King Salmon season 2018 was a rollercoaster ride of arm wrenching days and days when you had to work hard for a bite. But as anticipated,  the size of this year class was impressive. I want to thank everyone that fished with me this fall for kings. We are now looking forward to the arrival of those fall silver rainbows!

The smallmouth bass fishing on the Grand and Muskegon river has been pretty good. In addition to good numbers, we have been seeing some good sized fish. We have been taking some fish on topwater presentations,  but our most consistent bite has been on sub-surface presentations. The river panfishing has been good as well. We have been finding them congregated around thick cover in the low flows we are currently experiencing. There are a few kings showing up in the northern rivers. Some cooler weather and  rain would sure be nice when it comes to those.

July has been a warm dry month. River levels are low and water temps are high. The smallmouth bass dont seem to be bothered by the heat. We have been doing our fishing trips on the Grand and Muskegon river. Both are fishing good. We are catching alot of fish in the 12 to 16 inch range and they put up a great fight in the river current!  We are also boating a few fish in the 18 to 21 inch range. Once they get near the 20 inch range they sure are a good fish. We have been getting a few fish on topwaters but most are being taken on sub-surface presentations.