Bobber Fishing Steelhead

Steelhead fishing in a blizzard! Join us as we land some real beauties while enduring brutal conditions on this first official day of "spring" in northern MI.
Filmed on the same Michigan river where the former IGFA world record brown trout was caught in 2009 that weighed 41 pounds!
The equipment we used on this trip was centerpin reels on 13' float rods, coupled with jigs. For bait we ran jigs & wax worms, or spawn.

[@burkdog24]

Nothing like extreme weather steelhead fishing. Love this channel

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Appreciate it!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks for watching Russell. We were using centerpin reels. While they look like fly reels, they're actually quite different. A centerpin reel has no drag system, it just free spools. So as the current pulls the line, the reel pays out more line. Much more efficient than a spinning reel on big water like the river featured here. For bait we used cured salmon roe, or wax worms on jigs.

[@gordymohr]

wow, you guys are living the dream, lots of fish, no other boats, lots of fun. very nice, fish on dudes...................

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Every presentation has it's advantages, and times where it will shine. That's your call! A centerpin rig is one more arrow in your quiver!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Same to you Martin! Cheers from NW Michigan, USA!

[@SalmaxKayak]

Love it! Love the last release, weeeee! Good fish jump slow-mo

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Hey Ricky. This was shot on the Manistee river. My rod is a 6-8lb 13' rainshadow. I use an Islander centerpin, but there are lots of great choices out there. Thanks for watching!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Absolutely! They're effective when fishing with floats (bobbers). A baitcaster will allow you to freespool and feed line out as the current carries your bait downstream, all while keeping constant tension in case you get bit!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

We really appreciate the support. Thanks Senad!

[@AULTimateOUTDOORS]

I live near Lake Ontario and have never fished steel head or salmon or trout or anything! I think I need to start! Good video man!

[@mcriser]

I feel your pain with the cold, I live in south central AK. We will not see open water for at least 40-50 more days...keep the vids coming as I'm living vicariously through you.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thank you for watching! I'm not sure I've ever had a comment from Bosnia & Herzegovina. This is what's great about KZbin! We get to check out other places in the world we may otherwise never see. Good fishing my friend. Cheers!

[@mdjdecorations]

Great video lads,look like you had a grand day out and some lovely trout despite the cold and snow, great fishing, a joy to watch................Mick...... Gloucestershire...England.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Both have a time and place. Under these conditions, the CP reigns supreme!

[@martiinnn32]

Happy spring guys. Greetings from London, UK

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Glad you like the vids. You guys get some strong runs of steel on that side of the pond! I'd like to head over there to wet a line someday.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks man. I appreciate the feedback. We plan to set up a net cam soon. We've also tried to get release shots, but most times we're anchored in heavy current so the fish flashes by the camera too fast. We'll keep trying though!

[@rpdudas1]

The Steelhead are running in Pulaski, NY Pretty heavy. I just got back from Wisconsin Fishing trip and headed to NY.

[@ryanmeadows224]

You guys are awesome! Keep the videos coming, they keep me craving chrome in the off season :p

[@craigtitusbaroni]

awesome river with true giants.. I caught a legit 20 plus lbs. steelhead out of there 3 years ago in November and let it go.. didn't even get a picture of it but got the measurements for a mount. It was the biggest I have ever seen caught, fish of a lifetime for sure

[@prodixie]

Nice video and awesome fishes! Greetings from Finland!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Haha, thanks! The fish this day were probably around the 6-8lb range overall. Although the big boy was a lot bigger than that.

[@2bonthewater]

Fishing in Brutal Weather -- AWESOME Changing color when your fingers don't work -- AWESOME YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH great vid fellas

[@Hunt4fun96]

Man those are some beauties!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Right on man! Thanks.

[@wen520425]

Man what a day! Nice catch and release! thumbs up

[@mcriser]

We can fish the ocean year round but trout fishing in the creeks are what I prefer, the ocean is where I go to fill the freezer.

[@BradKnowlesPembertonFishFinder]

Great Video! you boys are slaying them, lets see some fly fishing action.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

It sounds like a good choice in rod/reel! For floats I run 11-15 gr for large rivers. Then I'll run somewhere around 8 for smaller streams. For mainline I run 14lb to my leader which is 8lb. If I hang up on a snag, I won't lose my float this way.

[@fvkmonster]

Killing it thanks for the good video🙏🏾

[@TheGorilla911]

Love the videos , we are The Top Lip fishing crew out of Southern Ontario , the steelhead runs coming in now are great . I hear ya with the cold hands -10 here but the fishing is great .

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Oh wow. Quite a while yet for you guys then! I sure hope to make it up your way someday. Sounds like quite the place!

[@Jarrodmontelius]

I was all excited to go fishing and we get to keep one steelhead per day this season. We are getting fucked on every level these days.

[@NightwingGR1]

Love these vid's, you deserve a lot more views!

