Spring Run Steelhead 2023 - Bobber Downs in TINY Creeks!

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[@basshunter8206]

OMG I never seen a adult use a bobber anywhere let alone a small stream fishing for steelies or trout. I can't stop laughing. Ok I saw enough, 2 minutes was my limit.

[@TCK-9]

derp

[@BurtKensley]

you catch dinks

[@r.m.jackson6778]

bass are yuppy fish

[@r.m.jackson6778]

lololololololol

[@r.m.jackson6778]

@@BurtKensley that said---there is no spring run steelhead------------lololol

[@TheMrMused]

Whoa. There are a couple nuggets in this video that unlock new water. Thanks, Fray!

[@truenorthangler]

Another great video to watch, Fray! Always enjoy your content and love the different camera angles of your float drops. Perfect rod and pin combo for the smaller creeks and also tree covers. Are those spawn bags you use cured or uncured. They look fantastic. The fish can’t resist them. Great content my friend, loved it.

[@FishFray]

Thanks as always for the watch and comment! I fish with cured spawn 99% of the time. Either a Sugar/salt cure, or pautzke borxofire. I have tons of confidence in both cures, when the bait is fresh they never disappoint !

[@truenorthangler]

@@FishFray Great, thanks Fray. Appreciate it.

[@robertchamberlain452]

I`d be happy with those fish any day, beautiful! Thanks for sharing, I`m so happy to learn new tricks.

[@smokey4086]

Lovesee how you guys do it on the Midwest. A stream like this would never be open in Oregon 😮

[@robertchamberlain452]

Love my fishing, Spring fishing in N.Y. Salmon River, Steelhead and a few Salmon.

[@stewy1161]

Salmon in Spring ?

[@leechase7974]

Glad your back

[@thomaslewandowski2504]

I live in Western New York, near Buffalo. I am a dedicated Steelhead angler. Fishing the Lake Erie tributaries near my home. Where are you located, You have some great steams I see from your videos!! Bobber Down!!

[@miketoopitsin9449]

I switched to an ultralight rod and small reel with 2lb line and it’s so fun fishing the smaller fish

[@gfoster173]

Another great video Fau. Thank you.

[@TheRent1967]

Another beautiful video and beautiful fish.

[@FishFray]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewmaunders5207]

First, very nice sound track in the background, soft and etherial...no heavy metal that so many of these otherwise great vids use. Respectful of the wonderful natural places you are catching these amazing coastal rainbow salmonids. I am in Santa Fe New Mexico and have NEVER caught a Steelhead, we have monster browns and gorgeous Alpine lake cutthroats' but oh man I would love one of those on the end of my 4WT...are you in Michigan ?

[@FishFray]

This is mainly Ohio, I also fish michigan frequently

[@michiganroots8045]

Solid bobber downs! Looking forward to hooking up with you.

[@Nicholasyeahbruh]

Woohoo 🥳

[@leebarnes393]

And I thought Michigan Streams had a lot of wood! Lol 😂😆

[@ShooterQ]

Excellent footage. Tight Lines

[@chucksgmgarage1116]

Lol I wish I knew that before about the discount, I bought the Pinland rod and a 10' TAAR rod with 2 of Danny's 3.95 reels. Missed your seminar Saturday by that much pretty bummed but met the owner of BER same day.

[@joshuavanderschaaf5145]

Looks like older lamprey marks on that fish’s tail. I’ve seen them partially healed like that before.

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

I just bought a pinland! I need to find a decent reel for it without going broke. Its my first certerpin but im really experienced with super light tackle. I used to get pike pushing 40 in a creek that small on my ultralight. Also, my buddy got a 31 from the chagrin day before easter so they're not ALL small. Back in the day when id fish elk, i always thought the ohio fish were bigger on average. But yeah, im excited for this next year, id kill to have access to a spot like that

[@johnnytruckingoutdoors]

Thanks for the great content

[@hsaban43]

great video ..... how does your setup up looks like for such a small creek?

[@FishFray]

Same as anywhere else, just a bit shorter on the leader!

[@hsaban43]

@@FishFray so you are still running 8g floats?

[@FishFray]

Yep, running 11g in this video

[@ronaldblackburn2483]

Memories of Hale creek .

[@johnnytruckingoutdoors]

Awesome video!

[@FishFray]

Thanks!

[@adksport4023]

Great video, you got a new sub after watching.

[@FishFray]

Thank you! Welcome to the Channel

[@junior8027]

Erie tributaries have been sooo hit or miss.. Almost seems like there aren't fish in the river, but I caught a steelhead early last month on a bead and chinook spawn. People think walleye are moving in too, but it's just a bit preseason for fish to be in there thick and in good numbers. 🤔

[@bobowhite11]

Take me with you bro!!!

[@danielwhirley6779]

Never done this type of fishing looks awsome. Do spinners work also my friend?

[@FishFray]

They do!

