Great Lakes Salmon Fishing

Fishing for giant Great Lakes king salmon in Lake Michigan aboard a 16' Lund. All strikes caught on video! 2013 has been a tough year for salmon on the big lake, but on this trip we could do no wrong. Most action was in the top 60' of water, with 40-60' being best.

[@Smokercraft427]

One of my favorite videos. Nice job running 9 lines from a small boat. Looks like the wonder bread jplug was a stud! Those were some nice size kings. Let's hope Lake Michigan gets back to that quality of fishing soon.

[@ezattlin]

Oh well! Glad there's someone from the west side uploading awesome video's and who is personable enough to reply to his followers.. keep up the great videos!

[@SwampDonkey530]

Awesome video JB..some nice double headers...loved the singing of the drag..minty.!!!

[@BigWater59]

Man I am happy for you guys. Nice job JB

[@bidencrimefamily2484]

Nice video. You guys fish that boat very well! !

[@teamspoon-fedfishing5045]

Nice video, looked like a great day on the big pond!

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Wow, that is crazy amount of lines! Must take a bit to get all those lines out. Great video again!

[@ChuckRichardsHandmadeKnives]

Another great vid! ahhhh good times. Thanks for sharing. Chuck

[@freedom4kaz]

Great job guys!! I'll be in the streams up there in 4 weeks!! Can't wait!! I hope to meet you guys some day. I also fish Frankfort too.

[@jeffv4711]

Another fine video from "The Consummate Sportsman"

[@hitmhard]

Awesome video man!

[@gillmaster200]

You dont need to set the hook! lol The fish are so big this year its amazing. Here out of Holland we are having the same thing. Good video!!!

[@SalmaxKayak]

There's the vid I needed! Sweet!

[@hunt4fun3]

The cohos are big over here in Wi this year as well. Keep up the good work!!!

[@RoniTheFishingGuide]

awesome video man! I got my set up this season (video editor and gopro gadgets;) ) cant wait to share! keep up the good work, cheers

[@Gonzo3780]

I have never seen a coho that big in my life...The one's we get here are about 14-18 inchs and not close to that fat...Got to love those doubles...Looked like a great day to be out brother...Lots of action...Great video...

[@DebbieDownerDiz]

Nice fish guys!

[@cotaloc619]

I would have liked to have seen that cat. Good video like always, keep up the awesome work! (:

[@AugustSrbija]

Again Fantastic Video many Action Great Fishes so Good Work :)

[@surethingsfly]

Bet their arms were sore after all those fish! Smiles all round, well done JB! ATB.

[@javasoccernut]

Thumb up even though you're wearing a State shirt. ;) This is the kind of stuff I miss about MI. Thanks for reminders of home. Now if i could just get some cherries...

[@ConsummateSportsman]

That's an understatement!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Grilled and smoked. Those coho's were fantastic!!

[@BBBYpsi]

That is so good fishing there.

[@nabotic6832]

BBBYpsi yea mainly king salmon, steelheads, and if your unlucky a lake trout

[@IcedKILLAET]

Missing fishing for kings already lol! All we can do is wait for next summer... Hopefully there's more quantity!!

[@phajej1993]

you guys are awesome

[@xshredder6x]

Nice video JB, I jeally.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

4 boards with copper lines, 2 wire diver rods, 2 riggers, one stacked, the other with a free slider. Spoons, plugs, and spin doctors/flies all caught fish. Only standard sized spoons went. Mags weren't touched at all.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

6 is a breeze! In this vid I was actually running 9 :) In MI, you're allowed 3 lines per man. I run weighted lines off planer boards way off the sides, then dipsys and downriggers in tight to the boat. Sometimes I'll tangle with a really hot fish, but it's pretty rare.

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

I was the inventor of farm raising and release of salmon fingerlings with the DNR It looks like its caught on good now. Of course I also invented hook and line fishing altogether with my friend in the late 1950s

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Sweet, great video! Amazing you're running 6 rods off that boat. Do you ever get tangled lines? I just got a used 16 foot spectrum with a 75hp, so hopefully I'll be able to go for some Kings off the California coast next summer. I can't wait.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Go Green!! :D Glad you liked the vid.

[@HosBoba]

I liked before I watched !!!!

[@Noidea242]

Hi just watched your vid what kind of rod holders do you use?i like that you pull up to vertical and take the rod out sweet

[@barfly1382]

Big kings in small boats...gotta love it!

