Last nights trout fishing wasn’t about the ones we caught as much as it was about the ones we didn’t catch. We witnessed (stalked) more than five very large size trout rising last night, one of which well over the 22″ mark. The dry fly fishing for trout on the Muskegon river remains red hot with… Continue Reading
Doesn’t get much better than watching a 20″ brown come up from the depths to slam your dry fly presentation 15 feet from the boat! Dry fly fishing remains very strong. Despite the light gray drake spinner hatch, sulfurs, & cinnamon caddis were the top producers for us this evening. Post by: Jon Fortuna Continue Reading
The gray drake spinner fall has been on fire the past few days. With lower water levels around 3200 cfs and the improved water clarity has made way for some excellent dry fly trout fishing on the Muskegon river. Here’s a few of several from today. Unfortunately, we lost a couple huge fish at the… Continue Reading
What more can you ask for? High water, beautiful surroundings, oh…..and some great steelhead & trout fishing on the Muskegon river! Post by: Jon Fortuna Continue Reading
Trout fishing on the Muskegon river is heating up! Dries and streamers are producing well in select spots and it’s only going to get better as the temps warm up. Stalking rising trout is the name of the game for us right now. This is your best opportunity of the year to catch monster browns and… Continue Reading
Happy mothers day Karen!!! Scott and his wife Karen came out today to spend mothers day in style…….fly fishing for steelhead on the Muskegon River in Michigan. Karen and Scott did an excellent job putting up with all the fun mother nature Michigan can give. Sun while snowing, wind while sleeting, & blue skies with… Continue Reading
A little rain….a little wind……a lot of steelhead! Amazing what a good hard rain will do to help bring up fresh steelies! Bert joined me again for a half day trip filled with hook ups. Here’s a few from today including this nice double stripe buck Bert landed on a fry pattern. Post by Jon… Continue Reading
Mark & his son Allen from Illinois joined me this past Sunday for a half day evening trip. Both are relatively new to steelhead fishing and found out first hand why steelhead are the hardest fighting fresh water game fish in North America. Both Mark and Allen hooked their fair share of steelhead, but just… Continue Reading
What better way to say “I love you” then taking your wife on a guided steelhead trip for her birthday? Hat’s off to Jim and Bonnie from Muskegon, MI celebrating Bonnie’s birthday in style, slamming steelhead all day long! Both Bonnie & Jim put the stick to them hard. Bonnie held top honors with three… Continue Reading
Wes & Chad from GR joined me for another excellent day of steelhead fishing on the Muskegon River in Michigan. Despite all the fish Wes hooked, they grew camera shy before the net. Chad however managed to put some of many great fish in the boat. Nice job today guys! Continue Reading