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They are real lol I live in ohio and have fished the great lakes for steelhead from Michigan to New York they migrate from the lakes up the creeks and river and then back to the lakes the reason they stock is because the reproduction numbers are not what they should be
Ha ha - Reality: You might have to “import” them back to the Northwest someday from the Great Lakes, at the rate your going out there. Was in Seattle area during “the dome” - it was 111 degrees where I was. Steelies and Salmon are in deep trouble, my friend.
Absolutely real steelhead. Anyone who doesn't believe it has to come try. Glad you guys had a great time and gave our fish a chance! I like how the addicted crew is so adventurous and not afraid to try new rivers. Awesome that the PNW tricks worked - I will be trying those soon. Lol the title of the video might need changing :)
As a Michigan chrome chaser, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. I was happy to hear your take on Midwest steelhead in the last couple minutes of this video, perfectly captured how I feel about these fish as well. Awesome series, love your videos. Purchasing some merch on your website.
Great Lakes has better fishing then we do now in the Pacific Northwest. Between wild fish groups, states closing or cutting release of hatchery fish. Then we have heavy predation on smolts and adult fish. Then foreign countries netting our fish on the ocean. Plus Canada harvesting way too many of our fish. Our fisheries are doomed if things don't change.
@@Askeyb2011 Canada, axed their commercial/commercial tribal saltwater fisheries and permanently downsized the number of fishing vessels with license buybacks like 2 weeks ago
Back in the late 1970's I caught some real knuckle busters out of Lake Superior and tributaries.....back in my younger days. I've had fish on that fought for 20 minutes. Some were so strong they busted the line in less than 10 seconds.
Rainbows remain in a river or lake, from my understanding they become steelhead due to diet change after migrating and hitting the lake or ocean allowing for heavier feeding and superior growth. A rainbow that stays in the river will not grow to nearly the size of the migrating steelhead.
You guys should've came in the fall when Great Lakes steelhead fight the hardest. Winter steelhead put up the weakest fight out of any season because the cold temps make them lethargic. Fall steelhead rip. Glad you guys enjoyed the mitten though!
Oncorhyncus mykiss landlocked version is a rainbow trout they go to ocean and feed come back as a steelhead to spawn. You can see in their scales under a microscope and see how many times they go to ocean and come back as they look like rings on a tree and cam see how many years they spent in each at both times I've never seen a scale sample from a Midwest fish that's gone to the great lakes to feed as like I'd love to
I loved this series. Lived in both Oregon and Michigan and the wild lands and the people are great in both. Wasn't much of a fisherman back then but was great to see the fish are great too!
Man great ending. I appreciate that ending. Im from northeast Ohio and just put up my first steelhead video. I saw your title and im like no way he really thinks this lol
I am wondering if it’s a bad idea to where waders in the summer when it’s not very cold. I’m worried about cooking up and wanted your advise. Right now I use hiking boots or wading boots with wool socks
Why such a limited supply on the Wet Hoodies? You guys going to get more? It seems there was a very high demand, I missed this video when it posted and now there are none left except smalls?
Please do another merchant drop for the hoodie! Love the wet sleeve design, but your already sold out of L/XL and the drop has only been live for 2 days. Fml. Lol. Good work guys!
Please next time you come to Michigan come in November or December when the water is above 40 degrees. Then you will fight some screamers. Winter fish don't fight nearly as hard.
Yea man the fall fish or late spring fish are hot on the great lakes. You could see how lethargic those fish were in that cold water and not a single greenback.
You guys are living the life. Good on you! Great videos. I’ve watched all in this series. Makes me want to go to Lake Erie and hit them up when they run. Thanks for all t Utt he tops as well. I’ve caught some big trout. But nothing like that.
@@brandonensley8116 but either way it's still a rainbow. I have fish New York myself. They're definitely steelhead. So does that mean that the king salmon they have there aren't King Salmon? 🤙😂
And if they're wild, does that mean our hatchery steelhead aren't steelhead? It's all good, the great debate of steelhead! They are steelhead to me. 👍🎣
Now one thing. West Coast steelhead ,ocean run that is, do taste better than the ones in the Great lakes. In my opinion. But even they taste good also in their own way. 🤙👍🎣.
