Category Archives: Muskegon River fishing guide

Best Buds!

Best Buds!

Here’s Dave from Chicago with a beautiful double stripe Muskegon River steelhead tipping the scale at 17lbs.  Dave’s magnificent steelhead was so big he needed two buddies to help hold it for the photo.  Nice steelhead Dave!  Congrats! Dave’s beautiful translucent red double stripe buck. Not to be outdone, here’s Bill from Washington with a… Continue Reading

Twisted Crimson Red Steel!

Twisted Crimson Red Steel!

Here’s Sven from Colorado celebrating his birthday in style with his first ever Muskegon river steelhead.  A beautifully colored crimson red double strip buck tipping the bogas at 16 pounds and just shy of 30-inches.  This nice buck is sporting a beautiful crimson red winter hold-over coat.  Outstanding steelhead Sven!  Happy birthday my friend! Thick… Continue Reading

Time To Think Spring! Spring Steelhead Fishing!!

Time To Think Spring!  Spring Steelhead Fishing!!

Here’s Jim from Ft. Wayne Indiana with some killer steelhead brought to the boat and a few more that just didn’t want their picture taken.  Great job Jim!   Fishing conditions are in a transition right now as warm-ups followed by cold fronts are making way to the transition from winter steelheading to spring.  The warm… Continue Reading

Stealthy Approach!

Stealthy Approach!

Meet my new friend from across the pond with a steelhead that measured just short of 3 feet long!  Please meet Charles from England with what can only be described as 33.5-Inches of twisted crimson red steel!  Awesome job Charles! Welcome to my steelhead addiction!! And to think Charles lost a bigger one just before… Continue Reading

Future Wall-Hanger!

Future Wall-Hanger!

Check out the girth on this beautiful chromed out Muskegon river steelhead.  If this steelhead makes it the next few years, he’s gonna be an absolute wall-hanger!  The thickness of muscle on this steelhead was absolutely amazing!  Incredible fight! They don’t come much beefier than this buck!  Insane girth around the mid-section and shoulders.  More… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Winter Steelhead Fishing!

Muskegon River Winter Steelhead Fishing!

Here’s Kurt from Ann Arbor, MI with a nice double stripe buck winter steelhead from the Muskegon river. When water temps drop below the 40-degree point, steelhead seek out winter lies in rivers slow moving deep pools.  They do so for protection from the elements and to avoid exerting too much energy in the cold… Continue Reading

Go With The Flow!

Go With The Flow!

Here’s William from LaCrosse, WI with this beautiful crimson red double stripe buck!  We talked about the size of the steelhead running on the big side this fall and winter.  Well Williams double stripe buck is the prime example; tipping the boga’s at 18lbs and measuring at a wall-hanger status of 34 inches.  Great job… Continue Reading

Southern Style Steelheading!

Southern Style Steelheading!

Here’s Andrew from the Fayetteville, Arkansas who spends his free time trout fishing the famed White River in Arkansas.  Visiting family and friends in Michigan he took a break to try some winter steelhead fishing for the first time choosing the Muskegon river. Try he did as you see Andrew posing with this beautiful crystal… Continue Reading

Sweet Steel Brotherly Love!

Sweet Steel Brotherly Love!

Brotherly Love runs deep and even more so when both love to fish steelhead!  Here’s Rick holding an absolute “wall-hanger” Muskegon river steelhead along side his brother Jim (both from Ft. Wayne, IN). When I talked about these steelhead being on the large size this season; this is exactly what I mean.  Rick’s steelhead measured… Continue Reading

Late November Muskegon River Steelhead!

Late November Muskegon River Steelhead!

Here’s Kurt from Ann Arbor, MI with a really nice steelhead from the Muskegon river. The bite was on today with some great opportunities at some incredible fall steelhead throughout the day. The fall steelhead run has been very productive this season with several nice steelhead brought the net and some that just didn’t want… Continue Reading