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(Ben with a monster Muskegon river steelhead!)
Here’s my brother Ben from La Cresent, Minnesota with a monstrous chromed out steelhead from the Muskegon river.
(Ben with a matching monster buck from the Muskegon)
Ben with a matching monstrous buck from the Muskegon. Very likely the “alpha male” that was
(Greg with a double strip buck)
Here’s Greg from Big Rapids, MI with a beautiful double stripe buck Muskegon river steelhead.
(Greg with a big rainbow trout)
Greg with a large rainbow trout from the Muskegon.
(Greg with another double stripe buck)
Greg with another big double stripe buck.
The smallmouth game is on and the pre-spawn is going strong. We’re quickly switching gears from steelhead to running all out smallmouth trips.
(Jeff with a crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead)
Here’s Jeff from Chicago with a chrome steelhead so bright he had to wear sunglasses!
(Jeff with a hard fighting buck!)
Jeff with a hard fighting buck that took him into the backing on his fly reel in seconds!
(Todd with a well earned Muskegon River Steelhead)
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
Not much has changed since the last report as a trickle of fresh fish move up the rivers as others spawn, while those that already have drop back to the lake. We have had some rainfall but not as much as we were hoping for to really test the hypothesis
Steelhead fishing on the Manistee and Betsie Rivers has been slower than normal for this time of year. While we have received some rain events over the past two weeks, the fish haven’t showed up in significant numbers, but rather just a trickle of fresh fish. Because the land is
Manistee River Fishing Report
This week has brought a variety of weather with some rain and great bump in water levels to spark some fresh steelhead into running up the river to spawn. It has been the strangest of springs so far with water temperatures hitting 42
While steelhead may be past their peak on most rivers, forecasted rains will likely bring in pushes of fresh fish. Egg imitations continue to produce with all the spawning fish on beds, as well as fry and alevin patterns.
Some rain last week gave the rivers a nice little bump in water flow and some additional steelhead moving upstream from lake Michigan. Clarity is still really good on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam, and is a little more stained on the Betsie River. Water temperatures have pretty much