Really simple formula for anyone confused about a “real steelhead”... did it taste saltwater? That and only that factor matters, but enjoy your conversations and conjuring theories and answers to fit the definition. Simple stuff guys it’s biology 101, sorry! 🤷♂️
There's no cookie cutter definition though, since there is no governing concrete documentation on what is and is not a Steelhead. Basically it comes down to whether or not you consider anadromous and potadromous fish to be equal, especially when the original potadromous fish came from the offspring of the anadromous fish moved from the PNW to the Great Lakes. As someone who has caught both, I can say pound for pound, they fight just as hard, they look very similar with a few differences, and they act extremely similar. I would say the main difference is the taste due to diet differences
@@okpil22 I guess taste could differ not only from diet but water temps as well. Here in the Midwest our water is significantly more warm than west coast. Tons of our river systems reach 70°f and even more so some hit the 80-90°f mark
That’s like saying someone that is 1/4 or 1/2 native, isn’t a real native. But the genes are real. Biology 101 would say the genes are real steelhead. And so are their chinook and coho.
Like it or not steelhead are still, Oncorhynchus mykiss, or rainbow trout. They are bigger and behave differently than their small kin, but genetically, no different. Do they taste different? Of course their diets are different and that makes a huge difference. But farm tastes different from wild. Are Pacific Steelhead superior to Greatlakes? I'm gonna differ to people who've fished for and caught both. But in terms of genetics, Rainbow trout aren't native West of the Missippi (possibly West of the Rockies honestly), The Steelhead of the greatlakes are transplants from the West coast. "Tasting saltwater" isn't biology it's barely science, if at all. Its nothing but hearsay. I know people who eat carp, and they will frequently keep them alive a couple weeks in clean water so they can purge all the crap they get feeding in mud. Still carp, maybe better tasting, but still carp. Why do some Rainbows become migratory and start eating bigger chow? Maybe all it takes is the right oppurtunities, being in a tributary system, maybe the water gets to be a specific range, maybe they just see Steelhead, and get all "Me like!" and decides to join the club. Maybe in a few thousand years they'll develop into truely a different species. And when that happens ( maybe longer, mayber shorter) We'll see some actual genetic differences that can be used to differentuate them. As far as coloration goes, salmonids have chromatophores, (the cells that allow octopus/squid/cuttlefish etc) to change their appearance. Not nearly to the extent as those freaky mollusks, but enough that they will slowly change color for spawning or to better fit their environment. Ultimately if you take a great lakes steelhead and some how bring it to the coast, in a few months, maybe a year or two you'd never know it was a greatlakes steelhead, and if you took a pacific stealhead to the greatlakes, you'd never know it was a pacific.
Awesome footage of my home state here in Michigan, this series was fantastic. Kyle is definitely one fishy man. Can wait to make it out to the PNW one day. 🤙🏼🤙🏼
I'm sure this series has been great for the folks in the Midwest. But I'm sooo tired of seeing snow fishing in the Midwest when it's cooking here in the Great Pacific Northwest 🔥. Time to get ready for our summer fishing here. Hoodies, really? Mention them again when fall is in the air. The only clothes to mention now would be lightweight clothing that helps cool the body with a spf rating of 50 or better. Hoodies? Give me a break. How about cold beers,yea that would be good. 😄👍🍻🎣
Come wet your boots this fall/winter in NEO y’all won’t be disappointed. I can’t say much about size, although it has been improving over the last few years. but there is plenty of action and beautiful water.
Hey guys, you ever think about putting out a PIER fishing Steelhead or Salmon video? Michigan's got some good ones. I think it'd be interesting. It's definitely tough sometimes. Tight lines.
