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Yesterday, below Mio, I walked so much that I saw two different guides doing two separate floats and I STILL couldn’t find a rising fish. In fact, the best rising fish I saw rose to a stocked rainbow. How do I know? Because I was on the bank watching that
(Ed with an incredible 27-Inch Muskegon river brown trout)
Every once in a while the Mighty MO (Muskegon River) flexes its muscle and proves what a World-Class fishery it really is and Ed’s beautiful brown trout is the ultimate example of just how amazing of a trout stream the Muskegon
(Calvin with a beautiful Muskegon river steelhead)
Here’s Calvin from Madison, WI with an absolute bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead that smashed his fly on the swing! Great job Calvin! This one was definitely worth a photo!
(Dan with a late season crystal chrome hen)
Here’s Dan with late
Here’s my great friend Eric from Hillsdale, MI with a powerful Muskegon river steelhead that absolutely smashed his fly on the swing! Great Job Eric!
(Eric with another hard fighting steelhead)
Here’s Eric again with a hard fighting steelhead that just didn’t want to see
(Jeff with a massive Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s my great friend Jeff from Chicago with an absolute bull of a Muskegon River steelhead!
(Jeff’s 32-Inch Tale of the 17lb Tape!)
Measuring just over 32-inches and 17lbs on the Boga Grips, Jeff’s steelhead put up an incredible fight bringing Jeff into
April 24, 2025 Northern Angler Fly Shop Fishing Report
Trout Opener weekend is upon us and we are looking forward to slowly shifting gears from spring steelhead to trout fishing and dry flies. The forecast looks great for opening day with favorable temperatures and conditions for Hendricksons to be happening
With April coming to an end, so does our Spring Steelhead season. The run for this spring was a strong one the past 8 weeks and despite a week of high water in early April that made fishing tough – if not unsafe to get out, it provided a lot
Manistee RiverApril 21, 2025
Spring Steelhead fishing Below Tippy Dam
Manistee River Fishing Report
April is flying by and that means Spring Steelhead is about done on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam. I can imagine that dropback steelhead will be in the river for about a month longer, and I’m
Manistee River Trout Report
April 21, 2025
The Upper Manistee River Trout Fishing report for the third week of April has us fishing for trout with streamers. Our weather this past month has been up and down, but mostly on the cold side. It’s been an old fashioned spring this year
Pere Marquette Fishing Report
Hello fishing friends! I hope this spring season finds everyone healthy and finding fish! The spring season is in full swing. It has been great watching nature waking up after a long cold winter.
Steelhead Fishing
Steelhead fishing has been good. Our best fishing has
