Just as winters thaw warms up the water temps in the early spring, so does the hot summer leading into earl fall as water temps start to cool causing the trout’s metabolism to increase and need to feed, forcing these native brown and rainbow trout into a massive feeding frenzy. Early September is a great… 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 the fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout… Continue Reading
Here’s my best friend who also just happens to be my Dad with a big beautiful chromed out Muskegon River steelhead! Congrats Dad! Here’s my Dad a with a hard fighting Crimson Red Double Strip Buck that took him into his backing on his fly reel within seconds of the strike! Bert with another beautifully… Continue Reading
Please meet my new friend Vince from Columbus, OH with an absolute gorgeous native Muskegon river brown trout. I’ve said it before and is worth mentioning again here the native brown trout population on the Muskegon river is absolutely amazing. Getting bigger and better every year since the DNR raised the keep length to 15-inches… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend Greg from Big Rapids, MI with a Muskegon River steelhead so chrome you’ve gotta wear sunglasses just to look at this beautiful steelhead! Congrats Greg! Gregs steelhead is so fresh, so chrome, theres’s not a blemish on it other than Greg’s fly logged square in its jaw! Such a beautiful steelhead… Continue Reading
Please meet my brother Ben from LaCrosse, WI with an absolute monster of a steelhead! Gonna need a bigger net next time Ben gets in the boat! Congrats Ben! Absolutely amazing to me every year to see the sheer size of some of these Muskegon River steelhead and Ben’s steelhead is the prime example of… Continue Reading
Jim from Fort Wayne, IN with an absolutely outstanding Muskegon River steelhead that just smashed his fly on the swing! This mature double stripe buck took Jim into his backing within seconds. With knuckle knocking runs and aerial assaults Jim brought this incredible steelhead to the net. This natural reproduced steelhead is exactly what we… Continue Reading
Please meet Rick from Fort Wayne, Indiana with what can only be described as a massive chromed-out Muskegon River steelhead! This big girl had Rick into his backing on the fly reel within seconds. Earth shattering runs followed by aerial assaults leading this massive hen to the net! Congratulations on such a gorgeous Muskegon River… Continue Reading
The “Perfect Storm!” Paul and Bob from Madison, Wisconsin bringing some amazing fresh steelhead into the net all day long! Bob with a absolutely gorgeous healthy chrome hen from the Muskegon river. Paul answering back with a picture perfect crystal chrome bullet from the Muskegon. Bob with a beautifully colored fresh spring buck! Paul answering… Continue Reading
Please meet my new friends Jake and Aaron from Minnesota. Here’s the best of the day with Jake holding his massive 18-pound, 34″ Muskegon river steelhead. Tale of the tape of Jake’s hog of a steelhead that took Jake into his backing several times before tiring the beast down into the net! Congrats Jake! Welcome… Continue Reading