How To Fish The Rifle River! Michigan Steelhead River Fishing Rig Setup!

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Don't worry about these don't name the river bro's, any buddy with a smart phone can get the rivers, parking spots, even the holes and hot lures with a simple Facebook or michigansportsman forum search. People are usually to eager to share how much they know. All these fish are put and take for the most part anyways. Steelhead and brown trout are not native to Michigan bonk'em and smoke them. Also if a shop promotes fly only sections, don't shop there, everyone pays for these fish everyone should be able to catch them.

It's my fishing headquarters

I've caught pike in there and sucker's but one time i caught a bass in there also

Thanks for this video man. It's about 2 hours away but I plan on heading up there myself sometime soon to try my luck with a float, ice jig, and wax worms. Maybe I'll bring a second rod with a bead lure. Anyways, without this video I wouldn't have the opportunity to try. Thanks man!
Keep up the great content.

Delete this you are causing so much fishing pressure at this river more than there ever has been before. And by the way learn how to shot your float bud

Thanks for naming the river! I pass through there all the time on the way to my cottage. I’m gonna start bringing groups of friends down there!

NICE VIDEO, THANKS! I remember jumping in the Jordon river trying to net a salmon for a friend in November in jeans! Landed the fish and went back to fishing. A short time later I had a large salmon on but my bud lost it while stabbing at it with the net!! lol It helps sometimes to go with a bud with experience! Anyway I'll be checking your channel for more Michigan fishing videos!

I get the hate but I dont. Naming small streams and places that shouldnt be named is bad but the rifle river has been on tv for years for great fishing for most species. Including steelhead. They call it the 2nd pere Marquette or something like that. They literally compare it to the PM. People need to chill. It's a known steelhead river. It's like people hating on him for posting the grand river or st Joe's or betsie. They're all known rivers. Y'all need to relax lol I'm from 2 hours plus away from the rifle and I've known its had good steelie runs since I was 12. Like c'mon. I'll agree that trail creek video should've been not mentioned but people also travel from all over the US for the skam run there so not really harm on that one. Just the unknown streams u should never say. No hate on this video. Fucking amazing catches bro. I think the guy having cheap gear was proving a point. To show that it's not that hard but u also cant just go out and catch them. It takes a form of skill so the people sayin he dont know what hes doing… dont know what they're doing I think lol

Hey Brad! Just.another_day.with_Louie!🔥

Wow and then you keep all those fish your such a pos

don't name rivers man! That should be common sense at this point!

Good job on the catch, but it does suck good local spots get over fished due to small things like this. A group of 4 go get good fish go back home each 4 tell another 10 each and so on

Only a real outdoorsman understands the feeling of "fuck it, i guess I'm jumping in this ice cold river for a fish "

Wanna here something funny we came here a week later and caught nothing

It is amazing to me that people feel they have the right for insisting anonymity of the names of Public rivers The sport should be open to all citizens

That river is awesome. Unfortunately it gets raped and trashed every year because shit heads come from all over and dump on it. It won't last fifty years

I liked your video. Crybabies will cry but they don’t own the river or have the right to tell people not to name it.

I can’t tell if you still have the plastic on that rod cork or not but it looks like you do if you do then you should take it off because it can cause the cork to rot

You need to remove this video man. This river can not sustain a lot of fishing pressure. You’re not only ruining it for you, you’re ruining it for everyone else who kept it a secret. You’re so dumb.

Be a shame if I seen this guy at g.w.

You need to learn how to shot that raven float out you prolly have like 3 grams on that 8 grammer😂

Yea dude what the hell

You just made a whole lot of enemies

So I have to ask, why is naming rivers such a big deal? Sure I get that more traffic might lead to trash and erosion of the banks along the river, and there might be someone in my spot if I didn’t roll my ass out of bed early enough, but I’ve seen quite a few of the individuals giving Brad and Fray a hard time leave their skein, tie bags and braid nests all over the river along with their Monster Energy drinks and their booze bottles.

