King Salmon Fishing on Lake Michigan - In Depth Outdoors TV, Season 15 Episode 23

James Holst, PJ Vick, and Connor Bowen head out on Lake Michigan to troll for king salmon.
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[@tannerjayfishing]

Awesome video dudezz! Lol connors just a straight hammer!!🔥🔨🔨 keep it comin!🤙🏼

[@kennyw6932]

Some beautiful fish and I can't wait to see them on the grill. Oh, that's right, you're going West not East. Enjoy! They are definitely going to be tasty. Thanks for sharing.

[@markv.3655]

another great job, James and PJ Vick keep the great work .

[@samgromacki6369]

I know for an absolute fact that Connor has done that solo in a Jon boat haha kid is savage

[@shanenicol4006]

That shirt Connor's wearing is absolutely awesome! Where could I get myself one of those lol

[@alj6319]

Pelagic Fish Finder T-Shirt

[@Fin-Addict1]

You guys need to do more salmon videos this summer. You guys don’t have enough

[@Stalkergames916]

Now thats a salmon I go fishing with my cousin who owns a charter business those are nice ones

[@jeffturner3632]

Yet another Wisconsin video! I am expecting James and PJ both to move onto our fair state any day now. Keep up the good work guys.

[@rosewetzel8284]

Watching this fishing video makes me want to eat salmon at the moment

[@wisconsinwalleyesguy8442]

James at 25:02 - You're a freaking legend Connor!

[@rosewetzel8284]

I like to eat samon and I recently bought some king samon from the store so I’m craving samon!

[@shark9631]

Great stuff guys!

[@tannerbotwright960]

Now this is my type of video! Good show

[@mattj4139]

You guys should do the Michigan May run. Erie one day trolling for eyes then West Michigan the next day for kings. Not gonna lie it’s a crazy fun 2 day adventure.

[@tercelfish00]

GL salmon presentations can be super complicated or as easy as putting walleye cranks on boards. I would like to see a video going more in depth on the specifics of king rigs. Like leader lengths, trolling direction, thermoclines, spoons vs flashers/fly, and all the minutiae that can be overlooked. It's all kind of intimidating for beginners.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

If you have any questions, ask away. We'll do our best to help any way we can.

[@tercelfish00]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV Do you drive around until you find bait, or are you setting up based on water temperature at depth and the fish follow that? It's such a big lake, what makes you stop and drop lines?

[@engineerpete7]

@@tercelfish00 Dude, All that stuff you're asking about would take hours and hours. There are a ton of videos on youtube about all of this. from boat set-up to all the different styles of lines and lures and knots used. Look up TangledTackle out of Michigan, Bill Saiff III from New York or NoFishNick from Wisconsin. But most of all GET ON THE WATER! Spend time on the water and just experiment with different things.

[@pjvick3128]

@tercelfish00 their are definitely plenty of variables but I will give you the condensed version. King Salmon prefer water temperatures in the 45-52 degree range. On the Wisconsin shore a strong or consistent westerly wind will set those water temperatures up closer to shore and easterly winds will do the opposite. Find where that 45-52 degree water temperatures are at along with bait and you are in the right zone!

[@daytondittrich8354]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV is that track for your rods a 36 inch or a 24 inch???

[@edwardjames7295]

I just started with minn Kota motor plus inflatable. Seeing all your setup…wowwwwww!!!

[@nickb8618]

Was a great season for me out of Sheboygan and a epic limit of all kings in a little over a hour opening of salmon-a-Rama. Two years ago my gf and I had all 6 rods fire at once all north of 18lbs kings one giant. It’s something I never wanna go through again. My arms hurt for a week

[@jeremymaslowski7723]

Great episode, James! Big Michigan guy, myself! Just one critique on the inflatable PFDs...... They are 100% useless the way they are currently being worn. If one was to fall overboard and it deployed with as loose as they are they will literally come right off over your head. All the straps should be snugged up nice and tight around your chest. And for others watching.... They legally need to be worn unlike a traditional pfd that can just be in the boat and not worn (besides young children who need them on).

[@tylerheinrich3717]

down riggers catch plenty of fish with swr's and with out use the 100 ft rule when deploying the riggers and run your rigger rods with 15 pound leaders of floro carbon line on spoons, flasher flys don't matter and you will be on a better rigger bite but be sure your not running junk reels cheep reels = lost equipment

[@Thatrmz250]

I’m gonna be fishing salmon in Lake Michigan tomorrow and I’m really excited I hope I have luck like y’all did

[@pasarea999]

Lol this guy is fighting a fish and jumped to grab another

[@mikewhitman830]

Always interesting to see how you North Central guys fish Kings. We here in the PNW do it a fair bit differently. Definitely think we can learn from each other. ✌

[@billydodds239]

Y'all need to float some bobbers for some steelhead on the great lake tribs....

[@billydodds239]

Awesome show though. Loved it

[@engineerpete7]

@@billydodds239 They have one on a Superior trib.

[@billydodds239]

@@engineerpete7 never seen it. I have seen where they floated some spawn for fall run salmon. And i did see an episode where james did a walk in wader trip for Steelies but i didn't think ot was on any tribs of the great lakes. Maybe im wrong. I just love catching chrome and would like to see them do it more often

[@tomstarcevich1147]

🎣🐟👍🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟👍

[@crschroeder16]

Wow some of those fish were absolute tanks! Is there a window in the spring here where the bite is the best? Or would you say the bite stays pretty consistent throughout the year? Great show

[@pjvick3128]

Glad you enjoyed the show! The months of July, August and September are your best shot at the large four year old kings along the Wisconsin shore. Most of those large ones are over in Michigan waters this time of year. As far as one to three year old salmon they are just starting to show up along the Wisconsin shore and can be a fantastic spring bite along with a great spring coho bite from now until the end of June.

[@crschroeder16]

@@pjvick3128 I really appreciate the response! Grilled salmon now and the walleyes are just around the corner again! Best of luck out there

[@pjvick3128]

You're welcome. Both are hard to beat! Thank you and good luck to you as well👊🏼

[@brodeypecha9233]

nice life jackets on that glass water

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

When we fish out of an IDO boat everyone wears a life jacket at all times regardless of conditions.

[@jeffalbrecht2833]

Where on Lake Michigan was this?

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

We launched out of Port Washington.

[@zacharyschultz9451]

The majority of our kings are wild now so it’s not exactly a put and take fishery

[@tDubz-bk4me]

Not icing them down?

[@rosewetzel8284]

I bet you get paid a lot for catching King Samon! Their so expensive to buy in the store though!

[@libbymolly1]

Chinook Salmon. Not King salmon

[@ryanbrand3946]

What a cluster fk

[@bigheartedgranny6476]

The amount of mercury in that fish can kill you. Lake Michigan is so polluted for the mills and steel industry dumping chemicals. Then let’s talk about the sewage. Won’t swim in it or eat anything coming out of it. I live less than 5 miles from the lake. It’s pitiful

[@aromracsonethongkham4150]

Kinda weird seeing u guys without a coat on, looks like u lost 40lbs each

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Feels that way too!