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

Fall Salmon Fishing in Michigan - Massive King! Pere Marquette River
Headed North to the Pere Marquette river for the fall Salmon run. The fish did not disappoint this year! Action all day with King Salmon tuggin hard on the line haha.. best day of fly fishing in a ling time!
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[@donstriepeke8724]

hey moe, hey larry!

[@AllenOutdoors868]

Those are huge fish!! Wow!!

[@michaelprevost1229]

Great day of fishing.Very nice video...Lets Go

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Michael Prevost Let’s goo! Thanks 👊👍

[@FightingTheFish]

Awesome video

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@FloridaRaider]

appreciate the catch and release

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Thanks man!

[@FreelanceDuckHunting]

Loved this video! Man Ive got to get in on this one of these years.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Awesome catch! When that big one jumped I was like 😳. What a Beautiful area to fish in

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@Mark-ee8be]

Crazy salmon,trout,steelheaders..it's in the blood

[@p.j.4738]

I've been there 5 times back in the early 2000's, we had a couple of guides and man these guys were strictly badass if they didn't know it you didn't need to know it! I caught 5 fish that day, one salmon was 26 pounds, my arm is still sore lol. What a beautiful serene place, even when there are a lot fishing.

[@rogercarlson2330]

Miss my old back yard. I moved over to the driftless area

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@sirfelgor]

Hello , I am watching your video now , Nice fish !!!!!!

[@mojustus1783]

How does this vid have only 8k views?!? Fish on!

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Mo JustUs Haha thanks man!

[@gabrielmaldonado9214]

Didn't get to go this year due to work ! Nice video thou ! Great fish.

[@kevtronik9266]

Hey man cool video

[@mattleese7764]

amazing how many people clicked on this video just to spread hate they must have awesome lives filled with joy and excitement

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Ha for real!

[@bakdraft6578]

Walkon thru the redds?

[@braedavis1005]

Nice behemoth reel ;)

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@karolkeller3850]

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

[@atlowe44]

That was a tank

[@pensnut08]

Long arm that fish!!!!!!

[@washburnbilly]

Good times on the river. I absolutely love it! I only made it North 3 times last fall because my truck took a crap on me. But soon enough I'll be on the boat drifting the big Man.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

washburnbilly heck ya! 👊👊

[@fermiticus4034]

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.

[@washburnbilly]

@@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?

[@fermiticus4034]

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!

[@washburnbilly]

@@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.

[@rickysimmonds2681]

Kings pull so hard can’t imagine one on a single hand fly rod

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Ricardo Simmonds It’s awesome! haha

[@laszlocsordas3950]

flossing spawning fish on beds hahahahaha SICK! LOL

[@mattleese7764]

you are stupid and prolly throw killer parties

[@heroryan7859]

@vAspects - or eggs

[@imonlyspectating2060]

Haha!! That salmon skeeted all over you and you let him go!!

[@SwimSkinny]

We just fished the same stretch last week...incredible!M what rid, reel, line, leader, and tippet??

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@ph0u22]

just starting to get into fly fishing for king salmon. Can you please, tell me what pole, reel, and line set up?

[@ZionTarkov]

I peeped your net, what batt were you in?

[@1adventureatatime73]

Awesome vid man. Just got my first fly rod. I'm new so lot to learn. do you recommend nymphs or streamers for rivers like that. Also I live in West mi too hope to be up there soon

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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!

[@tariklihic7425]

What fly rod are you using?

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Awesome video, awesome trip. No salmon fillets?

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

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!

[@karolkeller3850]

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

[@arrowstheorem1881]

Wisconsin baby!

[@austintheslasher1972]

I think that was the salmon that broke me off

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Ya I bet!

[@souayang3282]

Looks fun guys are u guys using fly

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Soua Yang Yep egg flies and streamers

[@hanyo1o132]

Out of curiosity. what type of rod and reel are you using? Thinking about getting a fly rod and reel, never had one, and dont know the more reliable brands for those.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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!

