The Kings of the Muskegon River

28 lbs. of Twisted Green Steel! Pictured is Jeff from Rockford, MI with the best of the day.   A huge 28 lb 46″ King Salmon.   Salmon fishing the Muskegon river in Michigan will only get better.  The majority of fish are still stacked up in the deep holes getting staged to hit gravel.  Salmon, Steelhead, Lake Run Browns, and… Continue Reading

King Salmon Fishing, Muskegon River Newaygo, MI

One door opens as another closes………The transition from dry fly trout fishing to focusing our attention toward the Kings of the Muskegon river has begun! Water levels have been low around 900 cfs and shot up to 1,160 today.  This recent weather trend of sunny hot days coupled with crystal clear low water hasn’t made… Continue Reading

Trout Fishing, Muskegon River in Michigan

Scott and his wife Nicole from Valparaiso, IN joined me for what turned out to be a good day of trout fishing on the Muskegon river in Newaygo Michigan.  What started out for Nicole as a  introductory course to dry fly fishing soon transformed into a fly fishing clinic as she had several hook ups… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Trout Fishing

Before the salmon run on the Muskegon river takes center stage in October the fly fishing for trout right now is hot!  Water temps are starting the downward trend below 70 degrees.  The hatches the past few days on the Muskegon have been strong.  BWO’s & cahill’s on the lower stretch and caddis hatches on… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Salmon Dates Available in October

Dry fly fishing for trout is heating up as the water temps cool down heading into September.  Prolific hatches of caddis & blue wing olive force trout to look up. September & October are the last months of the year we’re able to stalk large size trout feeding top water.  Take advantage of this last… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Trout Fishing (8/10/13)

These cooler weather patterns continue to create some excellent trout fishing.  Cinnamon and green caddis patterns remain our top producers, both floated on the surface and swung with a dead drift.  Look for the caddis hatch and trout fishing in general to improve as we get closer to September and water temps begin to cool.… Continue Reading

Muskegon River Trout Fishing (7/27/13)

With this cool weather pattern past few days, the caddis hatch is coming back alive.  Had a great outing last night by keying fast oxygenated water around rock points.  Many trout hooked including these three hogs!  Great evening of trout fishing on the Muskegon river in Michigan! We’re still running the 5:30 to dark special… Continue Reading

Steelhead Fishing the Muskegon River in Michigan

Back on April 7th, 2013 I had the pleasure of guiding Scott Kosik & Mark for a early spring steelhead trip (see 4/7/13 post).  Scott was nice enough to send me the video of that trip filmed from his Go Pro camera.  If you ever want to get a taste of what it’s like to… Continue Reading