Here’s Curtis from New Orleans with an awesome 24″ rainbow trout in the transition stage of becoming a steelhead. Great fish Curtis! Not to be outdone, here’s Jim from Chicago with a very healthy female king salmon from his guided trip yesterday. Curtis pictured with his first ever king salmon from the Muskegon river in… Continue Reading
Here’s Steve from Sears, MI pictured with one of the largest king salmon I’ve ever had the absolute pleasure to help bring to the boat! Outstanding job Steve! When you cant get your hand around the girth of the tail for the grip & grin photo, you know its big. The fall king salmon run… Continue Reading
Here’s todd from Indiana with a really nice king salmon from his half day trip yesterday. I think Todd will agree; it’s one thing to hook one of these monster king salmon, it’s by far another thing to land them. These kings will bring you into your backing in seconds. The pure power these fish… Continue Reading
Here’s Joe from Saint Louis, MO with an outstanding 40”, 27 pound king salmon. Believe it or not, this was the smallest one of the day. The king salmon that are here are absolutely giants. Joe, Jerry, and John learned first hand the Muskegon river king salmon are running on the large size this year.… Continue Reading
Here’s John from Indiana with some great opportunities at some awesome king salmon on the Muskegon river. This was one of them, well earned! Water levels are normal for this time of year. Rain and overcast skies any time soon would be a bonus. The high bright sun mixed with warm water temperatures didn’t help… Continue Reading
The King Salmon have started to gang up in the deep pools. These warm water temps have finally started to drop below the 70 degree point the past few days giving way for more king salmon to migrate up the river system. Here’s Charlie from New York with a hard fighting king. Next weeks weather… Continue Reading
With the warm days mixed with cooler nights and colder water temps the early fall caddis hatch is starting to explode! Water temps are still warm hovering at the 70 degree point. With cooler days and cold nights in the forecast the dry fly fishing for trout on the Muskegon river is getting good. The caddis hatch… 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 Mike from Rockford MI with a nice rainbow trout that smashed a caddis pattern on the terminal end of the swing. When fishing dry fly patterns, more times than not trout strike as the fly starts its final swing at the end of the drift. The fly line straightens out and causes the fly to… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert with one of several trout hooked on dry flies from yesterday. Caddis, sulphurs, BWO’s and gray drakes are present throughout the river system. Dry fly fishing for trout is doing very well as large size trout are starting to look up more than ever as the sucker spawn starts to draw to a… Continue Reading