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Hey guys, it’s well past “my turn” again on this whole reporting thing, but once again, I’m pretty sure John covered most of it all in his report here… We’ve been having a pretty darn good season overall if you knew what part(s) of the river to fish with some ups
(Greg with a Muskegon River King Salmon)
Here’s Greg Key from Big Rapids, MI with the first Muskegon river king salmon of the day that just happened to tip the boga’s out at 24lbs!
(Muskegon River Chinook / King Salmon)
If you never felt the fight of a fresh king
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We finally received a couple days of heavy rains last week! The river rose and colored up for a few days…we needed that for sure! It certainly shuffled the deck and brought in some more fish. The river is dropping and clearing too
With Fall officially starting last week and September coming to an end, it still kind of feels like summer with temperatures in the 80s. I guess, the summer of 2024 continues. With salmon being a migratory species looking to get upstream to spawn, they have a biological clock that sometimes
This the last weekend of trout season and the forecast calls for beautiful weather! Be sure to check out the regulations on your favorite river before fishing after the weekend.
Boardman River Trout Water
As we mentioned above, this is the last weekend for trout season upstream
This is the last fishing report of the general trout season. By next Wednesday, the many little trout streams in Michigan will be closed, along with a lot of the designated trout lakes, and a few of the big river stretches as well. That — and the increasing aggressiveness of
Fall is a time of change and presents many opportunities for fishing. We have been fishing multiple river systems across the state. The Grand, Muskegon, Pere Marquette, and Flat River have all been producing fish for us in the last couple of weeks. The best part about the fall transition
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Well, it finally rained and it rained hard all day today! We will see what that will do, but it certainly had the fish moving all day in the section John R and I were fishing today! Plus, Steve and Kam were further
Edit: I actually wrote this “report” while on the river this morning and planned to post if from there. My signal and some fish had different ideas…
I was going to write a big report with lots of details and what not, but it turns out, John’s report a couple
Everything has been crystal clear, from the river to the sky to the moon, and to the necessary fishing techniques needed to extract crystalline trout. It’s been tough most days to most people, but some are finding fish, almost always on dry and dropper rigs, or blind fishing dry flies
