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Some rain last week gave the rivers a nice little bump in water flow and some additional steelhead moving upstream from lake Michigan. Clarity is still really good on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam and is a little more stained on the Betsie River

  Want a Christmas or Hanukah gift for that special someone in your life?...or maybe treat yourself!  Offering our annual 3 for 2 Holiday special- Buy two guide trips and get a third free! (Purchase before December 25th and schedule it any

Steelhead fishing has been consistent. The fish have been making us search them out but when they are found the will bite. We have mainly been fishing the Muskegon River and the fish are spread out in the higher than normal flows. Backbouncing bags a

The appropriate weather for fall steelhead fishing has finally arrived. Some rain and cooler temps have steelhead coming into West Michigan rivers. I have been running about 90% of my trips on the Muskegon River. The fishing has been consistent with

My Passion My Story Southeast Alaska Steelhead fishing has been a passion and mainstay of my personal fishing for over 30 years. I remember flying to a well known Southeast Alaska stream every month (November through May) to chase steel. I had an ad

Manistee River is fishing phenomenal Fishing has been excellent with good numbers Fall Steelhead Brown Trout Coho.  Basically just a lot of fish. It’s really really good!    Manistee River below Tippy Dam has been fishing except

Valentine's week is the official flip the switch time for the start of the spring steelhead run!- time to start steelhead dreaming! Days are getting longer pineal gland photo period light detection kicks in and sends the signal to the reproducti

Anglers know how tough it is to catch a trout fish. They are smart and cunning. You will need all the help you need to catch them. Many people seek fishing guide service to help them catch fish like trout. But what happens after you get the fish? Ca

We are open and guiding now!! Trout  & Smallmouth Bass is very good on the Muskegon River at this time. Casting crank baits. streamers or anything that resembles Salmon fry at this time. Salmon fry are the main food right now. Sucker Spawn

Michigan Fishing Reports for Muskegon Pere Marquette and Manistee Rivers. Please Check out our Michigan fishing reports for local rivers. Evening Hatch Master Special $250 / 4.5 hours ~ Morning Light Tackle $350 / 4.5 hours Full day guided fly fishi

Anglers enjoy the sport of steelhead fishing. They are a kind of fish that gives anglers the challenge & pleasure they seek. Steelheads like trout are difficult to capture. To capture them you must employ your most effective strategies. The lure

 Fresh run of steelhead is here and on the move!...the brown and rainbow tailwater nymphing has been exceptional!...warm up coming!

  In the last week spring has really shown its true colors on the Lower Yuba River and the wild flowers have been exploding upwards toward the sky. Poppies Lupine and many other varieties are giving the landscape some beautiful colors along wit

 Isonychia bicolor have just started as the drakes continue- (Bug Doctor J.G Miller image). John will be featured in my Entomo-Logique department/column in my new online journal coming in two weeks- stay tuned!) The heavy rains and storms have

Michigan Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. The lake is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan surrounded by several mountains. The lake was formed after a glacier melted leaving behind large blocks of ice and debris. This are

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

What an amazing fall season it’s been. I’ve been fortunate to be able to guide with great friends James and Kait Sampsel who own and … The post Summer Steelhead – First and Last first appeared on Connect Outfitters.

 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 spaw

We had a great finish to our salmon season and have been doing trips for fall steelhead since mid October. We have been doing well on our trips with some large steelhead coming to the net on both the Grand and Muskegon rivers. Fall steelheading stays

Despite the up-and-down weather it's looking real good. The weak fall run due to Arctic weather is going to really pay-off this spring with larger well-fed steelhead starting to mount the spring run. Valentines day is the flip the switch time. W