[@senadkapetanovic9413]

Way to go guys!!!! Real deal fishing. Subscribed of course! Keep up good job!!!!

[@waikarimoana]

Nice fish mates,well done From the net we can Tell these are big trout,Thumbs up.

[@Terphunter101]

Nice....love steelhead...naturals for videos!

[@MIOutdoors1]

Aaaannd subscribed! Great videos! You guys make steelhead fishing look easy. I'm feeling good if I land two in a day.

[@Trotsky40]

07:21 "GET ON EM!!!!!" I love it...lol

[@SnapBackCollector211]

Wow Centerpin fishing for steelhead looks better than spinning

[@TheFisherman656]

Awesome fishin brotha!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thank you!

[@raymondspence8789]

Awsome vid. Here in north california we are just getting into our winter run. Looks good nice job

[@willdorris4871]

Great video. I have a lot of success fishing around the Grand Traverse Bay, might have to try out the Manistee River sometime.

[@shakeyshine]

Wow those are some nice fish, really enjoyed the video, Interesting Rods yall are using there. Look forward to seeing more of your videos in the future. Take Care guys and tight lines.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

So you're experiencing the same thing, all the way over there huh? Very interesting. I'm ready for some warmer temps!

[@TheCaptainQuinn]

Right on-Good Show!

[@RoniTheFishingGuide]

Awsome video!! looks like you guys have alot of snow!!

[@toddbrouillette7762]

What a Beauty, nice buck steelie!!

[@BigWater59]

Nice video JB... Thanks

[@justin21491]

"GET ON HIM!!!!" haha now thats a good fishing buddy.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Hahaha. Very true!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thank you, my man!

[@kemppaul999]

I love winter fishing, I think in the boat a small mr heat or some cheapo propane cylinder heater just for the hands would be perfect!!

[@Superstone1971]

Would love to see a rigging video for centerpin fishing. I just got into this style of fishing and have yet to find a good set-up video. Hint!

[@ski31989]

another great video!

[@timothyerickson3083]

Well Done!! I need do up videos like you guys

[@deandee8082]

you use those centerpin reels on a spinning rod or is it a hybrid fly rod/spinning rod made specially for the reels? I fished for steelies like this way back in the 80's you can ask fellow fishermen on the pilchuck, skykomish, stilly, skagit, snohomish.. used a cork, bobber red, attached to the main line, then a 4-6ft leader, a split shot right close to the hook with a sand shrimp attached using an egg loop.. I did well the few years I fished this style and my main motivation as the river wa changing so rapidly during the season back then I was reluctant to drift as I never knew what was on the bottom and was losing a lot of gear so I countered that by staying off the bottom and using firewire, still lost setups but I reduced it dramatically.. id use, large nigh crawlers I found at night with a flashlight in the yard, cured salmon stelly egg cluster I would cure in borax mixed with sugar free kool-aid powder, cherry red... and sand shrimp I would coat in a pack of sugar free kool aid before I set out, pour inthe pack and shake the container, I'd buy those the night before fresh, I tried coating the worms in kool-aid but it wouldn't take very well .. now and again I would simply use a small chrome corkie and chartreuse yarn, WORKS, soak the yarn in shrimp oil, also on the bigger deeper rivers like the skagit, snohomish and often the skykomish Id use a lunker light with a drift setup, KNOCKED EM DEAD, not sure why but only LARGE females would attack that setup, and I tend to throw females of size back, good to toss the large bucks back as well.. if everyone did this in 5-6 years they would all be fairly large, in 10 years, all large, 20 years, all massive.. they are trying this on select indian reservations and its working like gangbusters, there are utoob vids on this (addictive fishing).. brood fishing for; . . . but you must disregard temptation and throw back the biggest.. keep the smaller 8-12 pounders, until they are all above, then keep the 12-15 pounders, then they are all that big keep the 15-18 pounders, it stops around 30-35 pounders .. in teh day in the 60's I could land 24+ pounders routinely, then over my youth with commercial and the boldt decision they got smaller and smaller, yea the judge, judge boldt gave the indians an allotment of a fish, a count, so obviously they throw back the shakers keep the larger fish.. destroyed the pac west steely runs, some reservations are trying to bring it back, then the rearing ponds only had the hatch of smaller females, WSDFW is a fairly ignorant outfit, surprised there is any wildlife or fish at all... oregon not much better I'd use a long spinning rod with a spinning reel, still have it, 10ft, very light action, used what was called firewire line.. I could use a 6-8lb test diameter and reel in anything, = to 32lb tst? almost anything, I left a few car bodies and tree stumps at the bottom of those rivers however few snags and very few if any fish could break that line, that firewire was responsible for some hogs on the beach, oddly enough one day while fishing at hole at the end of "beach drive" I landed 2 hogs, one 28'bs, one 25, there were several witnesses, johns kids, loren hensen.. anywho fish stories right? I do remember back then only the girls and the kiddies used nets, still how it is I believe on the rivers? I mean who's going to walk up and down the river with a huge net in hand? pretty sure only girls use boats as well on those rivers, hale if the waters too cold for ya go home stoke the fire.. sheesh, surprised you fellas don't have a big screen and an espresso machine on board, you're not really fishing basically you're reeling fish close to the boat then netting them, I mean how do ya'll meet that hefty challenge week after week? anywho in an age where men look like women and women look like men and some are both what can one expect right?

