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After the recent rains our rivers have basically doubled in volume making fishing questionable in regards to safety and ideal fishing conditions. There has been an impressive number of fish in the systems so far this season which should continue once the water drops and clears.
Hey guys, just another quick one from me again. John has been pretty well on top of it lately and put one out on the 29th, but we have had some significant precipitation since then and extra caution should be exercised…
My “guess” would be that we’ll see these
(Carl with a massive 15 pound Muskegon River walleye)
Every early spring we normally catch some really nice walleye by mistake fishing steelhead during the spring steelhead run because walleye spawn just in front of the steelhead. But in over 30 years fishing the Muskegon river I’ve never seen one
The Manistee River below Tippy Dam is in great shape for spring. Now that the snow from the last apocalypse has almost left, we are still running a bit high at around 3000 and rising after the rain last night and today. As we mentioned in the last report, the
(Chris with a magnificent Muskegon River Steelhead)
Here’s my good friend Chris from Grand Rapids, MI with an absolute monster steelhead! Picture perfect naturally reproduced Muskegon River steelhead! Doesn’t get much better than this. Congrats Chris!
We had to pull up the anchor for this big
(Devin with a hard fighting male Steelhead)
With a 22-degree start this past Saturday morning the only way to heat up quickly is to catch an incredible Muskegon River steelhead at the break of dawn. And Catch it he did. Please meet my good friend Devin from Muskegon Michigan with
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I had an unexpected day off today, so thought I would write a quick report to keep you updated on conditions. The weather has bounced back to “normal” late March conditions. Cooler nights and mornings, but very pleasant afternoons. They are calling for thunderstorms
The water levels on the Manistee and Betsie Rivers have been dropping after some high water which encouraged more fish to come up from Lake Michigan. Fishing has been good with egg patterns and a solid nymph bite.
So yeah… That was a doozy of a winter indeed, but certainly more normal than the 6 before it. It fell on us in late November, and save a few melts and lately a few milder days, we have had us a Real Michigan Winter. Water table did need it
Hi guys, just a real quick one from me this morning but only to let you know that yes, I am still alive!
One from a crazy winter weather day… Here’s some more from “the Winkle group” that John didn’t post… Thanks guys!!!
John’s been doing a great job
