Cooler weather (at least nights) look to have us slowly transitioning away from summer fly fishing. The river temperature in the Big Rapids area of the Muskegon has fallen to around 67 degrees. The temp slowly increases as you head west toward Newaygo, but overall...
Fly fishing for summer smallmouth continues to be very good on the Muskegon River. Whether you’re a fan of top-water action or twitching streamers of the structure edges, both techniques are keeping smiles on our guests faces. Pictured are Tom and Hunter who recently spent...
Matthew and his daughter Sofia joined me for the day to try their hand at some top-water smallmouth bass fishing. Having spent most of their time on the rivers of Northern California this would be their first big river experience here in the mid-West. Fishing was...
Summer smallmouth fly fishing is heating up. While the warm weather has us leaving our resident trout alone, smallmouth bass love the hot weather! While it’s a favorite to target summer bass on the surface with Boogle bugs, sub-surface presentations with crayfish, golby, and baitfish...
The return of warmer weather has slowed the progression of fall on the Muskegon River. Pretty typical for this time of year really. Water temperature is fluctuating from the upper 60’s to about 70 degrees on the warmest afternoons. This weather pattern will hold through...
While the drakes & trout weren’t cooperative this morning, our pitbulls of the river were all business. Summer smallmouth bass kept us busy throughout the day. In fact, both Jerry & Bruce lost count by mid afternoon! Drakes & Iso’s are keeping the trout looking up...
Salmon and steelhead season is nearly upon us on the Muskegon River. Today's fishing for me was really more about the process and the enjoyment I get casting and fishing two-handed rods. Sure, both the fly and spot were calculated, but honestly I expected only...
Thankfully the plastic hatch (tubes) hasn't been too big of a deal during the week. However this afternoon on a rare weekend trip we found ourselves in an epic emergence. Sure, its everyones river, and I really like to see families of all ages out...
It's pretty hard to believe that the last weekend (unofficial) of summer is upon us. The past few cool nights have started to drop our water temperature into the upper 60's which is good news for our resident trout. Smallmouth bass remain the main focus...
Despite the chilly fall-like mornings summer fly fishing remains fantastic. Crawfish patterns held there own as did the usual boogle bug. The Muskegon River remains very summer-like with an average temperature around 70 degrees. Sure, some of the early rivers are producing some good fall...