Michigan Steelhead Fishing

Steelhead fishing is still good for us on the Muskegon River, dropbacks are plentiful and traffic is minimal.  Ed is pictured below with a few he caught back bouncing today.

4/15/2012  Ed with a nice dropback Steelhead.

4/15/2012  Steelhead fishing has been great.

4/15/2012  The sun came out for a while but the camera was a bit wet from the rain.

4/15/2012  Back bouncing for dropback Steelhead.

Michigan Steelhead Fishing

Muskegon River water level is up around 2,900 cfs. since the recent rain and has a nice stain.  Steelhead have bit spawn and plugs pretty well over the last couple days.  A few fish taken on both techniques are pictured below.

3/4/2012  Tom with a winter buck caught back bouncing.

3/4/2012  This Steelhead hammered a plug.

3/4/2012  Travis with his first ever Steelhead!! Congrats.

3/4/2012  Another plug eater.

Float Fishing for Steelhead

Steelhead fishing was very good today, it seemed like every fish in the river wanted to bite.  We hit all our fish float fishing today on a mix of spawn bags and beads.  We caught a mix of colored winter fish and brighter fish with a couple mixed in that were so fresh they were still dropping scales!!  These mild temps should keep the fishing on the better side of good so give me a call to get out on the water.  Ed and Fritz are pictured below with a few of the many Steelhead from today.

2/16/2012  Ed with a great buck from the Pere Marquette River.

2/16/2012  Fritz with a brand new chrome hen.

2/16/2012  Float fishing produced some good fish today.

2/16/2012  Centerpinning for Michigan Steelhead.

Super Sunday Steelhead

Fished a 5 hour half day with Tom and Jim today and the fishing was pretty good.  Back bouncing spawn was the method of choice.  Boat traffic was pretty light compared to the last few days.  I am down to tuesday and friday open for this next week for anyone interested in getting out on the river.  Below are a few pics from yesterday and today's half day trips.

2/5/2012  A healthy winter buck.

2/5/2012  Not to be outdone by Tom, here is Jim with a good one.

2/5/2012  Muskegon River Steelhead.

2/5/2012  Back bouncing spawn for Steelhead. 

2/4/2012  Michigan Winter Steelhead on a sunny day.

2/4/2012  A healthy Muskegon River hen.

2/4/2012  Michigan Steelhead fishing.

  

Float fishing for Steelhead

After a few days of great Steelhead fishing in the upper river we decided to do a short trip this morning a little lower in the system to see if the fish were distributed evenly.  The fishing is the same throughout the system.  As for how long they are going to stay on the bite like this only time will tell but I am happy to enjoy it while it lasts.  Jim and I are pictured below with a few Michigan Steelhead caught centerpin float fishing.

2/2/2012  A nice buck on the first drift through the run.

2/2/2012  There are lots of nice hens like this one around.

2/2/2012  Float fishing for Winter Steelhead.

2/2/2012  With all these hens around the egg drop this spring should be like Salmon season!!

  

Michigan Winter Steelhead

It finally looks like Winter here in Michigan with a fresh blanket of snow.  Winter Steelhead fishing has been pretty good and with some cold weather settling in most days should be spent with little to no other boat traffic as more people should be hitting the hard water.  Jimmy B. and I got out for a few hours today and caught some Steelhead float fishing.

1/14/2012  Jim with a chrome Winter buck from the Muskegon River.

1/14/2012  Michigan Winter Steelhead from the Muskegon River.

Fun Things Happening on the Pere Marquette River

Jim and I hit the Pere Marquette River today and found some nice Steelhead along with a bonus Brown Trout.  Winter Steelhead fishing should be good thru Spring with the amount of fish that came up West Michigan rivers this fall so give me a call if you want to get out and catch some Steelhead with very little angling pressure. 

For those of you that missed the Michigan Out of Doors segment last night here is a link   http://michiganoutofdoorstv.com/shows.cfm

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.

12/23/2011  Winter Steelhead from the Pere Marquette River.

12/23/2011  A nice colored up buck from the PM.

12/23/2011  Float fishing for Steelhead on the Pere Marquette.

12/23/2011  A hefty chrome Michigan Steelhead.

12/23/2011  This Brown Trout was a nice surprise.

December Steelhead on the Muskegon River

Steelhead fishing on the Muskegon River continues to impress this early December.  Below is Jim with a few Steelhead from a short morning trip.

12/6/2011  Jim with a nice hen caught back bouncing spawn.

12/6/2011  This fish went ballistic when Jim hooked it!!

12/6/2011  Michigan Steelhead.

12/6/2011  Muskegon River Steelhead.

Michigan Steelhead Fishing

Fished the last 2 1/2 hours before dark tonight with my father-in-law Jim and found plenty of Steelhead willing to keep us busy.  River level bumped up for a short time today but is back down already, it did put a slight stain in the water which was nice to see.  Water temp is still holding in the 40's keeping the fish fighting like it's November!!  Jim and myself are pictured below with a few fish from this afternoon.

12/5/2011  Muskegon River Steelhead.

12/5/2011  Back bouncing for Steelhead on the Muskegon River.

12/5/2011  These fish were on fire today!!

12/5/2011  Muskegon River Steelhead Guide.

 

Muskegon River Steelhead Fishing

Muskegon River is still at a decent fall level but will surely drop without some precipitation, water clarity is getting to be on the clear side but has not effected the bite as of yet.  There are plenty of Steelhead around with more trickling in setting us up for a great winter fishery.  Steelhead fishing was very good again today with aggressive biting hard fighting fish.  Ed and Fritz are pictured below with a few Steelhead from a cool and snowy morning on the Muskegon River.

11/17/2011  Fritz with a chunky hen that weighed 11 lbs.

11/17/2011  Ed with a Steelhead and the light dusting of snow on the bank behind.

11/17/2011  Fritz with a nice fish during the snow storm.

11/17/2011  Ed with a very chrome buck Steelhead.

Michigan Steelhead Fishing

11/12/2011  Chris with the big fish of the day 14 lbs.

11/12/2011  Another bright hen Steelhead from the Muskegon River.

11/12/2011  Chris with a chromer caught back bouncing spawn.

11/12/2011  Doug with a bright chrome hen.

Muskegon River Steelhead Fishing

I had a great time fishing with Gary and his two sons Ben and Nick today.  This was their first Steelhead trip and Nick traveled all the way from Oregon to fish Steelhead in Michigan!!  They are pictured below with a few fish from today.

11/11/2011  Nick is all smiles after catching this beauty.

11/11/2011  Ben with the big fish of the day a buck at 11lbs.



11/11/2011  Ben and Gary with a double header.

11/11/2011  Gary with his first ever Steelhead!!  Congrats.