Category Archives: Salmon fishing Muskegon river

25lb King Salmon on the Muskegon River 10/19/13

Ever fished a river before?  Nope.  Ever fished a lake before?  Nope.  Ever fished at all before?  Nope.  Ever hooked and landed a massive 25lb male king salmon on the Muskegon river in Michigan?  Hell yeah! Here’s Bill (right) standing next to John (left) holding Bills first ever fish which just happened to be a… Continue Reading

Beautiful Autumn Day on the Muskegon River 10/17/13

Here’s Bob with a really nice king salmon from the other day. Fall sunrise on the Muskegon river in Michigan. Here’s Bob again with another really nice mouth hooked king!   Recent rains have raised the water levels on the Muskegon.  A fresh set of new salmon have made their way up.  Steelhead continue to… Continue Reading

Do You Want Steelhead Or King Salmon?

Hats off today to Anton & Stan!  Both did a great job hooked up into fish all day long.  Here’s Stan with a awesome 9lb chrome steelhead buck hooked and landed on the 2nd cast of the day.  This was Stan’s first time ever fly fishing on a river.  Seems to be a on going theme of… Continue Reading

Salmon Fishing The Muskegon River In Michigan

Here’s Kristen & Josh celebrating their 7 year anniversary in style.  Kristen’s gift to Josh provided all day long hook ups into Muskegon river’s best king salmon.  What’s also great about this trip is this was Kristen’s first time ever fly fishing on a river.  Needless to say she caught on very quickly as she… Continue Reading

First Muskegon River Steelhead 10/13/13

Few things as a fishing guide feel better than getting a person who has never fly fished before into their first fall steelhead on the Muskegon river in Michigan.  Only thing that could make it better is having them do it on their first cast of the day.  Here’s Josh with his first, this 11lb… Continue Reading

Just Let Em Run!

Dave & Bert learned first hand the rule of the day…….just let them run!   The king salmon on the Muskegon river this year are running very, very large.  I’ve not experienced so many fish so big they don’t move once hooked, they hold their ground.  50 percent of the fish hooked by clients so… Continue Reading

St. Louis has Budweiser, Muskegon river has King Salmon!

This ain’t no bass fishing.  Joe (pictured above) from St.Louis with “best of the day.”  26lb, King.  Joe’s first time fishing King Salmon on the Muskegon river in Michigan. Jerry (Rockford MI) with Joe.  Nothing better than sharing fishing memories among friends. Great job today guys! Beautiful hen with eggs still in skein. The Muskegon… Continue Reading

The Kings of the Muskegon River

28 lbs. of Twisted Green Steel! Pictured is Jeff from Rockford, MI with the best of the day.   A huge 28 lb 46″ King Salmon.   Salmon fishing the Muskegon river in Michigan will only get better.  The majority of fish are still stacked up in the deep holes getting staged to hit gravel.  Salmon, Steelhead, Lake Run Browns, and… Continue Reading