Centerpin Steelhead Fishing

Great Lakes steelhead float fishing in west Michigan. Using centerpin gear, most of our action came on spawn bags, and a few on jigs.

[@benjaminwarner3721]

Caught some monsters on the Niagara on the 21st of March, 3 that were more than 11 lbs. Plus we got the bases loaded grand slam. Brown, Steel, Laker and Walleye all in one morning. I love watching your videos boys!

[@mrtunacasserole11]

This should be a weekly TV show. You guys are great!!!

[@39jimmyjam]

Absolutely love the effortless net job on the first fish!

[@alexdymond8405]

Man! A few months ago I put up some comments and we were talking back and forth about how you guys should show us your pin rigs and shotting patterns, and you actually made it part of a vid! Frigid weather on the water, but awesome fish make it worth it. Tight lines!

[@jonluea]

Great vid JB & Rick. Sometimes your buddies get all the fish. I took two last wkd in the MI NW on the last day. I really liked to addition of the rig explanation and music and video alterations like you used to do when wading and videoing. Keep it up!

[@loriquentin]

You guys are flat nuts! Holy what??!!! So reminds me of when i am fishing! I truly enjoy watching your vids! Tight lines!

[@kegansanch6516]

Miss you guys making videos. Wish one of you would get back into it.

[@Superstone1971]

Another awesome video. Thanks for sharing your rigging.

[@jessygoldsmith9810]

best part was when u filmed the bobber going down! getting to see the strikes "bobber Down" in these videos or any steelhead videos are the best i think!!

[@ReelSteelAnglersofMi]

Great video guys. Always a pleasure to watch. Love the comment "IS THAT A STURGEON!" lol

[@surethingsfly]

You guy's are amazing! That's some serious fishing right there. ATB.

[@MerrymanOutdoors]

Haha awesome! Nice of him to let you land a jumbo skipper on the day of Rick.

[@ace101guy]

You guys are always so relaxed while catching these awesome fish Haha. I'd be jumpin around like a damn kid!

[@XTheBassAssassinX]

Why don't you come down to central MI and go bass fishing once the lakes thaw out sometime! My treat!

[@spiltmilt]

Seeing this vid makes me want try center pin fishing. Great video guys!

[@flyboiii28]

Outstanding video guys! Thanks for putting in the set up in this video maybe ill catch one of those infamous egg wagons next time out.

[@michaelchavez560]

You guys are awesome, love to catch one of those trophys.

[@Terphunter101]

Looks like fun...some pretty fish.

[@troychishow1902]

Such an awesome video.

[@AULTimateOUTDOORS]

Nice fish man! Looks like a lot of fun fishing them! Of course I have never found a fish that is not fun to catch! LOL Congrats on your catch man!

[@michissa105]

Fantastic video

[@oldirtyshinobi]

Another sick vid boys!

[@hydrophilic2021]

i like this channel, hope to see more vids my man

[@donwoodcock3868]

You guys are great could you please make more centrepin vids on steelhead or chinnys

[@Fins-Feathers-Labs]

The day of Rick -- it had to do with more than the technique; it was the Kromer! haha Excellent video;as always. I would be interested in knowing what type of boat that you guys run.

[@bazlur]

nice and clear video. all you fishing with Raven equips? you should show how the float go down, when the fish strikes( I saw one stricke)

[@BigWater59]

Man you guys are going to "need a bigger boat" with those monsters.

[@notrollcole8313]

Great videos love the channel!! I might see you guys out on the water in Michigan when I'm with brian sometime!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Right on man. Tell that old geezer I said hello! :D

[@FreelanceDuckHunting]

Love the telescoping camera mount. Would you mind sharing with me where you purchased it?

[@bradbotham1]

You fellas are NASTY. Do either of you guide? I’m in SE Michigan and would love to come out ASAP.

[@mireeladdiction620]

Nice Video! Just got my First pin and still learning to use it 😁 #catchandrelease 👌🏼

[@MattMetroka]

Rick with da egg wagons! Nice vid lol

[@idexcavator]

Its about time Rick caught something on video.

[@chrisbelanger6467]

May I ask where you were fishing when this took place? ? Amazing video.. looks fun as hell.. awesome job.. with a few added beauties .. I will make it a life goal to do something like this... I'm utterly jealous

[@IsaakBustardOffroading]

Love your videos guys, just one quick question, do you only do catch and release or do you keep some of your catches?

[@Dragscreamer1]

What centerpin reel do you recommend best bang for your buck? Looking to get my first centerpin reel this Christmas. Thank you!

[@samreynolds8229]

Nice vid just subscribed

[@ORCALGS]

what rod do you use for that islander?

