Steelhead 101: A Beginners Guide To Float Fishing Setup

Float fishing for steelhead and brown trout is a favorite method for Great Lakes anglers. In this episode of Pautzke Outdoors guide Stephen Shen details how to set up a float fishing rig.
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[@ctcraftii]

Great info, thank you!

[@Getitright488]

Great presentation

[@Hondeer]

Wow you use LIGHT stuff! West Coast we use 60lb main, 30lb bumper and 15lb leader with 1/2 sliders and #2 or #1 hooks. Interested to try this setup, seems way more stealth.

[@alexneveau3072]

Our steelhead here in the Great Lakes aren’t quite as big but on the west coast of Michigan we still get fish that are pushing 15 lbs quite frequently. And I feel that these lighter rods really help keep fish pinned when they are freaking out cause you won’t yank the hooks out of their mouth. Granted our fish aren’t as big but I use 4-10lb rods and 6-12 for king salmon all the time and those are pushing 30lbs I normally run 12-15lb leader for those salmon and 6-10lb leader for steelhead. but I really feel that the lighter rods really help keep these fish pinned when they are jumping all over and head shaking. As far as Great Lakes steelhead we have 20 fish days over here quite frequently and our average fish is 6-10lbs and when we do hook those bigger 12-15lb fish we seem to do just fine. But to my understanding you guys in the west coast are catching steelhead that are pushing 20lbs? And a 20lb steelhead is going to give a way harder fight than a 30lb king in my opinion. So maybe you guys are doing just fine with 15lb leaders.

[@user-fg3sl5po7p]

Great video. What kind of fixed float is that??

[@bradburnside213]

How do you like the closer rod? Would you recommend the Centerpin iteration?

[@user-lt9qo7it8k]

Why why why not a slip bobber with knot and bead it makes better sense to me this is a sincere question

[@VincentJDogg]

What size swivel are you using in this setup?

[@fishing_4_time761]

Size 8 or 10, anything small will work. 30/40lb rating and you’re good to go.

[@cristoforo1433]

You can use another palomar knot by just bringing the line thru instead of the swivel. I use this knot exclusively lol

[@grimskull416]

How is this video not getting more views and comments? Sounds like bad publicity or something