Here’s Calvin from Madison, WI with an absolute brute of a Muskegon River king salmon! Fresh king salmon continue to enter the river system despite the late start due to low water and excessive heat. So good to report I haven’t seen numbers of salmon like this in a very long time on the Muskegon.… 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
It’s amazing how the Muskegon river magically transforms itself leading into the evening hours. What looks like flat water with no trout surface activity or bugs during the day all the sudden explodes into bugs everywhere with relentless trout rising smashing the surface in a literal feeding frenzy as the sun lowers beneath the tree… Continue Reading
It’s starting to heat up with dry fly fishing on the Muskegon river. This cold start to late spring / early summer is finally over and it’s starting to warm up while the big browns and rainbow trout are starting to look up now more than ever. As the red tail sucker spawn comes to… Continue Reading
Absolutely love this time of year when the big game fly rods get changed up for the beloved 9 foot 5 weight dry fly rods. This beautiful Muskegon river brown trout absolutely smashed my cinnamon caddis dry fly. Nothing beats that first take top water from a big brown gorging in it’s feeding lane when… Continue Reading
Every once in a while the Mighty MO (Muskegon River) flexes its muscle and proves what a World-Class fishery it really is and Ed’s beautiful brown trout is the ultimate example of just how amazing of a trout stream the Muskegon River really is! Please meet my great friend Ed from Hillsdale, MI with what… Continue Reading
Here’s my Dad from Rodney Michigan with a beautiful Muskegon river steelhead! Here’s my brother Ben from LaCrosse, Wisconsin with a hard fighting steelhead from the Muskegon river. Special thanks to my dad and younger brother for making the trip to fish steelhead again with me this spring! Great job guys! Some beautiful steelhead brought… Continue Reading
Here’s the Man…. The Myth… The Legend! Greg from Big Rapids, MI who’s the only man I know who has consistantently hooked and landed several big game fresh water fish with only one cast! The only man I have ever known who hooked and landed a steelhead without even casting. He literally let his fly… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend and incredible pistol shooting instructor Carl from Caledonia, MI with a beautiful crimson red steelhead from the Muskegon river. Bob from Ionia, MI who’s so big, he made this steelhead look small! Legendary whitetail deer hunter and instructor John Eberhart out of Clare, MI with a drop back hen from the… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend from Pueblo, Colorado with an absolute beast of a Muskegon river steelhead! Congrats Todd! Here’s Todd with a beautiful chrome hen. Here’s Todd with an absolutely gorgeous “Wall-Hanger” 24-Inch Muskegon river rainbow trout! Here’s Todd with another hard fighting steelhead from the Muskegon. Here’s Todd with another beautiful chrome hen from… Continue Reading