[@michigankilla]

All of your videos should have many more views. You guys do a great job! I live and fish in West Michigan as well. Seems like you have a lot of river figured out. Do you guide, or just fish a lot? BTW, boot of the year at 3:35!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks! We just fish for fun. No guides here. And yes, the fish at 3:35 was quite bootilicious! Haha.

[@Gonzo3780]

What the heck was wrong with that first fish? How many batteries do you bring along for the gopros? Or are there just that many fish in the area you can turn the cameras cast out and hook up like your buddy did? Good stuff JB as always...Gonzo...

[@ConsummateSportsman]

That first fish was a misfit from the hatchery. Birth defects I think? Not sure. During a day's worth of fishing we'll go through 5 or 6 gopro batteries. Not too bad considering we run 3 cameras.

[@NoahDean]

The day of Rick!?!? Ha ha, love your videos. Do you have any reviewing your gear (rod/reel/line)? Thanks!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

No, we don't but I can put one together.

[@simaod17]

hahaha this was fuckin awesome, gotta pick up a boat to fish some of the more remote parts of the huron tributaries.

[@geoffringham1051]

Great video. Nice to see you guys catch and release 👍 Not everything needs to go in the pan 😊

[@silvergameing6809]

Nice

[@billpeirce7127]

Fun fun

[@ivanzhukov7542]

Perfect! How is it cool, guys! Thank you for your work. I dream to do something similar, but not as many fish. Waiting for new video! PS Uncover the secret to catch that? Looks like silicone bait and its size? Where can I see?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks, Ivan! The bait we were using was cured salmon eggs, tied in small sacks. You can see our process of egg preservation in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4HWo6ywd7qIps0

[@ivanzhukov7542]

Thank you, now it is clear. But we do not bite in the rivers for salmon eggs. Difficult to pick up the bait for float fishing.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

***** Perhaps try flies? Or plastic grubs?

[@ivanzhukov7542]

Jig-flies no result. And from an ordinary silicone twister orange attacks trout and losos.Tak have long caught the local fishermen. I'm trying to catch beads, but to no avail.

[@MrGILBERTV]

Could you tell me about the diff colorations in steelhead? I caught a 30"10# the other day that was more rainbow trout in color vs the darker fish you catch. It had the salmonoid jaw. But was just silver and light pink stripe. Is it just going thru it's spawning change and may get darker? Idk if it was male or female. Tried to squeeze its area to see if anything would come out nada. Seems like I'd know but I don't really know the diff. If it helps it was st Clair river in pt Huron. I've seen u catch smaller and larger w a darker tone. #catch&release. Great videos as always.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

The darker or more colored up a fish is, the longer it's been in the river system. The fish you see in many of our videos, have been in the river for weeks, if not months. They tend to blend into their surroundings. Hence, big lake fish will be silver, river fish will be darker. To determine the sex of a steelhead, look to see if it's jaw goes backward past it's eye. Males have longer bottom jaws, females are shorter. So a hens jaw won't go past her eye, whereas a buck's will. Older males will also develop a kype (the hooked lower jaw.)

[@MrMoonduner]

must have been useing the baby bass lol

[@nathanielsnyder6753]

What kind of reel is Rick using? Is that a Ross flow or is that a cheaper knockoff version I've seen on eBay for 50$

[@82spoon82]

1:21 Heyuguise!

[@ChristopherThuss_Fishing]

i'm not sure if you'll see this or not but i began float fishing for steelhead this past winter, right now i've just been using a 7' M Spinning combo, would i be better off investing in centerpin gear or just getting a better spinning combo (like a 8' 6" ML)

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Both centerpins and spinning combos have a time and place. Many hardcore steelhead addicts have both! Centerpins really shine on larger flows. Keep the spinning outfit for smaller streams.

[@ChristopherThuss_Fishing]

The Consummate Sportsman thanks for the reply, I usually do fish smaller streams, now with spinning gear, do i wanna cast upstream and close bail let it float down or keep it open? this is probably a really stupid question.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Blxr Open and close the bail. Don't just leave it open. You've got to find the balance between feeding line to the current for a drag free drift, and being ready for a strike to set the hook.

[@jarredphilips4243]

what river is this?

[@camberlubos3995]

Hey folks. Wonderful video.I don't want to seem dumb, but what kind of rods do you use ? It seems to me like a fly fishing rods, but combined wth float fishing. Am I right ?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

+Camber Luboš Those are centerpin setups. The reel looks like a fly reel, but it has no drag. It just free spools, allowing the current to take your float downstream.

[@Angel_of_deth39]

if it has no drag, how do the fish not spool you right in the beginning?

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

You guys are awesome Fishermen!! ^^ what type of bait or lures were you using?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

16 8 Spawn (roe) bags, and jigs.

