Jim from Ft. Wayne Indiana with a picture perfect crystal chrome king from the Muskegon river. King salmon numbers continue to increase as start of the fall salmon run starts on the Muskegon River. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
Here’s long time friend and client John from Chicago with the best of the day. 42-Inches and 29 pounds of twisted green steel! You just can’t imagine how hard these fish fight until you hook one with a light weight fly rod. Absolutely incredible fights ensue with battles lasting well over 20 minutes. John with… 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 Josh from Newaygo, MI with an absolute horse of a winter steelhead from the Muskegon river. Tipping the scale at 16lbs, 32 inches. Had to pull anchor and drop back for this one. Incredible fight! Great job Josh! Congratulations on such a nice steelhead!! One thing I love about winter steelheading is the assortment… Continue Reading
Here’s Jim from Fort Wayne, IN with an absolute beast of a steelhead from the Muskegon river. 33″ Inches and 17lbs of twisted chrome steel! Great job Jim! Incredible steelhead! Congratulations! Here’s Jim’s brother Rick also from Fort Wayne, IN with a nice buck from the MO. Both Jim and Rick have been avid Pere… Continue Reading
Please welcome my new friends Sherry from Rockford, MI and her brother Austin from Jacksonville, FL. Sherry with her first ever steelhead that believe it or not hit on her very first cast. Great job Sherry! Well done! Here’s Austin, from Jacksonville, FL. He’s fished and hunted some of the best areas across the United… Continue Reading
Here’s Nick from Chicago with a chrome steelhead from the Muskegon River. 70 degrees one day and back in the 30’s the next. You’ve gotta love the fall steelhead weather in Michigan! The recent rains have brought the water up slightly along with some new steelhead reaching the upper stretches of the river. The tricky… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert with one of the largest, if not the largest 24″ native rainbow trout from the Muskegon river. Congrats on such a one in a million rainbow Bert! This rainbow was so big (two feet long!) I truly thought it was a steelhead. In 20+ years guiding exclusively on the Muskegon river all year… Continue Reading
Bert from Rodney, MI with a very chrome steelhead from the Muskegon River that took an egg fly and was into the fly reel backing in seconds with aerial assaults and drag screeching runs. No fresh water big game fish fights harder than a Muskegon river fall steelhead! Water conditions are ideal for fall steelhead… Continue Reading
Please welcome the newest member to the 40/30 King Club! Parish from Atlanta, GA with a 40+ inch 30lb+ massive king salmon from the Muskegon River. Parish’s first ever king salmon just happened to be an absolute monster taken with a fly rod. Congrats Parish on such an awesome king salmon! Great fight! Great fish!… Continue Reading