Learning How To Fish BC's Salmon Runs (TLP S2 E5)

Most people assume I know how to fish because I grow and hunt my own food and live by the ocean. The truth? I was fishless. In this video, I document my painfully humbling (and surprisingly expensive) journey to catch my first West Coast salmon after 13 years of ignoring the opportunity right in front of me.

From gear breakdowns and early-morning riverside fails to a neighbor’s pity-powered mentorship and a whole lot of learning the hard way — this is the story of how I finally stopped pretending I knew what I was doing, picked up a rod, and discovered a new wild food source I now can’t live without.

➤ Chapters:
0:00 Cold start confession
2:12 Why my Ontario rod got roasted
4:33 $1,000 setup breakdown
6:45 Licenses & legal fishing spots
9:20 River culture + early failures
12:05 Timing the salmon run
13:45 Catching my first fish
16:22 Cleaning, cooking & preserving
18:00 Reflections on fear, growth & self-sufficiency

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Hey I'm Mike and I make a show called "The Land Provides," where I explore my relationship with wild food and the connection it fosters to people and place. I'm in the process of editing season 2, so in the meantime I've got a bunch of unscripted gardening and hunting content that I'll be uploading once a month.

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Video equipment used:
Sony A7SIII
Sony FX30
DJI Action 5
Sony XLR-K3M
Sony 24-240mm Lens
Sigma 14-24mm Art Series Lens
Sigma 50mm Art Series Lens
DJI Mic 1 and DJI Mic 2
Wandrd Hexad Carryall Duffle
Manfrotto BeFree travel tripod
Neewer TP62" Travel Tripod Carbon Fiber

Music licensed from Soundstripe.