Ohio Steelhead Tournament - We Won $300!

Day 2 - Ohio steelhead fishing tournament. It came down to the wire for the "Bobber Down Duo" but Taylor and I managed to win some cash in a close finish.
We were float fishing (bobber fishing) in the Rocky River, while most of the other teams fished the Chagrin River. We managed 12 fish on the day, but landed enough big ones to hold our own with the more experienced teams.
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Tournament Info:
$1200 in total cash prizes
2-day, 2-man teams
Fish any Lake Erie trib (Rocky River, Chagrin, Grand, Conneaut Creek, etc)
Hosted by fishing KZbinr KZbinr Fish Fray
Catch & Release (photo submissions)
Score: Combined length of 3 longest fish (each day)
Our Goal: 160 inches (80 inches / day)

[@FishFray]

Cool seeing your perspective ! Nice work

[@ReelRomanFishing]

Thanks man - that means a lot! We hope you run this tourney again next year, it was a lot of fun to fish.

[@mikepaden]

What river was this? The Rocky?

[@Keegan_0727]

I’m 13 and entered a contest in case I got a hog because you never know. A few trips later,I have a nice steelhead on. It was ripping drag and fighting very hard. I though this is just a really nice steelhead with a ton of energy. Everytime i brung it up to the pier it rain off again. It did this 3 times. I finally tired her out and the guy net her. He was an older man and I didn’t see the fish until it got on the pier. The man was struggling a little to lift it. It got on the pier and realized I have an absolute giant tank hen. She measured at 31.5 inches 12 pounds one ounce and she is currently #1 in the Ohio steelhead contest at my baitstore

[@ReelRomanFishing]

Dang, that's huge! Bigger than any I've seen caught in person in Ohio. Great catch, I hope you end up winning the tournament.

[@Keegan_0727]

@@ReelRomanFishing thank you. It would be awesome to win

[@willboyle6445]

Dude yours vids are so cool. I fish at the Rocky too for stealies but ive only caught 1 little guy. Any tips?

[@ReelRomanFishing]

Thanks man, that means a lot! I've been thinking about making some tips videos for people too. I'm still pretty new to it myself but I think I've learned a few things that people might find valuable. The one tip someone gave me early on that really helped... The most common mistake beginners make is fishing too high in the water column. When you're float fishing, you really need the bait to be super close (ideally 6 inches) from the bottom. You can see in this vid we have 6-7 feet of line beneath our bobbers on most catches. If I'm not getting bites, the first thing I do is try fishing deeper. Hope this helps for now - I'll try to post a vid or two with some other tips soon!

[@dylanmounsey7515]

Should get a pin bro it’s way more fun

[@ReelRomanFishing]

Just getting started using the pin this year! Caught my first fish on it a couple weekends ago

[@wisitchan]

Now, 28.5" of solid steelhead will make any fisherman happy. What gears are you going to buy with that 300$? Maybe make another video out of that? Good video. I just subscribed to your channel and I would appreciate if you can subscribe to mine as well. Thanks in advance. Tight line!

[@ReelRomanFishing]

Thank you! Bought a centerpin setup pretty recently so I’ll make a video of that for sure!