[@FishingThe574]

That’s a nice video. Those are really the native steelies that we don’t get much of here by Lake Michigan. Love those colors and always love watching your videos.

[@pinkadam8989]

No natives in Great Lake, wild is what I assume you meant

[@peterchalk1192]

Very nice, gorgeous little brown too. What exact date was this taped ? Must've been after all the rain recently, or did your area not get it ? Good stuff nonetheless.

[@FishFray]

Early march

[@dcagepcutta6488]

New York?

[@iddddaduncan]

What state is this? thanks for sharing!

[@FishFray]

Ohio, thanks for watching

[@nickstojanovic8868]

Nice bobber down footage. What action cam are you using to capture it all?

[@jhtsurvival]

I'm not him obviously but I make videos too. I have been using Akaso action cams. I got two of them and both have been great. They have 3 different versions. I use the EK7000PRO and Brave 4... both under $100. Check out some of my videos if you wanna see

[@FishFray]

I use Sony a6300, and GoPro hero4

[@risenfromthepyre]

As far as a steelhead not that big, being they can easily run in the double digits but as far as the landlocked version, "rainbow trout", quite nice. I suppose that's why it's confusing for some people. Steelhead are the same species as rainbow trout yet t,he steelhead will migrate back and forth from salt water and thus achieve some astronomical proportions even approaching 50 plus pounds.

[@tylerrauch4655]

not sure how many of those were actually steelhead fish. they look a lot more like a rainbow. but awesome

[@VS0097]

I'd say the one at 3:44 and the one at 4:53 were steelheads

[@FishFray]

All migratory rainbows, we don't have any resident trout in most of these creeks

[@Nicholasyeahbruh]

Please invite me to film a fishing trip with you bro huge fan and now a centerpin addict

[@WildBlueDiscovery]

Nice video! Is that small brown a lake Run or just Wild in that Ohio Stream?

[@FishFray]

Snuck that clip in from Michigan

[@WildBlueDiscovery]

@@FishFray ...that makes sense! Thx

[@troyboggess2154]

You fish Ohio or Indiana? Enjoyed this one definitely gonna subscribe. Thanks

[@FishFray]

I fish both, mostly ohio

[@bandit3542]

If you’re in Michigan hit me up for custom fly orders! I tie a lot of Euro Nymphs/jigs and streamers, would love to tie up small or large batches for folks

[@tommyhunter1817]

I have done it, but I don’t understand the use of a bobber.

[@dusant4278]

The bobber is here to maintain always same depth of lure and to see when fish bite and when is time to do action.

[@tommyhunter1817]

@@dusant4278 used them on the Big Manistee in Michigan but I catch more fish using a hook and a few split shot with salmon eggs or corn bumped along bottom. I agree it is heart-stopping when that bobber “goes down”.

[@FishFray]

I'd say the main benefit of a bobber for me is that it lets me drift down into an area without being snagged

[@jesse75]

Has to be back east somewhere. That's worse than sewer water in the PNW.

[@FishFray]

Classic great lakes trib

[@lloydbeebe3716]

Great video. Anyone fished ausable this year? I’ve been trying to get up there.

[@elvaidrexhaj4652]

Why would you record an unstocked trib?

[@pinkadam8989]

This is the worst time to be in the tiny headwater creeks, this is when and where they spawn and reproduce naturally, let them do their thing and stick to the dropbacks that have done their duty already, they fight and bite much better anyhow.

[@FishFray]

We have 0 natural reproduction in these creeks so we can fish for them guilt-free

[@mattthiessen7259]

Those are trout

[@FishFray]

true

[@lugia233]

Nice "steelhead". Us PNW guys always gotta give some kinda hard time to yall over there, its the only way we can cope with our tragically low returns

[@FishFray]

I do feel for you guys, hope things imporve

[@iancameron198]

Is this in michigan or ohio

[@FishFray]

Mostly ohio

[@iancameron198]

@@FishFray where are your seminars at.any upcoming ones

[@FishFray]

I'm not planning on doing any other seminars in the near future

[@vincentleonard4283]

No salt no steel

[@mattachtemeier5296]

I mean for fish they aren’t really tiny at all. Just for steelhead lol give them a break !

[@greysol_jiggin]

Freakin ill

[@TefZee]

Buddy your catching rainbows lol not steelhead

[@FishFray]

Always a fun debate !

[@TefZee]

@@brandenhummel4326 buddy steelhead travel to ocean then freshwater don’t get it confused. Don’t disrespect the name of steelhead. Rainbow catcher

[@brianskinner5711]

these fish are in these small streams to spawn. leave them alone.

[@kasey9186]

We don't call them steelhead until they've made it out to the big lake and returned massive and silver. Those are rainbows

[@smokey4086]

If you want to be a purist, you guys don't even have steelhead. They are lake run rainbows. A steelhead is an anadromous rainbow. You need the ocean or sea for a fish to be "anadromous"