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(Ed’s 18lb 34-Inches of Crimson Red Twisted Muskegon River Steel!)
Here’s my great friend Ed from Hillsdale, MI holding his massive 18-pound, 34-inches of twisted crimson red double strip Muskegon River Steel! Congrats Ed!
Ed has caught some incredible fish with m,e over the years on
After the extremely high water earlier in the week, the Manistee is back down at a fishable level with a heavy stain. Steelhead fishing has been great the past couple of days with a mix of older fish spawning and quite a few bright fish just showing up daily. This
The water levels have come down and the water temperatures have gone up. Steelhead fishing continues with a stain to the river, but good numbers of fish around. With more rain in the forecast, choose your days based on conditions and take advantage of a great run of spring fish.
April 10, 2026 Northern Angler Fishing Report
After the big rain events from last week, the rivers are really starting to drop and get into great shape for fishing this weekend. I have been out most of the week and the fishing remains really good with a mix of fresh
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.
April 3, 2026 Northern Angler Fishing Report
The fishing was really great this week before the big thunderstorm on Tuesday that cut our day short. Wednesday was really good, but cold and Thursday started out with freezing rain and then just a deluge of rain the entire day. The rivers
Spring is here and so are the fish.
Warmer temperatures and a bump in river levels have pushed a lot of fish up the river systems. Most of our rivers have just returned to normal levels or slightly higher than normal depending on where you are at. There is
(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