Here's the real deal - Steelhead and rainbow trout are essentially the same species of fish. Steelhead is the name given to the silver ocean going form of this species. This species is native to the western U.S. where steelhead inhabit the coastal waters and rainbow trout live in rivers, streams, and lakes. Lake Michigan steelhead live a life that is very similar to that of their ocean going relatives. There are three programs that started steelhead in the great lakes. Wisconsin’s steelhead program began in 1884 but the program didn’t really get established until 1963. Twenty years later, Wisconsin decided on three strains of the steelhead to stock, which have since thrived in natural reproduction. The strains include the Ganaraska, Skamania, and Chambers strains. The Ganaraska River winter-run strain of steelhead originated on the west coast and has since become naturalized in Lake Ontario. It uses the Ganaraska River on the north shore of the lake for spawning. Although referred to as a spring run fish in Ontario, the Ganaraskas stocked in Lake Michigan also contribute to the fall and winter stream fishery. The Skamania strain was developed at the Skamania hatchery in the state of Washington, and the Chambers Creek strain from Lake Ontario in New York. The Chambers Creek strain originated at Washington’s South Tacoma Hatchery. Indiana began its steelhead initiative in 1889, with the first planting in the St. Joseph River. In 1971, Indiana began to experiment with a Wisconsin Skamania strain, and that program finally began to show some promise. The State of Michigan's steelhead program also has a long history with steelhead that began in 1876 and has been revised along the way for the last 120 years. The program started in the late 1800s included both releasing wild fish into the AuSable River with fish from Oregon, and breeding them in a hatchery. The steelhead were planted in various tributaries throughout the state. Studies show that the descendants of steelhead released into the waters in the 1880s have evolved and thrived. So when you catch all these fish throughout the Great Lakes, know that they ALL have their FIRST origins from Washington and Oregon.
The midwest has some of the best trout fishing and steelhead fishing. We dont have to deal with mountains or canyons. i can hit 4 streams in a day and often have my limit before noon. Between wisconsin, minnesota, michighan, and believe it or not... Iowa, we have so many sweet sweet streams that make colorado or any other place out west seem like a joke. Our scenery is just as spectacular too, and hardly any bears to worry about.
Lake Ontario steelhead are transplants fro Washington and Oregon. I know they even have the chamberlain strain. Michigan and New York share back and forth for breeding and raising steelhaed and salmon. They are real steel
100% real steel! Love the hoodie, wondering if they will make one that is entirely wet suit material in the future? I can't be the only one who gets completely soaked.
Migratory rainbow trout that use the great lakes as there ocean are steelhead and .. the strains are of west coast desent.. skamania etc. Diff forage base and environs may make the appearance diff from the west coast but i believe there steelhead. Just my 2 cents.
Aren't the steelhead in the great lakes genetically steelhead that were originally brought from the Northwest? Also the irony is that the Midwest has better numbers than most places do in the Northwest now.
Funny how they dont cooment on the ones who call them out😂 Addicts aren’t real enthusiasts, they do these vids just for the money and attention. None the less, Still good videos. Just talk themselves up way too much😂👎🏼
Well folks have been stocking Michigan rivers with rainbow (Steelhead) from the Columbia and Fraser rivers since 1885 so yes they have for a long time been one of the premier target Species here in Michigan guess the secrets out. Michigan's steelhead record is 26.5 lbs. The King salmon (Chinook) run this year looking like it may have some real tanks in it as well. Michigan's king record is 48.06 yiks. See you in late summer
I think by the fights we’ve seen ya have through the series, they’re definitely real steelhead. Not ocean run but it’s amazing to see the very few natural reproduction rivers we have in MI.. blessed to be up here. Hopefully can get a skamania today
@@papichulo1843 been struggling to learn how to do it on my own here in MI. Tons of pressure as well, not sure what I’m doing wrong but I’ll keep at it
Remember that when the west coast really is dead and us Midwesterners won't send you any breeding stock. Then we'll run you off our rivers after you have to travel to catch our trout. Gtfoh.
What are your thoughts? Real steelhead or not?! 🤔
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Fake. If it’s not sea run, it’s not for me
They are real lol I live in ohio and have fished the great lakes for steelhead from Michigan to New York they migrate from the lakes up the creeks and river and then back to the lakes the reason they stock is because the reproduction numbers are not what they should be
Ha ha - Reality: You might have to “import” them back to the Northwest someday from the Great Lakes, at the rate your going out there. Was in Seattle area during “the dome” - it was 111 degrees where I was. Steelies and Salmon are in deep trouble, my friend.
Steelies are simply a beautiful, wonder of nature, no matter where you find them !!
