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With Lake Michigan water temps warming up  so has the fishing -- making for some nice mixed bags of kings coho and steelhead this past week. We also had a special guest Richard Quade of Trophy Fishing Hunter out for a two-day fishing trip aboard

Welcome Spring Steelhead anglers – April is upon us finding warmer weather and great Steelhead fishing.  Water is low and clear making for good but stealthy Steelhead fishing. Muskegon River is now starting to get good numbers of Spring S

5/22/2025 Fishing Report The steelhead fishing has mostly wrapped up for the year.  Any fish left in the freshwater are likely in full spawn mode so now is a great time to start really getting after the saltwater fishing.  Putting in your

OUTLOOK Happy New Year Everyone! We hope you all had an awesome holiday.  We are looking forward to a new year and wish every one of you a great 2021 and are really not sorry to say goodbye to 2020.  This week we have details on the major

Spring steelhead fishing is in full swing here in West Michigan. We have been running our trips on the Muskegon River as of late. The fishing has been decent with some days fishing better then others. The river is very clear and running somewhat low

This is the month Kings are here in good numbers. Big fish too.. 4 kings over the 28lb mark so far.. we have openings left. I think fishing will remain good through September out here.. no coho yet but there out here somewhere.. The post August 8th

It's been a long cold Winter but!!!...... Spring is here which means Rogue River Spring Chinook are on there way! This is a good time to book now for your Spring Summer and Fall Chinook Salmon trip for 2021! Carson's Guide Service at this tim

If you are familiar with fishing then you know what is a fishing report. Anglers know the importance of fishing reports more than anyone. It’s them who prepare these reports after spending hours in water caching their prize. But fishing report

Effective August 1st 2024 we have suspended all of our guided fishing trips for rivers lakes and estuaries which we fished for salmon steelhead kokanee trout and sturgeon. If you need a reference for a guide for the river let us know. This has been

Steelhead anglers across the Pacific Northwest have likely already heard of the John Day River. With its headwaters on the western slopes of the Blue Mountains in Northeast Oregon the John Day flows approximately 284 miles before emptying into the &#

5/15/2025 Fishing Report The fishing has been quite good recently.  A big slug of rain on Friday help keep the steelheading alive for another week and the saltwater is heating up.  People fishing for steelhead reported seeing a decent numb

For the last few weeks we have been doing our trips on the Muskegon River. The Muskegon has been very high running 5800 – 6000 cfs. The water temp has been around 38 degrees. The steelhead fishing has been consistent. We have been catching both

The leaves are gone temps are dropping and it’s the time for the serious steelhead angler to go looking to hunt fish not deer. As is typical for this time of year the river is running clear as it’s been a while since we have had a push of

In this video Jay ties a Hollow Deceiver Fly for chinook and silver salmon. A great fly to use in the Pacific Northwest for Salmon. Don’t be afraid to swing it for steelhead too. Hook: Ahrex PR320 Predator Hook 4/0 … Continue reading U

5/8/2025 Fishing Report There is still time to get out and get your steelhead for the year!  Conditions proved a little tough last week with the high water but for anglers who braved the weather there were some beautiful chromers that came to t

Fish is one of the most common aquatic species. This is a large family containing hundreds of different species of fish. Some are palatable while others aren’t. Some are quite large while others are extremely little. A few of the species are a

Join Jay NIcholas as he ties a variation of the Foxy Dog fly using OPST shanks marble fox hackles and a composite loop consisting of Senyo’s Fusion dubbing and Ripple Ice dubbing. Become a better fly tyer by simple watching … Continue rea

Finally some great weather in our forecast here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! Looks like some very nice days to be on the water are heading our way hopefully the winter gloves can finally get put away. Fishing has been going strong across the

In this video author Jay Nicholas ties another variation of a classic salmon and steelhead pattern using new materials such as Bling Rabbit Strips and Flash Blend Baitfish Brushes from Just Add H2O. This fly could be tied in a … Continue readin

Steelheaders forget your bucket list this is a shot at the Holy Grail! Thanks to the remarkable generosity of one Native Fish Lifetime Member we are raffling off a seven-day adventure for one angler to Hodson’s Dean River Lodge during … C