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Cold weather is starting to move into West Michigan and winter is coming. Water levels continue to remain stable and temperatures are in the mid-low 30’s. Lately, we have been experiencing low, clear
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Steelhead fishing has been a roller coaster ride. With the weather, the bite has been up and down on the Pere Marquette River. The PM fished well last week on the swing, with cloudy days being much better than bright days. The river is very low, cold, and clear –
(Rick with an absolute wall-hanger Muskegon river steelhead)
Brotherly Love runs deep and even more so when both love to fish steelhead! Here’s Rick holding an absolute “wall-hanger” Muskegon river steelhead along side his brother Jim (both from Ft. Wayne, IN).
When I talked
It’s ugly — too ugly for fishing. The trees are bending to their roots from a wind that is white with pellet-y snow. I tried to talk myself into it but I just couldn’t think of what to do, so I didn’t do anything. Well, John and I messed around
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Well where did all the snow go? In true Michigan style it went from 2 feet of snow to 40 and raining, which isn’t the worst thing in the world due to the low water levels across the state. I was up north all weekend poking around steelhead rivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N5DATZuYGQ This last year we decided to exit the steelhead scene a little earlier than normal and try our luck on some smallmouth bass. With the water temperatures being very cold we mostly strip leech patterns on the bottom earlier in the day and swam some streamers as them temps
(Kurt from Ann Arbor with Muskegon river steelhead)
Here’s Kurt from Ann Arbor, MI with a really nice steelhead from the Muskegon river.
The bite was on today with some great opportunities at some incredible fall steelhead throughout the day.
(Kurt with another nice steelhead)
