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
Here’s Connor from northern California with a nice brown trout that absolutely smashed a streamer pattern during the start of a rain shower. Connor with another beautiful brown trout during the rain. Although the mid-afternoon rain shower wasn’t very pleasant to fish through; it turned the bite on like crazy with these brown trout going… Continue Reading
Here’s one of the best from Western Michigan, please meet Jeff with what can only be described as a very large Muskegon river steelhead! Tipping the bogas over 19lb’s and 35-inches of twisted chrome steel. Jeff not only got this cow to feed, he swung her out of a massive log jam, and dropped back… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend Bob from Madison, WI with an absolute beauty of a Muskegon river steelhead! I give Bob all the credit for sticking it out during one of the toughest steelhead runs experienced in a long time. Pin point casts, perfect drifts, all added up to Bob hooking up with several nice steelhead.… Continue Reading
Please meet my hometown friend Greg from Rockford, MI with a bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead! Nice job Greg!! Not to be outdone by Dad, here’s Greg’s son Ben with a very fresh, very chrome hen from the Muskegon. Greg with a hard fighting buck that hit at the end of his swing when… Continue Reading
Here’s my brother Ben from La Cresent, Minnesota with a monstrous chromed out steelhead from the Muskegon river. Ben with a matching monstrous buck from the Muskegon. Very likely the “alpha male” that was paired along side the big female steelhead Ben landed pictured above. Here’s Ben with another chromed out hen brought to the… Continue Reading
Here’s Greg from Big Rapids, MI with a beautiful double stripe buck Muskegon river steelhead. Greg with a large rainbow trout from the Muskegon. Greg with another big double stripe buck. Greg with a chromed out hen. Greg with another hard fighting double stripe buck. Greg getting it done again with another big mature double… Continue Reading
Here’s Jeff from Chicago with a chrome steelhead so bright he had to wear sunglasses! Jeff with a hard fighting buck that took him into the backing on his fly reel in seconds! Fresh chrome hens continue to enter the river systems keeping the big bucks around. Steelhead remain in the river system in pockets. … Continue Reading
Please meet my great friend Todd from Pueblo, Colorado with an absolute “bull in a china cabinet” hell of a steelhead taken out of a log jam on the Muskegon river with his fly rod. Okay Todd, I know he’s in there. All you need to do thread the needle with a 30-foot cast over… Continue Reading
Here’s Ethan from Big Rapids, MI with a big and beautiful crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Incredible fight, incredible jumps, with drag screaming pulls until Ethan tired this big girl out bringing her to the net with nothing but smiles and grins all around! Great job Ethan!! Beautiful steelhead. Steelhead remain in the river system… Continue Reading