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

Ah ok then , cause I fish too

[@BenJones113]

FishingMaster Studios is that so?

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

uh yeah?

[@TheReapeer94]

Is that yellow pole you have the camera on something you bought or made?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

That's an extendable painters stick from the hardware store.

[@unseenoutdoors]

Not sure what a hash tag is but that was a pound sign in front of the words. .....

[@jimsanders8156]

What kind of boat is that?

[@edianichonutube]

Great vid, gens. I'm a novice to center pin, could you share what rods and reels you're using please? Thank you.

[@fredgannon4492]

what kind of boat is that?

[@jav2677]

have u use trout beads ever in Michigan

[@BobertJunior1025]

Catchin' fish and shootin' shit. Good times.

[@ktnjr]

Do you guys put floats in your spawn sacs?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

No. You want the bag to hang below your shot, not float up.

[@chaznobrega4340]

What rod?

[@jasonnester9514]

What river y’all on

[@jav2677]

have u use trout beads ever

[@bplambeck13]

what rods do both of you use?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Lamiglas and Rainshadow

[@xXDarkWolfXx961]

what kinda reel is the silver one. Ricks i believe.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

That's a Ross Flow.

[@MrGoldenMoose]

this reminds me of Pulaski

[@taniaakter2787]

can you eat them. what size o they nee to be so you could take them home

[@gavinsmitty23]

Looking for a steelhead rod around 70 dollars. Know any

[@jav2677]

have u ever used trout beads

[@googooba12]

is that an islander your usin?

[@ChristopherThuss_Fishing]

yes sir.

[@jakemitchell3893]

What kind of real is that

[@danhayden4254]

Can you explain how you guys come up with the notion to call these big rainbow trout steelhead?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Better yet, explain why sea run fish should be called steelhead, and lake runs shouldn't be? Both are migratory rainbows. They're basically the same sized fish as well, excluding the rare giant specimen that occasionally appears in B.C.

[@danhayden4254]

Sorry, I did not mean to sound rude. This is obviously a horse that has been beaten to death already. My opinion however after research is that a true Steelhead simply goes from fresh to salt and back. Here in Washington the WDFW shut down a lot of hatcheries and they ended up putting a lot of steelhead smolts in a few lakes around here. Alot just feel that as soon as this happened those fish can no longer be classed as chromers anymore. This does not degrade your guys' fish over there however. I just think they should be called really big really pissed off rainbows.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

+Dan Hayden I understand your viewpoint. Can't really argue the salt to fresh point. They've been referred to as "steelhead" here in the great lakes for years. Long before my time. I just go with the flow. :)

[@meltdowner67]

+Dan Hayden well steelhead are anadromous so yes you are right. its funny bc alot of these strains of steelhead end up back in the great lakes so in its kind of the same behavior just at a minuscule scale that the ocean has. and i also might be completely wrong bc there is no salt water but i think the behavior of the species is the same

[@RC-nj1by]

+Dan Hayden It's a Great Lakes thing. There seems to be 2 distinct types of Rainbow. The typical pink with dots "rainbow" which are football shaped, then your pure silver/grey (maybe a slight pink tinge) torpedo shaped ones which are "steelhead". Both types never hit the ocean and stay within the lakes. In the Great Lakes area it basically comes down to this: call it either and people will know what you're talking about.

[@szycha63]

where did You fish ?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

West Michigan :)

[@szycha63]

The Consummate Sportsman I'm from Chicago and its on north or south side of lake Michigan what river is it ?

[@robertunversaw]

Drake goldeneye 3:06.

[@bakdraft6578]

Only people from Mi wear the "Kromer"!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

I've got 4 of them :)

[@bakdraft6578]

3 myself...

[@andrewresczenko1958]

The Consummate Sportsman What do you mean by the term, "boot". Is that just a colored up male?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Yup, exactly.

[@andrewresczenko1958]

Awesome!

[@PeasantPB]

are great lakes steelhead not just lake run rainbows?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Yup. Just like Pacific steelhead are sea run rainbows, lol.

[@VeronicaGarcia-oz4ti]

This is actually a fisherman fly fishing is the best sport ever

[@fishdog70]

Veronica Garcia fly fishing is for snobs! Get a pin to win.

[@leolldankology]

Big girls need love to.....!

[@leolldankology]

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[@CogInAVice]

No Bonks No Likes.

[@buck3173]

That 1st fish was so f'd up! Just another reason why they shouldnt call them steelhead.... It would be like hunting domesticated turkeys and calling them Wild Turkeys. Nothing more than dumb lake trout! Sorry nothing against you...

[@kegansanch6516]

Miss you guys making videos. Wish one of you would get back into it.

[@jav2677]

have u ever used trout beads