What a great time of the year to be on the river. Cool comfortable temps, spectacular fall scenery and of course some great fishing! Steelhead are our primary target this time of year. They are in prime condition right now and put up a great battle when hooked. We have been fishing the Grand and Muskegon rivers and both are doing well. Floatfishing eggs or beads and backbouncing spawn has been are go-to tactics.

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.