flows to facilitate getting close to the fish with an underwater camera. There are some 'hidden' tips on exact locations. The 'Fishing with Barbie' video, for instance. Thanks for watching!
I thought our dnr in mich has actually used oregon and washington eggs for their plants. The salmon are salmon i hope. I mean the cohos and kings started directly from pacific run fish. They were planted to help solve the alewife overpopulation, and pr I vide a fishery at the same time. Also, dont discount hardware for rainbows. Ive fish hardware and caught the only or among the minority of fish while next to the drifters. I just like making them strike a spinner.
Do you have footage of this but with salmon on how they react to yarn, beads or flies. Flossing or are they actually going for it? Compared to drifting skein and getting a reaction strike with hardbaits. Snagging or reaction strikes. I don’t usually fish the rivers anymore for salmon but if I do it’s usually with skein or lures
Only a few shots of them eating real singles and bits of skein (and swallowing them). Problem is when they first come in the water is less than clear - and they're hitting. When it becomes clear enough to film, Salmon are very shy indeed, usually because People are bothering them (filmed hundreds decorated for Christmas). It's all about timing and location when filming anything. Going to try that once again this year in places I've scouted out. Hope the Liners (Flossers) stay away long enough. Need an early August run. Muskie and river run Salmon = my bucket list!
What about that Water Wolf in front of a jointed Rapala? Shore casting or lower river pools, you'e the Man who knows that best! Include the precast view, flight, landing - I'd love to see that!! Might be a million hit video. Rick
@@thefish-eyeview7733 I thought about it. I actually bought a pontoon so I could troll the inner marinas for salmon with the waterwolf but it’ll be awhile for me to get that rigged up. I have some ideas but I just need the time to actually do it...haha
Hold up right quick... Dragging your float pulls your presentation right up out of the strike zone and holds it only a few inches under the surface... You want as little tension in your line as possible when float fishing so you get as natural of a drift as you can.
It's a short pause with a slightly longer lead....and not in fast water. A longer pause will cause your bait to rise, which also triggers strikes. The premise of the video was to show that UNNATURAL drifts trigger fish when natural drifts fail. Try it some time.
Steelhead are ocean run Rainbow Trout, and given the same name by biologists. I'm just 'going with the flow' in referring to them as 'Steelhead'. When I'm fishing I call them Rainbows, or Bows for short. Just wondering if you've placed this comment to the thousands of posted videos from Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio, where these lake run Rainbow Trout are invariably referred to as 'Steelhead'?? If not - you've got your work cut out for you. But thanks for watching and commenting! Rick
Steelhead are technically and taxonomically just Rainbows that are ocean run, and designated with the same family and genus name as well. That name just became popular in the Great Lakes so I use it in the videos. Seems you can't please everyone. Amongst Friends I always refer to these Lake run Rainbows and the West Coast Sea run version as Rainbows, or Bows, for short, which they all are.
@@Auroralawnservices Why do I care what New York thinks about a fish that doesn't live there? Go hook one that has just come in from living in the Pacific Ocean for 3 years and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Tell that to all the Guys from New York to Wisconsin who post videos on these fish. I'm just going with the flow and overwhelmingly popular terminology for my videos. Up in Canada we ALWAYS have, and still do refer to them as Rainbows, or just Bows, for short. You really should write the fish and game departments in ALL the States that border the Great Lakes to set them straight. Then send a memo to each and every one of the US anglers in those States as well......to straighten them out......seeing as you're so picky.
@@thefish-eyeview7733 If people want to pretend their fish is something it isn't, it's really their problem - not mine. I just think it's embarrassing for you guys (or those guys) to try and call those fish steelhead. A steelhead goes to the salt. It's in the definition.
