Salmon Fishing Tippy Dam for BIG POLE BENDERS!

King Salmon, Tippy Dam, Manistee River Michigan Salmon Run 2022

[@gofishingwhenyoucan]

Awesome video by my friend

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Thank ya sir

[@JJDaBossOutdoors]

That black jig looked like a voodoo candy hair jig

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Yeah I think it might have been

[@handcannon1388]

It sounds like you need a reel with a LOT smoother drag.

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Brand new Mitchell, I humbly submit the finest reels on earth, though many of you may not be familiar with them. They did invent the open face reel. Their drag is not designed to be silent, it’s not for bass fishing.

[@handcannon1388]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors It sounded like it really had to load up before it would slip at all, and that may have been a factor in the breakoffs; who knows?

[@jeffreybrown4001]

Did the blue hair jig work?? Or the black hair jig with a bead at the front? I'm planning to go for the first time ever and looking for someone to help me out with the set-up

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

It was a black feather jig with a 4’ flora 20lb leader. I used a slip weight on the main line. Main line was 20lb braided fireline. That was a pretty common setup for tippy. Is that where u are headed?

[@jeffreybrown4001]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors yes that is where i am headed. We visited last month and was checking it out and it looks great. I'm traditionally a fly fisherman, but want to give this a try. If i do manage to catch a salmon it will be my first ever.

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@jeffreybrown4001 awesome! It gets kind of crowded down there but there are plenty of fish to be caught! Most people are using pretty long rods. I used a medium heavy 10.5 ft rod. I thought it was BS till I hooked up w the first big king. I’ve caught 40 pound catfish and they didn’t fight anything like the kings do in a river! The extra length helps you stay hooked up when they start thrashing. Honestly it’s the most exciting and challenging to land fish that I’ve ever caught

[@jeffreybrown4001]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors what type of line (lbs) did you use? what type of leader (lbs)material? I dont have a rod that long, I may have to run to Cabela's. anyway to get the egg beads, hooks, line, ect..... so..... Thanks for the info... Is there a proper ettiquite if you hook one??

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@jeffreybrown4001 20lb floracarbon leader. 20 lb fireline mainline was what I was running. They use king leaders like 4’ usually so use a barrel swivel small enough it can go through your eyelet if needed. Most of the people are cooperative and will move out of the way when u get a big one on. Just let me know. Oh and skeen is the membrane that holds the eggs together. So they all call fish eggs skeen there

[@The360Forager]

Great video Monster fish Do you not eat those? Seems to have a hella amount of meat on um

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Oh yes for sure! They are good eats. I just felt like letting that guy go! Ya know…. I did end you keeping one about that size

[@The360Forager]

Sweet man. I have only fished for bass. Those look huge compared to them and I was catching 10 pounders every week

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@The360Forager 10lb bass would be exceptional in this area. You must have been down south.

[@The360Forager]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors South Florida where the bass are bigger and the deer are smaller... weird 🤔 Yeah here in Maine 3 pounds would be a big bass

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@The360Forager yeah but you got them pike and musky up there don’t ya!

[@geostrong3606]

What is the setup of choice I'm going to the dam soon thk u sir

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@geostrong3606 hey best of luck. I was using 20lb braid (fireline) with a 20lb flouracarbon leader. Use a feather or hair jig on the end. I liked feather better because they can hold air and float off the bottom. Use split shot or some kind of weight that can be adjusted easily without re tying your line.

[@geostrong3606]

How long of a leader thk u

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@geostrong3606 used a really small barrel swivel and a 4 ft leader

[@gaming_time2479]

What kind and size rod were you using in this vid, I’m heading to the same place and looking for some pointers

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

@@gaming_time2479 10 1/2 foot medium weight fast action Rod. Believe I had a Mitchell 300 series real, was using 20 pound braid with 20 pound fluorocarbon leader. Best of luck I hope you slam them.

[@jakerogers9266]

what size pencil weights do you bring? i understand it will vary of current speed. Also where do you buy your jigs from and pencil weights. Are you throwing just the hair jig or adding skein? thank you

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Just jigs no skein. I was using a feather jig, Hair is also fine, the pencil weights I don't remember the size but get the bigger ones, because lead is soft enough you can snap them off with fishing plyers or even hemostats, so i start heavy and then reduce weight by cutting the lead off. I like the feather jigs best because they do a good job of holding some air in them, i think thats why i had better luck with them than the hair jigs. BTW I mean whole feathers, not mairbou down. at least thats what i was using that day. BTW i had ordered them online, not sure if i saw any whole feather jigs in the bait stores up there or not

[@jakerogers9266]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors awesome response thank you! Any idea where you ordered from? And for weights are you talking 1.5oz or more like 1/2oz?

[@larynbolinger7409]

Make sure you bring 4 to 5 different sizes, as the depth and flow changes all the time. Match line speed with current speed.

[@handcannon1388]

I have no idea what he wanted to say, but this likely isn't it. Turn on cc to confirm. 6:40

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

What is CC?

[@handcannon1388]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors Closed captioning. Did your chode recover?

[@rickfoster2613]

Is that the biggest fish you never caught at the beginning? Haha

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Haha, yeah! That’s the down side of a combat fishing zone like tippy. Gonna be a lot of lines in the water

[@bradbeals1741]

So,. I'm in the area for work. I don't know anything about kings. Are they still in there this time of year?. Nice video. I'd pay for someone's expertise to hook me up on one of those. Resident of ohio here. Working in MI for a bit.

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

the run on kings is pretty well passed, though there is is a lot of anomalous behavior so sometimes you catch those oddballs late like this. Steelheads would be good to looke for up there right now And I live in Indiana, I do guide work but would be pretty pricey to get me up there this weekend. (Not impossible though) Otherwise I could give you a contact for a guide up there who I know well.

[@terryepps9040]

What rod and reel setup were you using?

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

I was using a 10.5ft medium heavy action rod with a Mitchell 300 reel. I used 20lb fireline (braid) for the mainline and 20lb Seagar flouracarbon leader.

[@gofishingwhenyoucan]

Let's go fishing 🎣

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Sounds good I’m in!

[@katiechesebro9211]

Pencil ✏️ weight... Is the type of lead you have on but pickle 🥒 is cool 😎

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Haha LOL. Thanks. Everything has 10 names out there

[@joshbarden2182]

Maaan fishing tippy is so much fun my profile pic on here is from tippy with my first ever king we booked a charter with a great guide named Erik zirka it was so much fun I took home my limit and we booked another trip the next week with the same guide

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

Very nice! Yeah this was my first year going. I’m definitely looking forward to going back. I want to try getting into some of the remote back waters next year

[@joshbarden2182]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors that's where the Biggins are

[@larynbolinger7409]

These shows are OK, but they never show what kind of Fly's they are using. I have fished Tippy many , many times and was always more than willing to show anyone the fly or bait I was using. There's enough fish to go around.

[@reliablyrandomoutdoors]

You sure I didn’t show it? I thought I did. Anyway the dude next to me was the only guy hitting down there that day and he gave me a couple he was using. They were feather jigs so they held some air and floated off the bottom

[@larynbolinger7409]

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors ok thank you for the info

[@murderedjku]

@@larynbolinger7409 he showed the jig..must've not watched the video before yappin.