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Steelheading the Mighty MO (12/29/13)

Brent & his brother Andrew from Duluth, MN joined me for some winter steelhead fishing.  Here’s Brent with an awesome chrome bullet that smashed his bead head nymph. The only request from Brent was to get his brother into steelhead, as he never caught one before.  Well, catch them he did.  Here’s Andrew with the… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Steelhead 12/28/13

Despite the above average boat traffic today, Jeff from Rockford MI got the job done with some beautiful steelhead and an awesome 20″ river brown trout.  Great job today Jeff!         post by: Jon Fortuna Continue Reading

Muskegon River Winter Steelhead Fishing 12/21/13

Talked to several perspective clients the past couple weeks debating booking a trip for winter steelhead fishing the Muskegon river in Michigan with me.  Hope this might help your decision?  You have no idea what you’re missing!   Winter steelhead fishing the MO is outstanding right now.  We have dates available Christmas thru New Years.… Continue Reading

It’s Not All About The Numbers

Very true, it’s not about the numbers……..but when you have one of those double digit days hooked up on steelhead it feels damn good!             Steelhead fishing today was very good.  Light boat traffic coupled with cloudy skies and rising water made today one of those epic days steelhead fishing… Continue Reading

Men Of Steel (11/23/13)

22 degree day, wind gusts of 35 mph, negative 5 wind chill, white outs off and on ten times over all day long.  Few can withstand fly fishing in blistering cold, windy weather.  There’s only one thing that can push an angler out on a blistery cold day like this past Saturday.  It’s the addicting… Continue Reading

In “Winter Lies” The Answer!

Winter months offer some of the best steelhead fishing on the Muskegon river.  Year after year we catch & release some of the biggest & best steelhead in the calm of winter.  During these months from late November thru the end of February, migratory steelhead gang up in slow moving deep pools.  These locations provide… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Brown Trout (11/19/13)

The Muskegon River has an excellent native brown trout population that go into a late fall feeding frenzy before the snow flies.  Every year these large size browns migrate to the same key locations in the late fall.  What we look for is the surface activity they create in these key areas.  By targeting the surface activity… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Steelhead (11/18/13)

We’ve been catching really good numbers of steelhead recently.  New steelhead entering the river system is increasing significantly.  The recent rain will only make the Muskegon river steelhead fishing better.   This was the best of this past Saturday……an awesome 13lb Muskegon River Fall Steelhead post by Jon Fortuna Continue Reading