The appropriate weather for fall steelhead fishing has finally arrived. Some rain and cooler temps have steelhead coming into West Michigan rivers. I have been running about 90% of my trips on the Muskegon River. The fishing has been consistent with a few tough days and good days in the mix. The level of, Read More

Pictured above is client and friend John with an awesome Pere Marquette River King Salmon. We are finished with our King Salmon guide trips on the PM. It was another successful season up there and our guests were able to tangle with some good fish. The season started off strong, but the warm weather, Read More

I have been doing King Salmon trips for about 2 weeks now. As is typical with kings, the fish are large and mean and giving our customers quite a challenge when it comes to landing them. Some rain and cooler temps sure would be nice at this point and should really get the run, Read More

We have been running our trips on both the Grand and Muskegon River. The Grand has dropped nicely from the bump in water level a couple weeks ago due to storms. Currently the river has somewhat of a heavy stain in areas I have fished, but it looks good and is clearing everyday. Some, Read More

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., Read More

Summer bass fishing on the Muskegon and Grand Rivers has been good. The Muskegon River is at a normal summertime level and the water is very clear. The Grand has what I would consider a good stain, and it is dropping to a good fishing level after weeks of higher flows from rain. Typical, Read More

We finally received some much needed rain putting an end to our drought. Since the rain, which was about a week and a half ago, we have not fished the Grand River due to very high and dirty water. The water level on the Grand is dropping quickly though and if that trend continues, Read More

Summer fishing is in full swing here in West Michigan even though it is not officially summer yet. These above average temperature’s we have been experiencing have river temps soaring on the Grand River near the 80 degree mark. The river level on the Grand is obviously low due to lack of rainfall and, Read More

Spring steelhead fishing is in full swing here in West Michigan. We have been running our trips on the Muskegon River as of late. The fishing has been decent with some days fishing better then others. The river is very clear and running somewhat low for this time of year. There is quite a, Read More

Up to this point the Grand River steelhead run has been poor. We received a decent bump in water level and the conditions and timing were just right for bringing in a good push of fish, but it never seemed to happen. Besides some of the guys fishing at the face of the dam,, Read More