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

[MuskieBait]

Another thing I noticed after watching the video...

I know there is a shallow, rocky "beach" in front of you...and hence you have the fish up near the surface toward the end of the video...so you can bring the fish in over the rocks. But the fish is still very fresh (energetic) at the point you try to bring it shallow (notice how many times and how high it jumped!).

Instead of bringing a fresh fish so shallow so quickly, especially with species that likes to jump, fight them out in deeper water first. Don't be in a hurry to land them, but let them fight it out. If the fish are in deeper water, the tendency is to dive deeper and get out in the current. Having the fish in current make them expend energy rather than sitting in calmer water where they can recover. If the fish is in shallow too early, the fish will thrash a lot with its head up. There is basically nowhere for the fish to run except side to side or to jump...both are more risky for losing fish (hook pulling out) rather than a fish trying to run deep (deep run allows you to keep much more pressure on the fish, keeping a tighter line and prevent the hook from coming out).