Keeping it all in the family here’s my new friends from Indiana and Michigan who came to spend a beautiful half day with me this past Saturday in search of the Muskegon River Crowned Jewel…Steelhead! And find it they did with several nice attempts at some great fish including several large size trout and a… Continue Reading
Sore arms and a worn down net was the name of the game today, as I couldn’t believe the sheer numbers of steelhead I witnessed first hand. Every once in a while you have one of those days on the Muskegon where you just can’t do any wrong; this was definitely one of those days!… Continue Reading
Eric with a massive late spring steelhead from the Muskegon river. Ed with a really nice late spring steelhead from the Muskegon river. Eric with a nice late spring steelhead. Pictured are my really good friends Ed and Eric with some really nice late spring steelhead from the Muskegon river. Although the numbers of steelhead… Continue Reading
Tony with a beautifully massive Muskegon river spring steelhead. Bill with an outstanding Muskegon river steelhead. Bill with a gorgeous spring hen. Bill pictured with a hard fighting buck. Tony with another beautiful spring hen to finish out the day. Here’s Tony and Bill pictured with some great steelhead including Tony’s 33″ 14lb hen (top photo). I… Continue Reading
Greg with a really nice Muskegon river chrome hen. Greg with a uniquely colored spring buck steelhead. Greg with another nice chrome steelhead. Bert with a Muskegon river chrome bullet spring steelhead. Here’s Greg and Bert pictured with some really nice Muskegon river spring steelhead. Water levels have been good now holding around 2500 cfs. Midge… Continue Reading
Pictured are my good friends Bob, Paul, and Mark from Wisconsin. Bob’s photo is on top with the largest steelhead of the day. 18 pounds and 32 inches of twisted chrome steel! All the guys did really well with several hook-ups and fish brought to the boat throughout the day. Great start for day one guys! Water… Continue Reading
Here’s Father Joe (pictured with the net), Bert in the middle holding a nice crimson red steelhead, and Father Ron; all of which hooked and landed some outstanding steelhead throughout the day. Nothing like having a little luck on your side when you have two Catholic Priests in the boat to turn the bite on. And… Continue Reading
Here’s Todd from Indiana taking full advantage of his wife’s Christmas gift of a guided fishing trip on the Muskegon river during the peak of the spring steelhead run. I think it’s safe to say Todd can come to appreciate what a push of water does for the steelhead fishing. As the water levels rise,… Continue Reading
Day two of a final day that will only go down as “something special.” Whether it’s Bob’s 18lb double stripe crimson red buck or Amy’s 14lb (so fat I cant hold it) hen. These past two days were simply one of the best steelhead experiences I’ve witnessed in a long time. Bob and Amy with some epic steelhead battles, both the ones we… Continue Reading
Bob and his daughter Amy from Madison Wisconsin pictured with some outstanding spring steelhead from day one of a two day trip. Special thanks to Amy, who over the past couple years I’ve come to respect as a true steelhead angler. She has fished in some of the toughest fishing conditions one can face… Continue Reading