Glad you let the fish flop around the boat in a net before you release it
Absolutely real steelhead. Anyone who doesn't believe it has to come try. Glad you guys had a great time and gave our fish a chance! I like how the addicted crew is so adventurous and not afraid to try new rivers. Awesome that the PNW tricks worked - I will be trying those soon. Lol the title of the video might need changing :)
As a Michigan chrome chaser, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. I was happy to hear your take on Midwest steelhead in the last couple minutes of this video, perfectly captured how I feel about these fish as well. Awesome series, love your videos. Purchasing some merch on your website.
The Great Lakes are oceans, and you would only think they weren’t if you haven’t seen them. IMO they are real, and so are our salmon.
Great Lakes has better fishing then we do now in the Pacific Northwest. Between wild fish groups, states closing or cutting release of hatchery fish. Then we have heavy predation on smolts and adult fish. Then foreign countries netting our fish on the ocean. Plus Canada harvesting way too many of our fish. Our fisheries are doomed if things don't change.
@@Askeyb2011 Canada, axed their commercial/commercial tribal saltwater fisheries and permanently downsized the number of fishing vessels with license buybacks like 2 weeks ago
No there is no salt
@@kalebgerace I'm ok with that
Not real salmon come to the Pacific Northwest if you wanna see some nice salmon with perfect beaks and fins
Back in the late 1970's I caught some real knuckle busters out of Lake Superior and tributaries.....back in my younger days. I've had fish on that fought for 20 minutes. Some were so strong they busted the line in less than 10 seconds.
That Hoodie idea sounds great!
Love seeing you guys fishing some of my local waters, I’m sure you guys will come back eh? Nice fishin’ fellas
them 4 episodes are stright BANGERS!
🙌
Rainbows remain in a river or lake, from my understanding they become steelhead due to diet change after migrating and hitting the lake or ocean allowing for heavier feeding and superior growth. A rainbow that stays in the river will not grow to nearly the size of the migrating steelhead.
Another great video! Always love the humor between you all. 😆
Cant wait to see future videos with Kyle. That guy is too fishy :)
Wait why does the video title contradict your verdict at the end of the video? Lol none the less, amazing content. Thank you.
Always make my Sunday night, great episode
Loved this series of videos. Great work guy's!
Great video and nice fish love the Michigan rivers. You picked the right guide for sure.
You guys should've came in the fall when Great Lakes steelhead fight the hardest. Winter steelhead put up the weakest fight out of any season because the cold temps make them lethargic. Fall steelhead rip. Glad you guys enjoyed the mitten though!
That was a awesome series of videos! I’m glad you enjoyed my home state and look forward to you coming back next year!
What a trip, big beautiful fish everyday. Great editing on the Series, by the way.
Bought that hoodie so fast. wet cold sleeves no more. Brilliant
Epic series worth the wait !!!
Oncorhyncus mykiss landlocked version is a rainbow trout they go to ocean and feed come back as a steelhead to spawn. You can see in their scales under a microscope and see how many times they go to ocean and come back as they look like rings on a tree and cam see how many years they spent in each at both times I've never seen a scale sample from a Midwest fish that's gone to the great lakes to feed as like I'd love to
How often do items get restocked on your website? Thanks
I loved this series. Lived in both Oregon and Michigan and the wild lands and the people are great in both. Wasn't much of a fisherman back then but was great to see the fish are great too!
What centerpin rod was Cameron using? Is that the 13ft 4-10?
Man great ending. I appreciate that ending. Im from northeast Ohio and just put up my first steelhead video. I saw your title and im like no way he really thinks this lol
Same!
I am wondering if it’s a bad idea to where waders in the summer when it’s not very cold. I’m worried about cooking up and wanted your advise. Right now I use hiking boots or wading boots with wool socks
Epic adventure and fish!! 👍
"super ugly fish we decided to put it out of its misery"
Wanted one of these hoodies bad and thought I got their early but sold out. Sure hope y’all have some more in the works in the future.
CAM ON THE PIN!! lol
Drop the Alaska 3 please
I would argue that Michigan steelies are the same as pacific fish, but I guess I’m pretty biased being from Michigan 😂😂
That hoodie is awesome. Already sold out on website!! When will more XLs be available?
