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I sent out a text to the crew on Thursday: “Anyone want to fish tomorrow?” All I got back was “I wish, man” or “I’ll be tied up with work”. I’d be flying solo. I don’t mind fishing from the boat by myself from time-to-time. It can be very
Ah, November. It is the morning before the opening day of the rifle deer season, a day immortalized in the seasonal hit: Escanaba in Da Moonlight, which we’ll be watching tonight. We will be closed tomorrow for Opening Day of rifle, but back open from 9 am – 2
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It has been a very fun week of guiding the Pere Marquette River for fall steelhead! Great conditions and fun clients in the boat. There are fishable numbers of steelhead throughout the river system at this point…covering water is paying off. We had a
The unseasonably mild fall weather continues to make for comfortable fishing. While we have had some rain in the past, the river levels have only experienced moderate increases in levels before dropping back to the low-levels we have had for months. Still, the steelhead have been showing up as they
Last year, Katy and I had a rare chance to fish the hex together. It was a night that ended, uncharacteristically, in Katy hooking and landing (she has the worst luck on the big ones) a great brown trout that began rising well after we thought the hex were done for.
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Well, it’s finally November!!! Fall and winter steelhead fishing is here and happening! The river is still very low and clear, but it has been raining on and off today. Plus, the forecast has rain in the area for the next several days,
(Tom with an absolute bruiser of a Muskegon River Fall Steelhead!)
Here’s Tom from Chicago with a “wall-hanger” of a Muskegon River steelhead! What started out as an introduction to fresh water big game fly fishing quickly turned into a trial by fire as Tom hooked into this mammoth steelhead
(Greg with a massive Muskegon River Brown Trout)
Here’s Greg from Chicago with an absolute beauty of a Muskegon River brown trout.
I’ve said it before and will continue to say it again the brown trout fishing on the Muskegon River is getting better and better every
(Steve with an absolute gorgeous Muskegon River Fall Steelhead!)
Here’s Steve from Ada, Michigan with his first ever Muskegon River fall steelhead landed on the fly! Steve is new to the fly-fishing community and struck chrome gold with this absolutely gorgeous Muskegon River fall steelhead that smashed his fly on
(Ed with a beautiful Muskegon River Fall Steelhead)
Here’s Ed from Hillsdale, MI with a beautiful Muskegon River fall steelhead that absolutely smashed his egg fly on the retrieve!
Fall steelhead fishing on the Muskegon River is heating up as more steelhead are entering the river system and making way
