Day two of a final day that will only go down as “something special.” Whether it’s Bob’s 18lb double stripe crimson red buck or Amy’s 14lb (so fat I cant hold it) hen. These past two days were simply one of the best steelhead experiences I’ve witnessed in a long time. Bob and Amy with some epic steelhead battles, both the ones we… Continue Reading
Here’s Jim with some outstanding Muskegon river spring steelhead. Not a bad way to spend his Christmas gift from his wife….Thank you Darci! Water levels continue to be perfect with water temps above 50 degrees. Rain in the forecast is promising to bring new steelhead up the river system. WIth the water conditions the way they are… Continue Reading
Best of Buds! Hats off to Bert (pic left) and Dave for an outstanding time encouraging the other on as they battled a Muskegon river spring steelhead run in full effect. Dave pictured with a massive steelhead! Bert with a hard fighting buck. Bert with a “picture perfect” Muskegon River steelhead. Bert with a uniquely colored… Continue Reading
Ken with a very well earned steelhead on the last cast of the day! Here’s Ken and Rick from the east side of the state with some outstanding spring steelhead from the Muskegon River. Including Ken’s mammoth 30+ inch hen. I give Ken a lot of credit for sticking it out after suffering one devastating… Continue Reading
Here’s Brian with a trophy Muskegon River steelhead. Not to be outdone, here’s Mike pictured with his trophy steelhead. Brian with a hard fighting steelhead. Here’s Mike with a 30″ hen. Brian with a really nice steelhead showing it’s winter colors. Mike with one of two giant walleye landed. Brian pictured with another killer steelhead. Here’s… Continue Reading
Here’s Dave, his wife Corinne and his son Harry from Albion, MI who decided to take a winter steelhead trip as a getaway for his son’s return from the Navy. It’s pretty common for me to have clients who have never steelhead fished before. But, it’s very uncommon for these same clients to land every… Continue Reading
Here’s Ed from Hillsdale, MI with one of several king salmon hooked through out the day. Water levels have recently come up to 2000 cfs from all the heavy rain to the north. With the higher waters, fresh steelhead and salmon have come up the river system. Water temps dropped in the morning to… Continue Reading
Here’s Curtis from New Orleans with an awesome 24″ rainbow trout in the transition stage of becoming a steelhead. Great fish Curtis! Not to be outdone, here’s Jim from Chicago with a very healthy female king salmon from his guided trip yesterday. Curtis pictured with his first ever king salmon from the Muskegon river in… Continue Reading
Here’s Steve from Sears, MI pictured with one of the largest king salmon I’ve ever had the absolute pleasure to help bring to the boat! Outstanding job Steve! When you cant get your hand around the girth of the tail for the grip & grin photo, you know its big. The fall king salmon run… Continue Reading
Here’s Joe from Saint Louis, MO with an outstanding 40”, 27 pound king salmon. Believe it or not, this was the smallest one of the day. The king salmon that are here are absolutely giants. Joe, Jerry, and John learned first hand the Muskegon river king salmon are running on the large size this year.… Continue Reading