Hatch fishing has been excellent on the Muskegon River. Great hatches of Gray Drake Sulphers and Isonychia Bicolor. Fantastic dry fly fishing. (6/2) Nymphing by day – Prolific hatches by night. Trophy Brown Trout on the Muskegon River. Mega Trout! (6/1) Trout fishing on the Muskegon River has been exceptionally good for the past two … Continue rea...

Atlantic Salmon are known for awesome fights great jumps and excellent table fare. These fish are a blast on light tackle or fly gear. (July early August) $250 Evening “Hatch Master” Specials – Guided Dry fly hatch fishing at it’s finest! Learn Caddis and May Fly hatch fishing for quality trout. 5pm – 10pm. (June … Continue reading "Coming Up Next...

Now is the perfect time to bring you son or daughter out fishing and introduce them to great trout fishing on the Muskegon River. Guided trips are available all weekend and next week. Hatch trips are usually during the afternoon. Hatches are this time are Sulphers Caddis and Gray Drakes being the most common and … Continue reading "Great Evening H...

Trout fishing remains excellent on the Mighty Muskegon River. Big spinner falls of Gray Drake Isonychia Bicolor and the ever present Cinnamon Caddis emergence every evening from 7pm until dark. Hatches draw out big brown trout like this guy pictured above. Michigan offers wonderful evening hatch trout fishing on the Muskegon River. “Work during th...

Hatch Master Afternoon Guided Fly Fishing Trout Trips $250 for 2 anglers. (4.5 hrs) (Guided Spinning Tackle Smallmouth Bass & Trout Trips also available)Text to Book>>> (231) 519-7348 There’s lots of choices available for anglers during August. Trout fishing at the creek mouths can be excellent offering shots at trophy Brown Trout and big resident...

It seems that “Peak Week” should happen early new week on the Manistee River. Salmon are beginning to hit the gravel big time. Each morning there have been a bunch of new redds. Most of the Chinook salmon are in the pre-spawn mode but moving quickly to spawning. We had a decent rain over the … Continue reading "West Michigan Salmon Fishing Reports...

Dr. Bob lands and gorgeous buck on the Mighty Muskegon. Still a few fish around. (5/9) Phil (82) landed this beast of a buck today – All on his own I might add. His largest Steelhead to date. Congratulations Phil!! (5/9) Steelhead numbers on the Muskegon River have lowered over the past few days. Small … Continue reading "Spring Steelhead Fishing...

(8/29/25) Lower Pere Marquette River from Indian Bridge to Custer Scottville is fishing well. Batches of Michigan King Salmon are moving through this section of river. New fish are entering the river daily.  Fishing with floats and skein (Salmon eggs Clusters) has been the best technique. Casting Deep Junior Thunder sticks crank baits in the … Con...

(8/11) During the past couple of days the area below Tippy Day has finally received a nice batch of King Salmon. Michigan Salmon Reports indicate that the Big Manistee River (Tippy Dam) has a lot of King Salmon this year!!  The area near Pine Creek Pastor Creek and Bear Creek all have good numbers of Kings … Continue reading "Michigan Weekly Salmo...

As our Big Manistee River King Salmon run winds to an end we look forward to Fall Steelhead fishing through November and December.  With 2024 being one of the largest Salmon runs in history it’s no wonder this Fall Steelhead will be fantastic this year. Kings and Steelhead go hand in hand. If you have … Continue reading "Michigan King Salmon ~ Mus...

~Michigan’s Manistee River Fishing Report below Tippy Dam.~ Winter Steelhead fishing on the Big Manistee has been improving with the recent warm snap. Steelhead have settled into their Winter holding lies. Slower deeper runs have been holding good numbers of bright Winter Steelhead. Runs and holding areas with rocks and gravel tend to hold the … C...

Michigan Fishing Reports – Updated Steelhead Fishing Reports for Michigan’s Muskegon River Pere Marquette and Big Manistee. (231) 519-7348 We are starting to see good numbers of Spring Steelhead throughout the Muskegon Pere Marquette and Big Manistee and Grand Rivers. Longer daylight warmer weather and perfect water levels have all made for excell...

Water levels are finally back to normal with very good Steelhead Fishing conditions on the Muskegon Grand and Big Manistee Rivers. Starting to more bright Spring Steelhead entering the lower river.   Float fishing with beads and spawn continues to produce the most fish.  Fly Fishing with Black Stone flies are also producing.    Click here … Conti...

Summertime is hot and we’ve been keepin’ cool with giant Hogzilla Grand River Smallmouth Bass.  The Grand River near Ada West River Stretch near the Rogue River the down town area have all been fishing well for hot weather Smallmouth Bass on Michigan.  A plethora of lures are working well for river Smallies.  Spinnerbaits soft … Continue reading "...

We have seen about everything the weather could possibly throw at us over the last 2 weeks. Rain snow sunny & warm t-shirt weather and frigid cold. The Muskegon River has seen some major changes too. 5 days ago it was up to 4000 cfs with a stain as of yesterday it was 2000 Read More

We have had a roller coaster ride as far as weather goes this week. 70 degrees one day 20 degrees the next. We had some rain the other night. It was not much and has not done much to the rivers yet anyways. The Grand may bump up as a little more rain fell Read More

We have been running our charters on the Muskegon and Grand rivers the last few weeks and have been enjoying some very nice winter weather. The Muskegon is at a fairly normal level with very clear water conditions at the present time. We have been catching some steelhead and nice resident trout on recent Read More

Late fall steelhead fishing has been good and we are now entering the winter season. This is still a great time to book a trip on the river as steelhead are willing to play all winter. We have been running trips on a few different rivers lately so feel free to contact me to Read More

We have been running our trips on a few different systems the last few weeks and all have been producing steelhead. We had some cold rain today which will bump up river levels and bring in fresh steelhead from the lake. This is just what we needed to set up some good fishing for Read More

Manistee River Salmon Fishing – Tippy Dam Recreational Area Salmon fishing is in full swing now with good numbers of Kings on gravel visible spawning fish.  Lots of both Coho Salmon Chinook Salmon Fall Steelhead King Salmon and Lake Trout near Tippy Dam.  Recent rains have pulled salmon into the upper sections of the Manistee … Continue reading "M...