Here’s Herb from Kentwood, MI with an absolutely gorgeous Muskegon river brown trout sporting the beautiful fall colors in full bloom! Beautiful brownie Herb! Congrats! So glad you could make it out fishing with me this fall! Thanks Herb!! Great to fish with you again. I’ve said it before and will continue to say it… Continue Reading
Please meet my great friend, Doug from Houston, MN with an exceptional Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely slammed his fly on the second cast of the morning. Congratulations on such an incredible native Muskegon river brown trout Doug! Welcome to the Muskegon river my friend! I’ve said it before and will continue to say… Continue Reading
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. The annual migration of king salmon start to enter the river system and along with it the fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout… Continue Reading
Here’s Connor from northern California with a nice brown trout that absolutely smashed a streamer pattern during the start of a rain shower. Connor with another beautiful brown trout during the rain. Although the mid-afternoon rain shower wasn’t very pleasant to fish through; it turned the bite on like crazy with these brown trout going… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend Bob from Madison, WI with an absolute beauty of a Muskegon river steelhead! I give Bob all the credit for sticking it out during one of the toughest steelhead runs experienced in a long time. Pin point casts, perfect drifts, all added up to Bob hooking up with several nice steelhead.… Continue Reading
Please meet my hometown friend Greg from Rockford, MI with a bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead! Nice job Greg!! Not to be outdone by Dad, here’s Greg’s son Ben with a very fresh, very chrome hen from the Muskegon. Greg with a hard fighting buck that hit at the end of his swing when… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend John from Nothern Michigan with a 23″ Muskegon River Rainbow Trout. Notice the forked tale? Prime indication of this incredible rainbow trout. Rainbow trout are identified by their forked tail. Steelhead tails are vertically straight in the back verses the forked tail only native rainbow trout have. No, this Muskegon river… Continue Reading
The Muskegon river steelhead are on the run! Low water and strange weather patterns past few weeks has spread the steelhead out in pockets throughout the river. ElNino seems to have added a special twist to this seasons spring steelhead run. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
Never gets old. That pure adrenalin rush you get from hooking the hardest fighting fresh water game fish in North America. And not to mention doing it on one of the best steelhead rivers in North America. A certain percentage of female steelhead make their way up the Muskegon river system seeking food and refuge… Continue Reading
It’s surly not getting old; the brown trout fishing on the Muskegon river just keeps getting better and better! Never seen so many nice river browns brought to the net in the past year. Whether it be dry flies during the drake or caddis hatch, C&D egg flies behind redds, nymph fishing, stripping streamers, you… Continue Reading