In my opinion, most of the guys that are influenced by social media are only fishing during the peak seasons and won’t walk more than a few hundred yards to find fish. Case in point, in this video, Brad didn’t walk but a few hundred yards up river, so this spot can’t be that hard to find. Also, I’ve fished all over the state this winter and had nearly every spot to myself.

At the end of the day, we are always going to run into other anglers during the runs, and if you want your spots to remain secret, hike in deep, get up early and everyone practice what you preach and pick up after yourselves.

Maybe I’m missing something but I think we are all being a bit dramatic…🥴

A real fishing guide would never name the river so it could be fucked up and abused by every loser in the world. I hope these boys never see you on the river its not looking good for fisher Brad that day. Hmm 90 dislikes and 28 likes i guess the stats speak for their self

Guys get so butt hurt about him naming the river. locals already know what the river has to offer get over it. This guy isn't even famous. I like him saying where he goes as a Fisherman I enjoy seeing new stuff and its local so maybe I could do the same n enjoy it

I'll comment on this one… I'm not the most qualified to talk about social media ethics BUT I have had three years to learn from the river naming MISTAKE I made. You are intentionally posting river names wherever you go, whether its because you're trying to help people LEARN, trying to CLICKBAIT free info for views, or you're doing it as "revenge" to get back at people who are asking you not to. Naming Big Man, Grand, even Betsie is one thing. But this one is 100% a step too far, and I'll be really surprised if you can't see that. You would receive a lot of backlash for posting this even if you didn't name it, because it includes landmarks that make the exact spot EASILY findable for anyone with a computer. You could have simply filmed from the other direction, not named the river, and noone would have a clue where you were. And you would have still helped a beginner fisherman out by showing them the technique or whatever. When I was first starting making videos I named a river I shouldn't have and accidentally filmed illegally. I was completely clueless, and once the backlash came in I took it down, APOLOGIZED multiple times, took responsibility, and paid the fine. You haven't done anything illegal BUT what you are doing by naming rivers is completely INTENTIONAL, and for that reason I don't see many serious steelheaders or Michigan fisherman in general taking you seriously, or forgiving you. Especially on the east side of the state after what they have been through with their salmonid fisheries, those guys won't forget stuff like this. Taking it down would be a good start. Don't take this as me telling you what to do, but I've made a lot of mistakes along the way and I think my advice could help you. I had only 2,000 subscribers when I made my last video with a river name, since then I've done my best to keep landmarks out and keep my videos from overloading spots or exposing spots that were previously "low key". You can grow your channel, and maybe even your guide service… without using locations as clickbait. Again this is not me telling you what to do, or threatening, but I figured if I'm ever gonna type a paragraph now's the time. i don't have facebook, but I can imagine you are getting torn apart on there. Between that, these comments, and the dislike ratio on this video, that should tell you something is WRONG. Tight lines/no hate

Any chance you could do a Cast and Blast guide service with someone like On A String outfitters?

Bro this hate is gonna last a lot longer than any money or views you get..

Good content.. but putting the name of the river/stream is definitely not necessary

Jackass total jackass. Why destroy a gem? You are not a sportsman.

Stop name dropping these smaller rivers and tributaries to gain views. You're overpopulating fisheries that can't support that kind of pressure, this is exactly why you're getting hate on your videos. You're shooting yourself in the foot and ruining hidden gems cherished by so many ethical fisherman.

It’s sad that you are so hated within a community that you videos have more dislikes than likes…

Sweet Steelhead! Walleye spawn starts in about 6 weeks here, can't wait!

Yahoo steelhead are the best

I know it’s been said from the looks of the comments. But this makes me sad that you think it’s a good idea to list the name of a small trout stream that you are on. I sure hope that karma catches up to you for what you are potentially doing to this river. Smh , it’s just pure idiotic man.

Yer a mad man for getting in that water without waders. Excellent bag of fish 👍🏻

You are a joke of a fishermen

fisherbrad you are a wannabe,and destructive

For the love of God stop naming rivers. You can make the same content without naming rivers.

If section 8 was a fishing guide

Bwhahahaha! Adventure Fishing talking shit from behind a screen. Brad is now limited as to where he can fish without taking a forced swim.