(Mark pictured with a very chrome Muskegon River Fall steelhead) Mark from Wisconsin holding the very first silver bullet of the year! Good numbers of steelhead have entered the river system. In and around spawning salmon have been the best producers. For you diehard steelhead anglers out there (like me) we have several dates… Continue Reading
Day three with Bob, Paul, and Mark from Wisconsin, this time it’s Paul with top honors holding the largest steelhead of the day. These guys did really well again throughout the past three days with several hook-ups and some outstanding steelhead brought to the boat. Great way to end the three day trip guys! Water levels remain strong. Midge… Continue Reading
I was absolutely blessed today to land this incredible Muskegon River steelhead! I won’t exactly say the fishing was “easy” today. Even though my landing percentage was at a all time low the hook ups were strong! I was merely blessed to not only hook this really nice steelhead, but I also managed to bring him to the boat! Great jumps,… Continue Reading
Beautiful 33″, 17lb chrome hen! Year after year January and February has always produced some of the biggest steelhead of the year on the Muskegon river and this year is no different. Water levels are on the rise with the recent run-off. The higher water has brought more steelhead up the river system. Nice crimson red… Continue Reading
Here’s my 13 year old son Jordan pictured with some great steelhead including this really nice 30 inch buck landed just before the snow started to fly this morning on the Muskegon river. Jordan had several opportunities at some great steelhead within a few hours of fishing today. Great job Jordan! These ideal water temps… Continue Reading
Rusty and his son Gavin helping to hold Dad’s 14lb, 30″ outstanding double stripe male steelhead. Here’s dad returning the favor helping to hold Gavin’s first ever steelhead. A 30″ 13lb mature double stripe buck. Not bad for a 13 year olds first steelhead. Great fish Gavin. You “earned” it! Well done!! Rusty holding a steelhead that… Continue Reading
Here’s Nick from Chicago with a really nice male steelhead that took a nymph pattern on a two handed switch rod, indi-style. With these warm, sunny, fall days with little to no rain for weeks and low water levels, we’ve been covering a lot of water in search of steelhead. Steelhead are present throughout the river system but… Continue Reading
Bernie from Detroit area with a nice chrome steelhead from a well needed cloudy day. Blue skies and low clear water has made steelhead fishing a little challenging at times. Yesterday’s cloudy skies were what was needed to turn the steelhead bite on as we had several nice opportunities at some very large steelhead throughout the day. post… Continue Reading
Pictured is Andrew (top) with Steve and some outstanding Muskegon river fall steelhead not to mention several king salmon hooked through out the day trip. The focus today was on salmon but wondered what the outcome would have been if we concentrated on steelhead throughout the day with three for four steelhead strikes within 30 minutes.… Continue Reading
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. Leaves are changing color, air and water temps are transitioning, and trout fishing is picking up as the caddis fly hatch starts to explode. With it comes the best part of all as the yearly migration of king salmon and fall steelhead… Continue Reading