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(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
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Northern Michigan’s rivers have a way of getting under your skin. The whisper of the Jordan at dawn, the deep green bends of the Manistee, the electric swirl of a rising brown on the Au Sable
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This report is going to be short and sweet! There are fish throughout the system and the water levels are great! We had a roller-coaster week of weather, water temps and water levels, but things have leveled out. Nothing like March steelhead fishing in
Steelhead, Trout & Seasonal Conditions Update
Just when we thought winter was behind us—WHAM! Mother Nature delivered a late-season sucker punch across Northern Michigan. We’ve been busy shoveling and moving snow, but the upside
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Happy St. Patrick’s day!!! As “March Madness” continues the plot thickens…Wild Weather would be an understatement! Since my last report we were experiencing “perfect” conditions, but then Mother Nature ripped the rug out from underneath us. I truly believe this is a great thing
