Final 2012 Report

It's been another great year of Steelhead fishing and we closed 2012 with a band today!!  Ed and Fritz put a beating on the Steelhead in a 5 hour trip this morning and we had the river to ourselves.  I want to thank everyone who fished with me this year for the continued support and I look forward to working hard to make your trips in 2013 just as memorable.  Ed and Fritz are pictured with a couple of today's fish. 

Have a safe and Happy New Year!!

12/31/2012  Ed with a dark Winter buck.

12/31/2012  This fish was off to the races when Fritz set the hook.

Winter Fishing

The water temp is down to 34 degrees on the Muskegon River and has the fish in winter mode.  We have still been putting a decent number of fish in the net on our 5 hour trips.  Brad and Trevor are pictured with a couple of today's Steelhead.

12/30/2012  Trevor with his first ever Steelhead!  Great job.

12/30/2012  Brad with one of the hens he put in the net today.

John and Will with a couple of today's Steelhead.

12/29/2012  John with a good buck he caught back bouncing spawn.

12/29/2012  Will with a nice hen that fought like crazy.

Muskegon River Steelhead

Rich and Chris had a pretty productive half day on the Muskegon River this morning.

12/28/2012  Chris with a great buck he caught right at the end of the day.

12/28/2012  Rich is all smiles after a hard fought battle.

Winter Steelhead

The Muskegon River is back to low and clear conditions, water temp has dropped to the mid 30's.  Nick and Patrick are pictured with a couple of today's fish.

12/27/2012  Nick with a colored up winter Steelhead.

12/27/2012  Patrick with his first Steelhead.

Pere Marquette River Steelohead

It was like winter on the river today, we had to work a bit for our fish but we ended up having a pretty good day.  Water level on the PM is 900 cfs and dropping with a nice tea color in the lower river, temp is 33 degrees.  Ed and John are pictured with som Steelhead from the Pere Marquette River today.

12/26/2012  Ed with a beautifully colored buck from the PM.

12/26/2012  John with a feisty buck he caught back bouncing.

12/26/2012  Ed with a nice PM hen on a cold winter day.

12/26/2012  Lots of males today.

Merry Christmas

Steelhead fishing was outstanding again today, Jackie is pictured with a nice one.  I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas ans I will see you on the river again after tomorrow.

12/24/2012  An awesome Christmas Eve buck for Jackie.