Muskegon River Steelhead Fishing

This has been a great Fall Steelhead season thus far.  The fish have been averaging a couple pounds bigger than normal and we have caught a good number of Steelhead over 10 lbs.  We were spoiled in the month of October nearly having the river to ourselves most days but today the crowds showed up and the boat ramp parking lots in the area we fished were pretty full.  Despite the traffic increase Phil and Dan had a great day on the River, they are pictured below with a few of many.

11/4/2011  Dan with a healthy hen at 10lbs.

11/4/2011  Muskegon River Steelhead.

11/4/2011  Another 10lb. Steelhead caught back bouncing spawn.

11/4/2011  Phil with a nice hen from this morning.

       

Muskegon River Spring Steelhead

Spring Steelhead fishing is in full swing and so was the boat traffic today, there are fresh fish in the runs and with the higher water levels if there are any waiting to come in they should be on the way.  Steelhead fishing on the Muskegon River should last well into May.  Today was day two of three with the Tennessee group through PM Outfitters, today Mike and Ben joined me while Rich and Karen fished with David.  While we hooked plenty of fish today keeping them hooked long enough to net them was another story, all in all another good day on the Muskegon River chasing Spring Steelhead.  Below are a couple pictures from today, not sure why but I just did not pull out the camera much today although we did land a great double header this morning that would have made for a great picture but one slipped out of Ben's hands and into the river a little early.  I have May 4, and 9 thru 12 open for Steelhead on the Muskegon River for anyone who likes Steelheading in warm weather.

4/21/2011  Mike with one from this afternoon.

4/21/2011  Ben with a nice buck Steelhead.

Muskegon River Fishing Report

Pete had a great day of Steelhead catching on the Muskegon River today.  We fished higher in the system and found the bite to be better than the lower river!! 

3/1/2011  Steelhead fishing was great in the bright sunshine.

3/1/2011  Fishing higher in the system today proved to be a good move.

3/1/2011  Pete with a great Muskegon River Steelhead!

3/1/2011  Chrome Spring Steelhead.

3/1/2011  These big bucks have been common recently.

3/1/2011  Pete with a feisty buck Steelhead.

Manistee River Steelhead

Fished the Manistee River with friends and guides Kris and Chris today, the bite was great considering we didn't hit the water until 10:00 am and fished behind 6 to 8 boats most of the day.  We even caught a couple bonus Lake Run Brown Trout, Kris is pictured below with the more substantial of the two.

2/26/2011  Kris with a Manistee River Steelhead.

2/26/2011  A nice buck.

2/26/2011  Kris's bonus Brown Trout.

2/26/2011  Chris with a smaller buck.