Real steel! For real
you just had to mention you had a new drop...fine take my money! haha. looking forward to fall salmon and winter steelhead much more now
Why such a limited supply on the Wet Hoodies? You guys going to get more? It seems there was a very high demand, I missed this video when it posted and now there are none left except smalls?
that one been eatin crayons
Please do another merchant drop for the hoodie! Love the wet sleeve design, but your already sold out of L/XL and the drop has only been live for 2 days. Fml. Lol. Good work guys!
The fish in the thumbnail looks like an adolescent rhinoceros. Lol
Kyles laugh is contagious haha!
It really is! He's an awesome guy.
So cool watching you guys fish home waters here in Michigan!! Bucket list for me is to fish here with you guys!
Awesome Michigan trip boys!!!
Love being here in Michigan. Going to the Muskegon in the morning.
LULZ. Love the clickbait title. Watch it to the end, people!
just started fly fishing! hopefully i get some addicted fishing luck. 🤙🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🎣
These Michigan videos were fire. Thank you guys.
I love how you let the cameraman catch fish too.
Man I want a goody like that.years of being soaked. That would change life instantly. Well down to you all
I love your show.looking for your web5 to order your fishing equipment
addicted.fishing
Honestly my favorite part was when Sean caught that steel! 🤜🤛
Please next time you come to Michigan come in November or December when the water is above 40 degrees. Then you will fight some screamers. Winter fish don't fight nearly as hard.
It’s a whole different thing
Argeed.... I caught a 9lber in Nov. Last year that took 20min to land and brought us 500yds down the river.
Yea man the fall fish or late spring fish are hot on the great lakes. You could see how lethargic those fish were in that cold water and not a single greenback.
Terrific video. Many, many thanks!
You guys should do like an ultralight challenge. Ultralight rod and reel, 6lb test main line, with the exception of whatever leader you guys uses lol.
SMITED!!! I almost died. 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
Hey are y'all gonna do a video on plunking the hatchery steelies off the water of Whidbey Island?
Compare their DNA, then we can talk.
Hahaha
Which river?
You guys are living the life. Good on you! Great videos. I’ve watched all in this series. Makes me want to go to Lake Erie and hit them up when they run. Thanks for all t Utt he tops as well. I’ve caught some big trout. But nothing like that.
A steelhead is a rainbow. 🤙👍🎣
That depends steelhead are wild ocean run trout
@@brandonensley8116 but either way it's still a rainbow. I have fish New York myself. They're definitely steelhead. So does that mean that the king salmon they have there aren't King Salmon? 🤙😂
And if they're wild, does that mean our hatchery steelhead aren't steelhead? It's all good, the great debate of steelhead! They are steelhead to me. 👍🎣
Now one thing. West Coast steelhead ,ocean run that is, do taste better than the ones in the Great lakes. In my opinion. But even they taste good also in their own way. 🤙👍🎣.
Really simple formula for anyone confused about a “real steelhead”... did it taste saltwater? That and only that factor matters, but enjoy your conversations and conjuring theories and answers to fit the definition. Simple stuff guys it’s biology 101, sorry! 🤷♂️
I got that argument however do trout migrate to spawn ? No
There's no cookie cutter definition though, since there is no governing concrete documentation on what is and is not a Steelhead. Basically it comes down to whether or not you consider anadromous and potadromous fish to be equal, especially when the original potadromous fish came from the offspring of the anadromous fish moved from the PNW to the Great Lakes. As someone who has caught both, I can say pound for pound, they fight just as hard, they look very similar with a few differences, and they act extremely similar. I would say the main difference is the taste due to diet differences
@@okpil22 I guess taste could differ not only from diet but water temps as well. Here in the Midwest our water is significantly more warm than west coast. Tons of our river systems reach 70°f and even more so some hit the 80-90°f mark
That’s like saying someone that is 1/4 or 1/2 native, isn’t a real native. But the genes are real. Biology 101 would say the genes are real steelhead. And so are their chinook and coho.
Like it or not steelhead are still, Oncorhynchus mykiss, or rainbow trout. They are bigger and behave differently than their small kin, but genetically, no different. Do they taste different? Of course their diets are different and that makes a huge difference. But farm tastes different from wild. Are Pacific Steelhead superior to Greatlakes? I'm gonna differ to people who've fished for and caught both.
