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(Carl with a Muskegon River King Salmon)
Here’s my good friend and pistol shooting instructor, Carl from Caledonia, MI with an absolute bruiser of a Muskegon river king salmon tipping the Boga grips at 28lbs and 40-inches of twisted green steel! Congrats Carl!
New pushes of king salmon continue to
Just wanted to give a huge thanks to all of those that fished with us this past summer. Overall it was a great summer as far as fishing goes….though we did suffer through some mechanical problems the first half of the season. We are already looking forward to next year.
Finally starting to look and feel like fall !
Just a quick update on the upcoming fall steelhead season. I expect this years fall run to be back to normal…there were great numbers of steelhead in the lake this summer and this should translate into a much better steelhead fishery
(Doug’s Wall-Hanger Muskegon River Brown Trout)
Please meet my great friend, Doug from Houston, MN with an exceptional Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely slammed his fly on the second cast of the morning. Congratulations on such an incredible native Muskegon river brown trout Doug! Welcome to the Muskegon river
(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
September 10, 2024: Kevin Feenstra will be speaking at the Holland Audubon Club. The talk will be titled “The Birds, Mammals, and Fish of the Muskegon River”. More information can be found here. September 17, 2024: Kevin Feenstra will be speaking to the Muskegon Nature Club. The program
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. The annual migration of king salmon start to enter the river system and along with it the fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from
(Connor with a Muskegon River brown trout)
Here’s Connor from northern California with a nice brown trout that absolutely smashed a streamer pattern during the start of a rain shower.
(Connor with another beautiful brown trout)
Connor with another beautiful brown trout during the rain. Although the mid-afternoon rain shower
Shifting gears!!!
My spring steelhead season has finished up and we are prepping for the spring and summer om the big water. The Hattrick will be splashed this week and we will get the spring cleaning and prep done on it in the coming days. Tackle prep, cleaning and re-spooling
Spring has finally arrived!!!!
We are now past our spring steelhead season, and booking spring and summer river trips. We offer trips for both trout and smallmouth on the Muskegon river. Both with fly tackle and ultra-light spinning gear. The Muskegon has some pretty good hatches in May and June
