Wonderful day on the Manistee today: gorgeous fall weather and great company. Very few fish in the upper river, however, but John and his 91 year-old father-in-law Harold, managed to connect with some kings. Our landing percentage wasn’t the best, but it didn’t matter to...
Seasons come; seasons go, and so it was with mixed feelings today that Captain Don Graham and I hit the Muskegon for one last smallie float. We were sad to say "Good-bye" to the smallmouth bass that have given us and our clients such a...
So, here I am lounge-chaired out on the cottage deck gazing out at North Lake Leelanau, shimmering flat with the golden glow of days end. No fishing report here today, at least in the conventional sense; just a snapshot or two of a most pleasant...
When the bite is on, the fish can make you look like a genius. All the finest tackle, latest techniques, and spiffy duds are worth the proverbial hill of beans if the fish don't open their lips. Today, though, the smallies popped their chops with...
With a cardiologist and a mortgage broker in my boat today, I figured I had every base covered. If I hyperventilated over errant casts or a Big Bertha lost or needed a 30 year fixed mortgage to assuage any angst I might have accumulated...
First Muskegon River smallmouth bass trip of the year today with bud and fellow RiverQuest guide Don Graham. Lots of fun, though, the bite started off tough. The water was significantly off-color from recent rain, and the river was choc-full of minnows—literally thousands of them. ...
Great evening of dry fly fishing today with friend and client Jeff and his guest Mark! Both guys are dry fly neophytes, but with trout rising to cinnamon caddis for well over two hours, the guys eagerly ventured into the world of dry fly fishing, ...
And so return we did, but first, of course, we had to see if the trout would play, and, indeed, they did. Action was fast on streamers and before we knew it, it was anchor time. We quickly located the anchor and...
Finally, finally, I was able to get back on the river! After competing in the annual northern Michigan, Deming/Kuieck "pasture pool" tour based at our cottage in Leland, I was thrilled to be back in Captain Don's boat on the Muskegon. With the...