[@bowhuntermathews60]

Hey guys! You have some awesome videos! I love watching them. I was curious as to what kind of GoPro mount you use on the front of your boat? The one that is up in the air looking back towards all the rods. My dad and me have a 22' big lake fishing boat and love to fish for lakers, coho's, kings, browns, and rainbows. We live in the U.P. of MI and have a few great harbors within 15 miles. Saxon Harbor, WI and Black River Harbor in MI. Keep up the great videos!!

[@ConsummateSportsman]

The gopro is set on top of an extendable painters stick that I bought at the local hardware store. Just set it into a piece of PVC mounted to the console, and bungee it into place. Very easy to do, and slick! Provides some great footage. Thanks for watching!

[@danielgomes-ur3rm]

We new to salmon fishing so sorry about this stupid question but do u set the hook with downriggers we fish dipsys a lot so ya

[@toyman2k]

What kind of rod holders are u using for your dipsys as I love the way they move and release

[@12x9Survival]

nice fish jb

[@GuoSlice]

wow that's some nonstop action right there. What are the limits like for salmon in lake michigan?

[@ezattlin]

Do you run any charters? I'm just south of you in Grand Haven and i'd love for a trip!

[@the-mountainlife]

This is just one of your awesome fishing videos, good work man. I was just curious, what power/action rods do you use?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Thanks Tyler. That's a tough question to answer without a little more detail. Which rods are you wondering about? Downrigger, dipsy, long lines, etc...?

[@the-mountainlife]

The Consummate Sportsman Oh ya, sorry that would help. Mainly curious about the dipsy and downrigger rods. I'm from UT but have spent a little time in Michigan, so this great lakes trolling is all new to me.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

They're specialty rods made for their given application by daiwa. The model is "Heartland". They make downrigger and dipsy rods specifically for those uses.

[@JohnDoe-un9dt]

Subscribed!...Nice video, looked like a good time! I've watched several of your vids - good stuff. If possible, would you do a vid about your boat an some of the gear on it? Looks like you've arrived at a great system and I'm curious to hear how you got there and what you might choose differently now. We caught half dozen nice walleyes on the St. Clair river today. Can't wait to cook some up! Where are you based out of?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

I'll try to put together a boat layout video next time we take her out. We're based out of NW MI. Thanks for the sub!

[@islandboywannabe]

The Consummate Sportsman Love to see it have a new Boat on the way i love your videos,were heading out to fish on a small charter out of sturgeon Bay this coming weekend.

[@islandboywannabe]

islandboywannabe P.S. When can we be friends so we can go out fishing lol

[@alialsahlani4160]

islandboywannabe you

[@fisherlaitila35]

foreigner couldn't figure out how to lift the rod to save his life

[@ski31989]

ahh now there is the salmon fishing I am dying to do lol

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Yup, he's from Switzerland. I took him out once before, last summer. We did a lot better on this trip though. :)

[@oldirtyshinobi]

Bad ass sir!

[@blakeyant763]

do you guys have a lowrance hds 8 or 10? got mine 2 years ago and it seems like it isnt marking fish right. i fish out of grand haven and in the channel the screen is always loaded with blobs and markings, if you know how to fix this can you respond. thanks

[@ktnjr]

Do you have a trolling plate on your motor? Whats your speed?

[@joshborgen4880]

Lead core with the wonderbread plug? Or what were you running it on? Ran mine on 7 colors of 832 down in fairport with no luck. Spoons and the bicep killing 10 color was the trick on my boat that day.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

+Josh “The 906 Angler” Borgen That one was 300' copper

[@joshborgen4880]

I haven't gotten into the copper yet, but I hear its deadly. Thanks!

[@FPSRaptor]

How many rods are you guys allowed to fish per person down there? What kind of rod/reel combos do you use? I remember seeing a video you put out I think but cant find it again..

[@ConsummateSportsman]

We're allowed 3 rods per person in MI waters. My combos vary based on their application. As a general rule, I use Penn, Daiwa, and Shimano reels. For rods I like Okuma for copper, Gander Mtn for leadcore, and Daiwa for riggers/divers.

[@AceofDlamonds]

Fish, our most important seafood

[@thenorthwoodsFH]

this was awesome! what marina was this out of? Back in august me and a buddy landed a 31lb king out of Muskegon in about 80ft water. Tight Lines!

[@nabotic6832]

thenorthwoodsFH by the looks of it they were in Frankford I forgot the marina name but there is something in the water called "the hole" its basiclly at the bottom its 250 feet of water they are at the edges of it I think

[@nabotic6832]

thenorthwoodsFH I caught a 21 pound king

[@nabotic6832]

I know exactly where they are lol. They are at Frankford around the whole. They are in about 160 feet of water maybe. I dont think they are in the whole but I know they are in Frankford

[@disonesto]

What's frequency sonar do you use ?

