Author Archives: Jon Fortuna

The Flies Were On Fire!

The Flies Were On Fire!

Pictured is Andrew (top) with Steve and some outstanding Muskegon river fall steelhead not to mention several king salmon hooked through out the day trip.  The focus today was on salmon but wondered what the outcome would have been if we concentrated on steelhead throughout the day with three for four steelhead strikes within 30 minutes.… Continue Reading

King Salmon Report

King Salmon Report

Here’s Ed from Hillsdale, MI with one of several king salmon hooked through out the day. Water levels have recently come up to 2000 cfs from all the heavy rain to the north.   With the higher waters, fresh steelhead and salmon have come up the river system.  Water temps dropped in the morning to… Continue Reading

Fall Steelhead & Monster Size King Salmon

Fall Steelhead & Monster Size King Salmon

Here’s Curtis from New Orleans with an awesome 24″ rainbow trout in the transition stage of becoming a steelhead.  Great fish Curtis! Not to be outdone, here’s Jim from Chicago with a very healthy female king salmon from his guided trip yesterday. Curtis pictured with his first ever king salmon from the Muskegon river in… Continue Reading

32 Pound, 42″ King Salmon

32 Pound, 42″ King Salmon

Here’s Steve from Sears, MI pictured with one of the largest king salmon I’ve ever had the absolute pleasure to help bring to the boat! Outstanding job Steve!  When you cant get your hand around the girth of the tail for the grip & grin photo, you know its big. The fall king salmon run… Continue Reading

King Salmon Fishing Report, October 10th, 2016

King Salmon Fishing Report, October 10th, 2016

Here’s todd from Indiana with a really nice king salmon from his half day trip yesterday. I think Todd will agree; it’s one thing to hook one of these monster king salmon, it’s by far another thing to land them.  These kings will bring you into your backing in seconds.  The pure power these fish… Continue Reading

40″ 27 Pound King Salmon And This Was The Smallest One Of The Day

40″ 27 Pound King Salmon And This Was The Smallest One Of The Day

Here’s Joe from Saint Louis, MO with an outstanding 40”, 27 pound king salmon.  Believe it or not, this was the smallest one of the day. The king salmon that are here are absolutely giants.  Joe, Jerry, and John learned first hand the Muskegon river king salmon are running on the large size this year.… Continue Reading

Fly Fishing For King Salmon

Fly Fishing For King Salmon

Here’s John from Indiana with some great opportunities at some awesome king salmon on the Muskegon river.  This was one of them, well earned! Water levels are normal for this time of year.  Rain and overcast skies any time soon would be a bonus.  The high bright sun mixed with warm water temperatures didn’t help… Continue Reading

Kings On The Run!

Kings On The Run!

The King Salmon have started to gang up in the deep pools.  These warm water temps have finally started to drop below the 70 degree point the past few days giving way for more king salmon to migrate up the river system. Here’s Charlie from New York with a hard fighting king.  Next weeks weather… Continue Reading