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Happy Opening Day all you trout anglers! The traditional trout opener (last Saturday in April) marks the start of what we consider the prime season. And it sure is looking pretty good in 2024. No snow in the forecast. Just enough rain to knock the dust down and keep the
Hey guys, just thought I’d toss up a quick report before the big opener weekend. Right now, it looks as though it may be a bit of a wet one, but warm for most of it and that’s not a bad thing at all for some trout fishing! (Be sure
(Greg with a massive Muskegon river steelhead!)
Please meet my hometown friend Greg from Rockford, MI with a bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead! Nice job Greg!!
Not to be outdone by Dad, here’s Greg’s son Ben with a very fresh, very chrome hen
As April winds down, I can say I’ve never experienced one like this one before. The steelhead fishing was affected by the lack of rain and high water from a snowpack that never happened in this El Nino year. Winter was mild and so was the run of fish as
(Ben with a monster Muskegon river steelhead!)
Here’s my brother Ben from La Cresent, Minnesota with a monstrous chromed out steelhead from the Muskegon river.
(Ben with a matching monster buck from the Muskegon)
Ben with a matching monstrous buck from the Muskegon. Very likely the “alpha male” that was
(Greg with a double strip buck)
Here’s Greg from Big Rapids, MI with a beautiful double stripe buck Muskegon river steelhead.
(Greg with a big rainbow trout)
Greg with a large rainbow trout from the Muskegon.
(Greg with another double stripe buck)
Greg with another big double stripe buck.
The smallmouth game is on and the pre-spawn is going strong. We’re quickly switching gears from steelhead to running all out smallmouth trips.
(Jeff with a crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead)
Here’s Jeff from Chicago with a chrome steelhead so bright he had to wear sunglasses!
(Jeff with a hard fighting buck!)
Jeff with a hard fighting buck that took him into the backing on his fly reel in seconds!
(Todd with a well earned Muskegon River Steelhead)
Please meet my great friend Todd from Pueblo, Colorado with an absolute “bull in a china cabinet” hell of a steelhead taken out of a log jam on the Muskegon river with his fly rod.
Okay Todd, I
You know when you’ve earned something. Maybe it was a week of fishing when, after 4 days of wretched luck but hard effort, a giant fish is found at the last hour of the trip. That’s earning it. Or maybe it’s trying all week to fool one difficult trout and,
