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Finally starting to look and feel like fall !
Just a quick update on the upcoming fall steelhead season. I expect this years fall run to be back to normal…there were great numbers of steelhead in the lake this summer and this should translate into a much better steelhead fishery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLuejBTUyv0 #flyfishing #trout #fishing The Fly Fish the Mitt annual New Years Eve Poker (fishing) Run is back in a little different format. With the lack of steelhead around we had to adjust our game plan and include trout. Rules: *Every man for himself. *Before we start each person draws
With Fall officially starting last week and September coming to an end, it still kind of feels like summer with temperatures in the 80s. I guess, the summer of 2024 continues. With salmon being a migratory species looking to get upstream to spawn, they have a biological clock that sometimes
This the last weekend of trout season and the forecast calls for beautiful weather! Be sure to check out the regulations on your favorite river before fishing after the weekend.
Boardman River Trout Water
As we mentioned above, this is the last weekend for trout season upstream
Fall is a time of change and presents many opportunities for fishing. We have been fishing multiple river systems across the state. The Grand, Muskegon, Pere Marquette, and Flat River have all been producing fish for us in the last couple of weeks. The best part about the fall transition
The 4th month of summer continues with some warm temperatures. The forecast calls for even more. Water temperatures on the upper Manistee are in good shape with the cool nights and sometimes, they drop too low, and you need to wait until the sun warms it up a little for
September 10, 2024: Kevin Feenstra will be speaking at the Holland Audubon Club. The talk will be titled “The Birds, Mammals, and Fish of the Muskegon River”. More information can be found here. September 17, 2024: Kevin Feenstra will be speaking to the Muskegon Nature Club. The program
The rivers around Traverse City—Boardman, Manistee, Betsie, and Platte—are seeing starting to see late summer early fall conditions. The truth of the matter is we need rain. Rivers are running low and clear so you’ll have to work at not spooking fish. Salmon are beginning
A few of us got out over the holiday weekend, and despite the heavy canoe traffic, low clear water and blue skies, the Trout fishing was decent. We caught several Trout on nymphs out of faster pocket water. Stoneflies and soft hackles were the main producers.
Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth bass fishing on Grand Traverse Bay was a blast this summer. I have had the opportunity to learn a lot about the deep water behaviors. Which has been great. Something that I really struggled with last year. But with more time on the water comes