[@emerged6486]

What fly rod you using ? :>

[@BigDandyGames]

“So there I was ya see, a whole pod of kings digging redds right in front of me! So I dun took my me here fly rod, tied some 30lb maxima on and chucked the heaviest intruder I could until it stuck him perfect on the outside of the face! Then he just deathrolled for a fat minute because he was pretty much dead, then I put him in my nylon net that cuts the shit out of him and shoved my hand up his gills to show him who’s boss!!” Yeah dude fucking dooooooope vid. It’s still flossing, fly rod or not. Go downriver and swing for em for real. Leave the fish on gravel the fuck alone

[@markswenson4453]

Hoy many eggs do you think they kicked up wading through their spawning beds? Thats a felony where I come from disturbing king salmon

[@bakdrft2009]

Flossin the kings

[@DuckGunChronicles]

bakdrft2009 😑

[@tillwedie9]

Where at the pere Marquette?

[@DuckGunChronicles]

david uriostegui shhh it’s a secret 😬😬

[@tillwedie9]

Noooooooooo. Faaaaaqqqq

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@Akjorge907]

You flossed those guys nicely

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@CreekChubbin]

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.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@CreekChubbin]

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.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@reecemiller9467]

We were on them on the manistee a couple weeks ago, drifting egg sucking leeches. They are so fun to fight!

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@souayang3282]

Lol get a long net next time lol

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Soua Yang Haha would have help

[@muskratmanoutdoors2946]

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

[@adfredputt8539]

he gave me rides at lunch to taco hell. epw, inc

[@DuckGunChronicles]

adfred putt lol who is this

[@adfredputt8539]

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

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@adfredputt8539]

@@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.

[@mattleese7764]

pissed you released that

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@adamlancaster5364]

Green cottage??

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Adam Lancaster I fish there but not this time

[@adamlancaster5364]

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

[@adamlancaster5364]

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

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@humibugs]

Are you really fishing for fish on redds especially on the pm? For shame

[@Exite21]

Flossing at it's finest! If you even have to say "in the mouth" you know you're snagging/flossing. 9:09 is a good example

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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 😂😂

[@Exite21]

@@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.

[@leviburns89]

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.

[@Exite21]

@@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

[@mattleese7764]

@@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

[@mrdjsbizz]

Ah, fishermen...once an easygoing lot. Out for enjoyment of nature and the pleasure of sport...Now it appears, as evidenced in some of these comments...Nit-picking, utter boors who are obviously superior beings. Oh, did I mention - self-righteous pricks! Get a life - Enjoy...Live & let live - scratch that...Live & let fish!!!

[@rdgurule]

Those Tule’ strain fish are just poor quality. Sadly that’s all you guys have in the Midwest.

[@Will-vo1lp]

You're just snagging spawning salmon off the redds. Don't believe a word this guy says about getting a bite.

[@lmares3774]

You need to learn how to net a fish.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@angeloampana8426]

bunch of goofs flossing the kings leave them alone ..

[@raptorme9251]

Nice Kings...your releases are a joke...enough of the footage with them out of the water...need these fish to reproduce.

[@adventurefishing3190]

Rofl

[@rippenlipstv5738]

I don’t even bother when the fish are that damn ugly, if they break your rod, which you can and will on kings, it’s not just worth it for those boots

[@willdurant216]

Because of the music. It’s a horrid detractor.

[@raptorme9251]

too much emphasis on landing and releasing...the male king is milting all over...release him sooner for god sakes!

[@willdurant216]

Humans! Let’s see, I’ll step in a river and compromise the mouth of a fish for my perceived convenience, or lack thereof as I exercise my ego based logic and reason. If you are going to catch a fish harvest it! The growing ineptitude of KZbinrs is magnifying. This should concern all.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

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

[@willdurant216]

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 KZbinr 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!

[@mattleese7764]

@@willdurant216 you cry alot dont you Will?

[@willdurant216]

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

[@mattleese7764]

@@willdurant216 do you even limit bro? lmao