[@TheGingerski]

Have you been to the frankfort tackle box this year?

[@strongoutdoors7582]

It would be a challenge on jet ski... and FUN!

[@nabotic6832]

StrongOutdoors they would prob pull you off the jet ski tbh cause you dont have enough footing

[@Squids_Vlogs]

so badass

[@flyboiii28]

What was your set up for the day?

[@jasonnelson8722]

Sweet!!!!!

[@guypersondudething]

Do you catch and release or grill em up?

[@maxh4195]

I just sold my 18' lund that was the same model. regretting it now

[@seakadventurer1330]

The fishing in the lakes and Michigan looks ridiculous! Do you ever go after lake run browns?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

We really don't have many of them around anymore. In the spring there's a few to be had, but not like it used to be in the early 2000's- they were everywhere back then.

[@shadowswordfish3745]

The Consummate Sportsman they are pretty abundant in the south as I have caught a couple of nice browns off the Sheboygan pier biggest being 21 pounds I know you can also troll drop offs or simply fish river mouths for them I’m not sure in the north end but the south is pretty stocked

[@rmonhiwheeler9209]

how long were u guys out?

[@taniaakter2787]

tcs what is your fishing equipment

[@MClinton08]

How are you mounting your GoPro for these shots?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

On an extendable painters stick. Saw off the end and bolt on a gopro adapter.

[@PoLiShSWAGcBasS]

what kind of boat is that?

[@chabnock]

How many dam poles can you run in the great lakes?

[@Mchazards]

Pretty sure as many as you can

[@randystrong7916]

Three Rods per licensed fishermen

[@chabnock]

WOW!!! bad enough with two [people, two rods and you get a double. Must be nuts when you get a quad or better.

[@nabotic6832]

Paul Newman bruh we had 7 running at once

[@geraldtompkins2239]

how many fish are allowed to keep per boat

[@xjack5058]

I fish for bass in New Hampshire.

[@chabnock]

Do not make me drag my Bayliner all the way there from Washington. :)

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Only 9 rods! If we would've had another person on board, we could've run 3 more. >:D

[@xjack5058]

How do you have any dislikes on this video?

[@xshredder6x]

BRO ARE YOU A GUIDE. I THUMBS UP YOU. HES A BIG BOY

[@Shogun22332]

Did you keep the fish or release them

[@nabotic6832]

Shogun u dumb your supposed to keep them

[@felipecorrea8034]

coho and king salmon ?

[@bobbobbysan6053]

On all of the public waters of Michigan, those persons in the act of fishing shall be restricted to using no more than 3 single lines or 3 single rods and lines, and shall not attach more than six hooks total on all lines.

[@IMHendle1]

+Bob bobbysan Right. 3 men 3 lines each equals nine lines which is what they are using.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

Nope. I run around 2.5 usually.

[@mrkrharris]

what was the bait?

[@nabotic6832]

mrkrharris prob spoons

[@gemmalsmith4909]

Can you catch any salmon in California or near California

[@Whitneypyant]

You probably can but you have to be careful. I don't know what going with Fukushima leak.

[@kmartin75]

+Whitney Pyant n

[@phuclevan5771]

News of CTVC1: West Lake in Ha Noi VN 2017 july more 6.000 kilogram fishese were die. In there have very much doctors are living and working.

[@xshredder6x]

GIMME THOSE SKEINS ON THAT BIG BOY

[@phuclevan5771]

Sorry - july 2016.

[@mikec9684]

Life jackets? Here in Buffalo we all know someone who drowned from no life jacket on the lake. Wtf gents ?

[@ConsummateSportsman]

I don't, sorry! I just take out friends and family when time allows.

[@ConsummateSportsman]

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[@brandondyer3278]

lol its funny how they take fish from over here in northwest and let these lames catch them in the great lakes

[@ConsummateSportsman]

+brandon dyer "Lames"?

[@JYWRLD]

+The Consummate Sportsman LMAOOOOO

[@danielgomes-ur3rm]

Those fish are hatchery fish bro they don't take them from the northwest

[@vibe5822]

+daniel gomes exactly

[@vibe5822]

why would you even care anyways you guys have enough salmon lmao

[@mohebfaroq8453]

infidels

[@Ztodafeezy]

Muslim loser