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, Read More
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, Read More
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., Read More
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, Read More
Smallmouth fishing on our West Michigan rivers is still going strong. The season started out with a bang and the trend continues. Its been a warm summer so far, and our river temps show that. I was on the Grand River a few days ago and it was 82 deg surface temp. The Muskegon, Read More
Our warmwater charters have been going well on our West Michigan rivers. The smallmouth bass bite has been good and we have also been hooking into some nice largemouths and some northern pike. We have also had a few suprise encounters with trout while fishing for warmwater species. We have encountered minimal fishing pressure, Read More
April has started out as colder than average. The result has been a somewhat slower migration of steelhead. Over the last few weeks we have been catching a mix of fresh fish, dark fish that have not spawned, and drop-back fish. We have mainly been float-fishing deeper holes and pocket water, but have also, Read More
Steelhead fishing has been good on the Grand and Muskegon rivers. We have been seeing some good sized fish on our outings with a mix of both chrome and dark fish. Backbouncing and floatfishing eggs have been productive tactics. River levels are good and water temps are still cool which should help to prolong, Read More
We are definitely in winter fishing mode here in West Michigan. The January thaw has been nice and has opened up our area rivers for fishing. The steelhead bite has been pretty consistent. Floatfishing has been productive in the darker water with structure.
After a few weeks of some brutally cold weather, a little warm-up has allowed us to get back on the water. Float-fishing with spawn bags or jigs has been productive in the slow dark holes.