But in terms of genetics, Rainbow trout aren't native West of the Missippi (possibly West of the Rockies honestly), The Steelhead of the greatlakes are transplants from the West coast.
"Tasting saltwater" isn't biology it's barely science, if at all. Its nothing but hearsay. I know people who eat carp, and they will frequently keep them alive a couple weeks in clean water so they can purge all the crap they get feeding in mud. Still carp, maybe better tasting, but still carp.
Why do some Rainbows become migratory and start eating bigger chow? Maybe all it takes is the right oppurtunities, being in a tributary system, maybe the water gets to be a specific range, maybe they just see Steelhead, and get all "Me like!" and decides to join the club.
Maybe in a few thousand years they'll develop into truely a different species. And when that happens ( maybe longer, mayber shorter) We'll see some actual genetic differences that can be used to differentuate them.
As far as coloration goes, salmonids have chromatophores, (the cells that allow octopus/squid/cuttlefish etc) to change their appearance. Not nearly to the extent as those freaky mollusks, but enough that they will slowly change color for spawning or to better fit their environment.
Ultimately if you take a great lakes steelhead and some how bring it to the coast, in a few months, maybe a year or two you'd never know it was a greatlakes steelhead, and if you took a pacific stealhead to the greatlakes, you'd never know it was a pacific.
Settle down girls. Scaring the fish 🐟
Awesome footage of my home state here in Michigan, this series was fantastic. Kyle is definitely one fishy man. Can wait to make it out to the PNW one day. 🤙🏼🤙🏼
I'm sure this series has been great for the folks in the Midwest. But I'm sooo tired of seeing snow fishing in the Midwest when it's cooking here in the Great Pacific Northwest 🔥. Time to get ready for our summer fishing here. Hoodies, really? Mention them again when fall is in the air. The only clothes to mention now would be lightweight clothing that helps cool the body with a spf rating of 50 or better. Hoodies? Give me a break. How about cold beers,yea that would be good. 😄👍🍻🎣
Those hoodies are so sick good job fellas
Man…that sure looks like Frank’s Fort up in that tree above the cemetery?
Steelhead are incredible, don't get me wrong, but getting a fresh King in the river is nuts. Like hooking a car bumper man.
Very cool to have this fishery.
Come wet your boots this fall/winter in NEO y’all won’t be disappointed. I can’t say much about size, although it has been improving over the last few years. but there is plenty of action and beautiful water.
Great Lakes are amazing and immense
That hoodie is dope!
Did you guys happen to see the 39# monster that just got pulled out of Lake Michigan?!
No, but I want to!
Was a kinglie, but a big dog for our pond, none the less!
Awesome to see the Midwest represented in such a good light. Thank y’all
Hey guys, you ever think about putting out a PIER fishing Steelhead or Salmon video? Michigan's got some good ones. I think it'd be interesting. It's definitely tough sometimes.
Tight lines.
That sounds like a fun time! 🤘🎣
Michigan city lighthouse pier in Indiana is awesome for skamania stock.
7th like what a banger 🔥
Here's the real deal - Steelhead and rainbow trout are essentially the same species of fish. Steelhead is the name given to the silver ocean going form of this species. This species is native to the western U.S. where steelhead inhabit the coastal waters and rainbow trout live in rivers, streams, and lakes. Lake Michigan steelhead live a life that is very similar to that of their ocean going relatives. There are three programs that started steelhead in the great lakes. Wisconsin’s steelhead program began in 1884 but the program didn’t really get established until 1963. Twenty years later, Wisconsin decided on three strains of the steelhead to stock, which have since thrived in natural reproduction. The strains include the Ganaraska, Skamania, and Chambers strains. The Ganaraska River winter-run strain of steelhead originated on the west coast and has since become naturalized in Lake Ontario. It uses the Ganaraska River on the north shore of the lake for spawning. Although referred to as a spring run fish in Ontario, the Ganaraskas stocked in Lake Michigan also contribute to the fall and winter stream fishery. The Skamania strain was developed at the Skamania hatchery in the state of Washington, and the Chambers Creek strain from Lake Ontario in New York. The Chambers Creek strain originated at Washington’s South Tacoma Hatchery. Indiana began its steelhead initiative in 1889, with the first planting in the St. Joseph River. In 1971, Indiana began to experiment with a Wisconsin Skamania strain, and that program finally began to show some promise. The State of Michigan's steelhead program also has a long history with steelhead that began in 1876 and has been revised along the way for the last 120 years. The program started in the late 1800s included both releasing wild fish into the AuSable River with fish from Oregon, and breeding them in a hatchery. The steelhead were planted in various tributaries throughout the state. Studies show that the descendants of steelhead released into the waters in the 1880s have evolved and thrived. So when you catch all these fish throughout the Great Lakes, know that they ALL have their FIRST origins from Washington and Oregon.
