UPDATED: Caught me a Steelhead on the Centerpin (Vid/Pic)

[MuskieBait]

You fish the same pool all the time, huh?

Just a tip...after watching your videos and mcfly's video...

You horse the fish too much too fast. By horsing the fish to the surface, you get the head up and out of the water too often. The fish is forced to the surface...it's not trying to jump or thrash.

You hear it from bass pros all the time...keep the fish deep...keep the head down...the more a fish jump, the more chances there are in losing the fish.

You should use the rod more...but a good bend into it, but keep the fish fighting deep. Instead of horsing a fish to shore, don't drag it and don't fight it so close to the surface. Use the rod and guide the fish, swing it to your side into the shallows. Yes...the fish will attempt to run off again. It is fine. The more the fish runs, the more it tires and the easier (cooperative) it gets when you land it. A more tired fish prevents it from flopping all over on shallow rocks and thus risk smashing its head, eye or mess up its fins (and less chance it will struggle when you pick it up for a picture). Despite everything said about overplaying a fish, you are not playing it until it goes belly up...but enough to get it to cooperate when you need to lead the fish to shore.