Great friend and client John from Chicago with an absolute killer king salmon from the Muskegon River. Deep pools a.k.a salmon staging areas are stacked with king salmon. It’s only a matter of time before the salmon run breaks wide open. Only thing seeming to hold us back is water temps. Unseasonably warm nights… Continue Reading
In 25 plus years guiding on the Muskegon river I’ve never seen a Pink Salmon on the Muskegon until now. Here’s John from Chicago with an extremely rare Pink Salmon that smashed his fly on the swing in a deep pool. Incredible fight with the straight pulls like a king salmon mixed with the short… Continue Reading
Jim from Ft. Wayne Indiana with a picture perfect crystal chrome king from the Muskegon river. King salmon numbers continue to increase as start of the fall salmon run starts on the Muskegon River. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
Here’s my client and friend Jim from Ft. Wayne Indiana with an absolute bruiser king salmon from the Muskegon river. I describe Jim as a lucky rabbits foot because the few recent fishing trips he’s had with me last fall and winter he’s landed some of the largest steelhead I’ve ever seen in back to… Continue Reading
Drew from Chicago with a crystal chrome Muskegon river king salmon that absolutely smashed his fly on the swing in a deep pool. Drew’s King was one of the most silver fresh kings I’ve seen on the Muskegon. This king literally was days in from Lake Michigan. Beautiful king! The deep pool staging areas for… Continue Reading
Here’s long time friend and client John from Chicago with the best of the day. 42-Inches and 29 pounds of twisted green steel! You just can’t imagine how hard these fish fight until you hook one with a light weight fly rod. Absolutely incredible fights ensue with battles lasting well over 20 minutes. John with… 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
Standing Tall! Here’s Mark and son Calvin from Madison, WI with two incredible, hard fighting steelhead from the Muskegon river. Anyone who knows steelhead fishing, knows exactly how hard it is to land one of these magnificent fish at a time. Well, here’s Mark and Calvin landing a hard to come by steelhead double hitter! … Continue Reading
Here’s Jeff and wife Rosanna with a beautiful spring steelhead from the Muskegon river. This trip was a birthday gift to Jeff from his wife. And it doesn’t get any better than the gift of steelhead from the Muskegon river! Happy birthday Jeff! Thanks Rosanna!! Not to be outdone, here’s Rosanna with her very first… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend Greg “One Cast Keys” from Big Rapids, MI with some incredible steelhead brought to the boat including the 33-inch, 17lb buck pictured top. Great steelhead Greg! Congrats! Thanks so much for the continued support over the years! Water conditions are very low and clear. As the steelhead run starts to wind… Continue Reading