August 15, 2021

Currently the Grand River is high and dirty as a result of the round of storms that hit Michigan last week. Before the rain, the Grand was at a perfect level and fishing good. As of today, it looks like the river has crested at 6300 cfs which is not a ridiculous high flow. The river should start to drop now and hopefully in a week or so we will be able to continue to run our bass trips on it. Until then, we will be doing our guide trips on the Muskegon River. The Muskegon is at a good summertime flow currently and is fishing good. Our customers are getting a lot of smallmouth to the boat with some big mature ones in the mix. This is typically the time-frame we see the best smallmouth fishing of the summer, and the bite should stay good through September. Sub-surface and top-water presentations have both been productive. The first full week of September I will begin running my King Salmon trips on the Pere Marquette River. I have very limited availability left for those, so get in touch with me to talk about what I have open. Around mid October I will start my fall steelhead trips. Those dates are starting to fill, so again, if you have any interest in a fall steelhead trip contact me to talk about trip details. I can be reached at 616 813-5989 or steel-header@live.com