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It’s starting to feel like fall with lots of color in the trees but also cooler air temperatures. The salmon fishing is past its peak on local rivers that continue to run low and clear and warmer than it should for mid-October. The rain is falling as I type and
I found a couple free hours this morning to go fishing. My goal was to work at home and hit the river as the air temp climbed to a modest 60 degrees. The world was alive this morning as I worked. Deer came and went from our pond — ten
Just wanted to give a huge thanks to all of those that fished with us this past summer. Overall it was a great summer as far as fishing goes….though we did suffer through some mechanical problems the first half of the season. We are already looking forward to next year.
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
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We are hosting our Fall River Clean-Up on October 19. Please contact the shop if you are planning on attending (231-745-3529). We will be meeting at the shop at 8am to figure out beats and fill seats in boats. BBT will cover the cost
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
(Doug’s Wall-Hanger Muskegon River Brown Trout)
Please meet my great friend, Doug from Houston, MN with an exceptional Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely slammed his fly on the second cast of the morning. Congratulations on such an incredible native Muskegon river brown trout Doug! Welcome to the Muskegon river
Hey guys, it’s well past “my turn” again on this whole reporting thing, but once again, I’m pretty sure John covered most of it all in his report here… We’ve been having a pretty darn good season overall if you knew what part(s) of the river to fish with some ups
(Greg with a Muskegon River King Salmon)
Here’s Greg Key from Big Rapids, MI with the first Muskegon river king salmon of the day that just happened to tip the boga’s out at 24lbs!
(Muskegon River Chinook / King Salmon)
If you never felt the fight of a fresh king
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We finally received a couple days of heavy rains last week! The river rose and colored up for a few days…we needed that for sure! It certainly shuffled the deck and brought in some more fish. The river is dropping and clearing too
