(Bert with a gorgeous Muskegon River Brown Trout) The king salmon run is in full swing on the Muskegon making for some great opportunities for really large size trout and fall steelhead. Water temps are on the decline along with water levels. Much needed rain in the forecast will bring more fish up river. post… 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 fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout fishing… Continue Reading
(Beautiful Muskegon River Brown Trout On The Dry Fly) Absolutely love this time of year. It’s the best of both worlds with the strong numbers of remaining steelhead due to massive flows and the transition to some of the best dry fly trout fishing the Muskegon River has to offer. Pictured above is one of… Continue Reading
(Ed holding a “wall-hanger” river brown from the Muskegon) Here’s Ed holding a trophy Muskegon River brown trout. Photo’s don’t do this fish justice. Absolutely beautiful 25″ native river brown with “fall colors” in full check. (Ed with another photo of his epic river brown) The Muskegon River gets a lot of notoriety for its world famous steelhead fishing (rightfully so) but very… Continue Reading
(Jim pictured with a really nice Muskegon river brown trout) Trout fishing the Muskegon river with dry flies has been on fire recently. Here’s Jim and his son’s Carter (right) and Chase (left) holding an outstanding brown that took a caddis fly on the swing. These mild temps have produced some excellent caddis hatches in… Continue Reading
(Todd pictured with a nice rainbow trout that took a dry fly) A dry caddis fly produced this healthy rainbow trout for Todd yesterday. While the past few cool days with heavier flows has been producing nice caddis hatches, this recent warm spell and lower water levels has temporarily slowed the hatch a little. The… 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
Here’s Beverly with a nice Muskegon river rainbow taken on a wet fly. The gray drake hatch is in full effect on the Muskegon river right now. Several different fly hatches are available throughout the river system with the gray drakes taking center stage in both the mornings and evenings. Dry fly fishing for trout… Continue Reading
Jim with a beautiful rainbow trout from the Muskegon river. Jim with a nice brown trout taken with a dry fly. Another beautiful rainbow taken with a dry fly. These trout have been eating very well this year! Another nice Muskegon river brown trout that took a dry fly. Jim pictured with a fat football size… Continue Reading
Ted & Julie pictured with a massive double stripe spring steelhead. Ted and Julie had a great day on the Muskegon River with a really good number of hook ups and some outstanding steelhead and rainbow trout brought to the boat. Julie pictured with her first spring steelhead, an outstanding double stripe buck. Ted pictured with a… Continue Reading