Negative -35 wind chill, snow accumulations of an inch per hour for well over 24 hours straight, sustained 35 mph hour winds, opening up to a 45 degree day today, with several fresh chrome steelhead waiting to play! “should’ve seen the ones I lost” was the theme of the day today as some of the… Continue Reading
(Bob with a beautiful chrome hen) Here’s my long-time friend and fishing partner Bob from Madison, WI with a beautiful chrome hen from the Muskegon River. Bob shares my chrome addiction and has been out with me for several steelhead fishing adventures over the years. And I’m sure Bob would agree; this January steelhead was… Continue Reading
Felt great to finally have a chance to break away and do some winter steelhead fishing on the Muskegon landing chrome beauties like this one in late December. Steelhead are poised throughout the river from the lower stretches of Anderson Flats to the upper reaches of Croton Dam. This recent warm-up has kept water levels… Continue Reading
(Tommy with a beautiful crystal chrome hen) Here’s my new winter steelhead fishing friends Tommy from Seattle and his dad Rick from the East side of Michigan with a matching set of beautiful crystal chrome hens from the Muskegon River. (Rick completing the matching set of crystal chrome hens) New steelhead are on the move… Continue Reading
(Seamus with a massive Muskegon River Steelhead) Here’s Seamus from Plymouth, MI with an absolute monster buck from the Muskegon River. Congrats Seamus!! Great steelhead!!! Here’s the “tale of the tape” weighing in on the Boga grips at 16lbs and in excess of 30″-inches. Great steelhead, great fight! Steelhead numbers are increasing but spread throughout… Continue Reading
(Ed with a massive fall steelhead from the Muskegon River) (31″, 17lbs of Twisted Chrome Steel!) Day two in fall steelhead paradise as Ed lands an outstanding 171b chrome buck! This steelhead gives new meaning to the term “Muskegon river silver bullet” as this buck jumped several times and took Ed deep into his backing… Continue Reading
From left to right here’s Jim, Bert, and Greg from northern Michigan with some excellent spring steelhead from the Muskegon River. The spring steelhead run is far from over on the Muskegon river. High flows mixed with precipitation is keeping the steelhead wheels cranking on the MO. With the current water conditions now there will… Continue Reading
Here’s Jeff pictured top along with his brother with some really nice spring steelhead from the Muskegon River. The spring steelhead run is far from over on the Muskegon river. In fact, there’s more steelhead now in the river system than there was in early April. High flows mixed with precipitation is keeping the steelhead… Continue Reading
(Mark, Calvin, and Adam with some outstanding steelhead from the Muskegon River) From left to right here’s Mark and his two sons Calvin and Adam from Wisconsin with some exceptional steelhead brought to the boat over the past two days of fishing. The spring steelhead run is far from over on the Muskegon river. In… Continue Reading
(George & Lenore from Chicago with a massive spring steelhead from the Muskegon River) Great to have my good friend George and wife Lenore from Chicago back in the boat with me! It’s been a while, but George sure made up for lost time by helping his wife land this massive spring steelhead from the… Continue Reading