Here’s my great friend John from Nothern Michigan with a 23′ Muskegon River Rainbow Trout. Notice the forked tale? Prime indication of this incredible rainbow trout. Rainbow trout are identified by their forked tail. Steelhead tails are vertically straight in the back verses the forked tail only native rainbow trout have. No, this Muskegon river… Continue Reading
The Muskegon river steelhead are on the run! Low water and strange weather patterns past few weeks has spread the steelhead out in pockets throughout the river. ElNino seems to have added a special twist to this seasons spring steelhead run. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
Please meet the “Gunslingers.” Matt pictured left, Bobby on the right, and Jimmy in the middle holding his first ever Muskegon river steelhead that just happened to weigh in at 18lbs on the Boga’s and 33″ of pure twisted crimson red steel! Congrats Jimmy! Great job landing that beast!! Jimmy’s beautiful mature double stripe buck… Continue Reading
Never gets old. That pure adrenalin rush you get from hooking the hardest fighting fresh water game fish in North America. And not to mention doing it on one of the best steelhead rivers in North America. A certain percentage of female steelhead make their way up the Muskegon river system seeking food and refuge… Continue Reading
Here’s Tristan from Des Moines, IA with a beautiful Muskegon River brown trout. The brown trout fishing on the Muskegon has been exceptionally good the past couple years and only seems to get better! Notice the beautiful translucent blue on the gill plate of Tristan’s river brown. Brown trout are the only fish species to… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend Ted from Chicago with an absolute bruiser steelhead from the Muskegon River. I’ve said it before and saying it again here, some of the largest steelhead of the year are hooked and landed during the months of January and February. Ted’s big steelhead is no exception, tipping the boga grips at… Continue Reading
Here’s my new friends Tristan and wife Holly from Des Moines, IA holding Tristan’s first ever Muskegon river steelhead that just happened to tip the boga grips at 16lbs and 30+ inches! Great job Tristan! Beautiful steelhead! Fresh steelhead are on the move as the water temps start to cool down along with the fishing… Continue Reading
It’s surly not getting old; the brown trout fishing on the Muskegon river just keeps getting better and better! Never seen so many nice river browns brought to the net in the past year. Whether it be dry flies during the drake or caddis hatch, C&D egg flies behind redds, nymph fishing, stripping streamers, you… Continue Reading
Year after year for the past 25 years guiding the Muskegon river has always produced massive steelhead during the dead of winter in January and February, and today was no different. Not sure what triggers these adult steelhead to come up river in the coldest months of the year but they do every year. This… Continue Reading
Here’s Bobby from Michigan with a beautifully chromed out Muskegon river steelhead! With this years El-Nino in full effect, it hardly feels like winter steelheading with way above average water and air temperatures. Sure makes for some very comfortable winter steelhead fishing. Bob with another really nice steelhead brought to the net! With only a… Continue Reading