(Rick with an absolute monster hen Muskegon River King Salmon) Here’s Rick’s monster hen and the “tale of the tape” with this girl weighing in well over 30lbs. Absolute monster! She took over 25 minutes to bring to the net and as you can see she’s eating very well! This hen is setting the bench mark… Continue Reading
(Colin (left) helping BJ hold his first ever King Salmon taken with a fly rod) Here’s my new good friends Colin (left) and his friend BJ from Texas as they put it in their own words “these fresh water kings ain’t no joke.” 30 minute drag screeching runs, aerial leaps, arm busting pulls; you name… 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 fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout fishing… Continue Reading
(Beautiful Muskegon River Brown Trout On The Dry Fly) Absolutely love this time of year. It’s the best of both worlds with the strong numbers of remaining steelhead due to massive flows and the transition to some of the best dry fly trout fishing the Muskegon River has to offer. Pictured above is one of… 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
(The Boys from Wisconsin) From left to right the boys from Wisconsin with Mark holding a nice spring steelhead from the Muskegon River along with Bob in the middle and Paul on the right. My friends from Wisconsin came out the past few days for their annual spring steelhead fishing adventure which turned out to… Continue Reading
(Jordan Fortuna with his very first steelhead with a fly rod) After years of guiding fathers and sons into really nice steelhead, it was so nice to finally have the opportunity to guide my son into his first steelhead. I’m extremely proud to introduce you to my 14-year-old son Jordan Fortuna with his very first… Continue Reading
(Mike Mooney (right) holding his record 22lb, 36″ steelhead from the Muskegon River) Felt more than blessed to guide my client last week into my first legitimate 20 pound steelhead. Now I’ve had the absolute joy to guide Mike Mooney (pictured right) holding his record setting 22 pound, 36″ massive Muskegon River steelhead! Pictures don’t… Continue Reading