[@BHMacho]

great video really good river with a lot of salmons you are very lucky i live near the river but there is no salmons because of polution and high water temperature i'm the big fan of float fishing but my wish is to try fly fishing good luck greetings from river Usora in Bosnia and Herzegovina

[@buckkiller3]

Man you gotta love those lake trout...I mean Michigan steelhead, looked to me like you guys were fishing "THE BEAD". You said in the Vid that it was below 20F but I never seen any ice form on your guides? Here in WA state the river would have been Iced over in many places, I also like the hero shots.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Jig & wax works better in some areas than in others. Try a spawn bag instead?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks! 14lb main line, and 6lb leader.

[@barf101]

Great videos, keep it up

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Hahaha. Good point Douglas!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

I use Powerdirector 10, by Cyberlink. Although there is an 11 out now. You can find it on Amazon for roughly $50. I've never seen the Cineform, so I can't speak to it's effectiveness.

[@kasmasters]

great video! keep up the good work.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

It's a fun place to fish!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

¡Gracias! Buena pesca a usted!

[@loisgriffin8502]

Excellent!

[@FishingCanterbury]

HI Good Fishing Man. Good trout video.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Rainshadow IM7 13' with a spey handle, with an Islander centerpin.

[@TheCaptainQuinn]

Right on-Good Show!~

[@shaunburkey7091]

Captain Quinn what the name of the hand net you use to keep the fish in the water when you are getting the hook out??

[@russellkempe3231]

I love this one. Happy to see you guys using bobbers. Wondering why you couldn't use a spinning rod instead of fly rod unless that's all you have. Like others wondering if you guys are using a spinner type lure or bait on the hook. All I see is the hook in the fish.

[@77Rober]

Me parece una vida muy buena y sana,lo envidio de la mejor manera felicitaciones.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Yeah, you should try this sometime. Although it's very addictive. Haha!

[@oldirtyshinobi]

Love your guys vids! Great work can I request a net mounted go pro shot for the landing?! Maybe some underwater release? Dope vids and great fish keep up the good work!

[@SnapBackCollector211]

My dad is making it turned out really good im gonna use the centerpin this fall its way better than spinning you get a longer drift and you can have a natural drift and the best part no drag so i think centerpin is way better agree ?

[@mynames420ppl]

Right on!

[@ilijahelp98]

Nice video !

[@robertocolon2976]

thank you

[@62jonesy]

What program do you use to edit these vids? Great footage and steelhead btw. Just picked up a gopro 3 black edition and not sure if I should use the gopro Cineform or a different program.

[@fastmattmattmatt]

Is that 9 mile road in Kaleva when you guys are headed out? My uncle works in Larrys there I go up there sometime to hunt and ice fish lol.

[@JRZ604]

Great video guys just curious what program are you using to edit and convert your videos on to youtube, I'm having trouble getting my HD vids to play in actual HD when uploaded onto youtube. The quality tends to be a lot poorer quality when I upload my HD vids onto youtube then when I watch on my comp I'm guessing youtube renders down the vids quite a bit which makes for crap quality so any kind of help would be great thanx.

[@tubeyoukyle]

Were you guys on the manistee river? Flies and waxies I presume.

[@PaulLieb]

Try some mini planing bobbers called BulletBobbers to get your fly where you want it to go and keep it there longer.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

I'll head on over right now Heith!

[@ernieramirez4380]

yea you guys diehard fisherman on the weathergood video

[@leolldankology]

Awesome feeeesh mister.....

[@unholy754]

in canada we would be in shorts! come on guys lol. Nice fish by the way !

[@ConsummateSportsman]

It didn't have a name... until now! :D

[@AnglerMarv]

Dope Video

[@ConsummateSportsman]

This was all in one trip.

[@KassPaAttHava]

Nice video! :)

[@josephdrago7184]

I love fishing

[@chriscollins85]

2:58 lmao love it

[@gavinsmitty23]

I've been fishin for steelhead with a jig an wax worm bobber fishing. But I've haven't caught anything. I fish in the white river in Michigan.

[@greger55100]

YEAAAAAAAA!!!!

[@shaunanicholson994]

Nice fish boys! Do you run that red mainline all the way to your leader? or do you add a section of clear line for stealth?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

All the way to the leader!

[@lukestables5697]

Just bought my first centre pin reel, what brand and strength mainline would you recommend? Thanks. Great uploads, keep up the good work!

[@MANCINGMANIAGROUPKALTIM]

wow...good job