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Manistee River Trout Report
April 21, 2025
The Upper Manistee River Trout Fishing report for the third week of April has us fishing for trout with streamers. Our weather this past month has been up and down, but mostly on the cold side. It’s been an old fashioned spring this year
(Joe’s 18-lb 33-Inch Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s my new friend, Joe from New Jersey celebrating his birthday in style landing this massive 18-lb, 33-inch Muskegon River steelhead! Congrats Joe on such an incredible steelhead! Happy Birthday!
(Tale of the Tape of Joe’s massive steelhead)
Tale of the Tape of Joe’s
(Nick with a beautiful Muskegon River steelhead!)
Here’s my great friend Nick from Chicago with a beautiful spring steelhead from the Muskegon River.
(Nick with another beautiful Muskegon River Steelhead)
Nick with another gorgeous Muskegon River spring steelhead.
Nick with another chromed out hen
(Sven with a gorgeous Muskegon River Brown Trout!)
Here’s Sven from Colorado with an absolute gorgeous native natural reproduction Muskegon River brown trout. I give Sven all the credit in the world for sticking with it despite the adversity / encouragement (or lack of it) in the boat lol ….Congrats
(Chris with a crimson red buck from the Muskegon River)
Here’s my great friend from Chicago, Chris with a hard fighting crimson red buck from the Muskegon River.
(Steve with a beautiful chrome hen from the Muskegon)
Here’s Steve with a beautiful chrome steelhead from the Muskegon River.
(Carl with a beautifully colored crimson red steelhead)
Here’s my great friend and incredible pistol shooting instructor Carl from Caledonia, MI with a beautiful crimson red steelhead from the Muskegon river.
(Bob with a hard fighting steelhead)
Bob from Ionia, MI who’s so big, he made this steelhead look small!
Pere Marquette Fishing Report
Hello fishing friends! I hope this spring season finds everyone healthy and finding fish! The spring season is in full swing. It has been great watching nature waking up after a long cold winter.
Steelhead Fishing
Steelhead fishing has been good. Our best fishing has
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9XoAuZBCSM #flyfishing #bassfishing #fishing Our first smallmouth bass river float of the 2025 campaign happen to start on a day a solar eclipse was taking place. Wasn’t sure how or if it’d affect the bite. Seems like the weather temp drop was a bigger impact than the eclipse. Forecast was
Manistee River
Spring has officially arrived in Northern Michigan, as reflected in the forecast. With temperatures ranging from 50 to 60 degrees during the day and staying above freezing at night, the steelhead fishing on the Manistee River has remained consistent. Most days offer multiple opportunities to hook a steelhead.
This past week has been tough. Blame the moon phase, the sun, the barometer, the clearing water, the wildly fluctuating water temps…maybe all these. Maybe something, or some things, not even on that short list. It can happen in April. In fact, April is sort of notorious for throwing out a
