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It wouldn’t be winter fishing without mayhem. We discovered shortly into our Wednesday float that my raft had a persistent and irritating leak in the floor panel. The leak bubbled the water by the left boot of the fishing angler all day. We had stop every half hour to pump
Winter started a little early this year as the snow started to fall on Thanksgiving. Since then, temperatures have been cold with some single digit days thrown in. The water temperature of Manistee has also dropped into the mid-30s making fishing challenging. Steelhead are in the river but have taken
It’s still really cold. Saturday’s high is 12 degrees. But I’ll be fishing Wednesday and Thursday next week and I bet a few other will get out as well. The rivers have stayed pretty open for the most part, with one really cold overnight creating some surface ice in spots.
Overall Conditions:
A stretch of mild early-winter weather has kept rivers in good shape across Northern Michigan. Flows are stable, water temps are hanging in the mid–30s to low–40s depending on the system, and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTZlAtOU_U #steelhead #fishing #flyfishing My goal was trout fishing, the end result was quite a few steelhead. I set out with the euro rod in hand to chase trout coming off the spawn a few weeks ago. I was hoping they’d be interest in eating but it wasn’t the case.
(Joe with a hard fighting Muskegon River steelhead)
Please meet my good friend Joe from New Jersey with a hard fighting twisted chrome steelhead from the Muskegon River.
New steelhead continue to enter the river systems as the daylight shortens with the time change and colder
(Nick with a beautiful Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s my great friend Nick from Chicago with the best of the day! A hard fighting beautiful 16lb buck from the Muskegon River.
Nick’s mature double stripe buck! New steelhead continue to enter the river systems as the daylight
It’s freezing cold and hence there isn’t much to report when it comes to fishing. There’ll be a few “warm” days in the near future and I aim to make the most of at least a few of them. I try to fish within a day or two of the
Winter has settled into northern Michigan, and fishing across the Grand Traverse region has slowed accordingly. Cold air, skim ice in the mornings, and short daylight windows have limited activity, but for anglers willing to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCEPq0GmAA #fishing #flyfishing #smallmouthbass SMB2025E7: Floating a Michigan river, mid Spring, hooking a pile of SmallMouth Bass. We fished a stretch of river we normally hold off fishing until mid summer. Water levels were up just a bit from normal and clarity was a little off as well. Perfect for