Those hoodies look sick
The midwest has some of the best trout fishing and steelhead fishing. We dont have to deal with mountains or canyons. i can hit 4 streams in a day and often have my limit before noon. Between wisconsin, minnesota, michighan, and believe it or not... Iowa, we have so many sweet sweet streams that make colorado or any other place out west seem like a joke. Our scenery is just as spectacular too, and hardly any bears to worry about.
Yall should come for the salmon run
Lake Ontario steelhead are transplants fro Washington and Oregon. I know they even have the chamberlain strain. Michigan and New York share back and forth for breeding and raising steelhaed and salmon. They are real steel
100% real steel! Love the hoodie, wondering if they will make one that is entirely wet suit material in the future? I can't be the only one who gets completely soaked.
Finally someone said what needed to be said
What's up with the $100. From the company its $60 without the addicted logo
It was 99 bucks when I looked on their site
Migratory rainbow trout that use the great lakes as there ocean are steelhead and .. the strains are of west coast desent.. skamania etc. Diff forage base and environs may make the appearance diff from the west coast but i believe there steelhead. Just my 2 cents.
Aren't the steelhead in the great lakes genetically steelhead that were originally brought from the Northwest? Also the irony is that the Midwest has better numbers than most places do in the Northwest now.
They eat the same? Lol. Great content though! Love that some of the PNW tactics worked!
Cool video! But pretty sure this is a 1.5 hours west of traverse lol I cannot believe he got that boat down there.
Funny how they dont cooment on the ones who call them out😂 Addicts aren’t real enthusiasts, they do these vids just for the money and attention. None the less, Still good videos. Just talk themselves up way too much😂👎🏼
I'm so glad I found you guys recently. I've learned so much in a short time and the trip videos are incredible.
Those sweater went like hotcakes. Beautiful steels!!!
All sizes are sold out already? Bummer. This would have sold my hoodie problem in the PNW lol
Well folks have been stocking Michigan rivers with rainbow (Steelhead) from the Columbia and Fraser rivers since 1885 so yes they have for a long time been one of the premier target Species here in Michigan guess the secrets out. Michigan's steelhead record is 26.5 lbs. The King salmon (Chinook) run this year looking like it may have some real tanks in it as well. Michigan's king record is 48.06 yiks. See you in late summer
Should of went farther south to Trail creek Michigan City for the notorious Skamania Strain ,
Since you rapidly sold out of your logo hoodie, why not clue everyone in that they sell non logo versions on the malo'o site? Partners, right?
I think by the fights we’ve seen ya have through the series, they’re definitely real steelhead. Not ocean run but it’s amazing to see the very few natural reproduction rivers we have in MI.. blessed to be up here. Hopefully can get a skamania today
@@papichulo1843 they’re close enough for me 😂 surrogate ocean and all
@@papichulo1843 not to mention in 20-40 years you’ll probably have to come to the Great Lakes to fish for them period, they’ll be real then I’m sure
@@papichulo1843 been struggling to learn how to do it on my own here in MI. Tons of pressure as well, not sure what I’m doing wrong but I’ll keep at it
@@papichulo1843 definitely am going to, got the next 2 days off we just got our first snow
Definitely gonna start throwing some meat on my jigs
No Salt, No Steel
Remember that when the west coast really is dead and us Midwesterners won't send you any breeding stock. Then we'll run you off our rivers after you have to travel to catch our trout. Gtfoh.
100% real steelhead. Nice series guys
I'd love to go fishing with you guys
Hell yeah
I think you show the realness with fushing technical issues tangled rods ...
Steelbows, Muttbows. red power bait and yellow stringers