For their final time this spring, the Dan Bowen group joined Captains Dave, Don, and myself for a late season steelhead trip. With the previous trips this spring playing out fairly tough, today's trip by comparison was a home run. With the numbers of fish...
Captain Don and I came prepared today for whatever the MO would give us: C&D rods and indicator/fat line rods for steelhead; sinktips and weight forward floating lines for trout. Turns out, most of the extra tackle stayed in the case: we fished steelhead all...
Diversified fishing techniques continue to be key on the Muskegon. Morning steelhead fishing gives way to afternoon trout fishing with quality streamer fishing in between. The water has started to drop on the Mo' and this will definitely control the life of the steelhead fishing....
Dr. Shen, David Goedde, and Ray Davis wrapped up their trip yesterday with a tougher trout bite than the prior day astream. The trout seemed full, likely from the large amounts of food swept into the river from the rising waters. Oddly, the smallies were...
Finally some much needed rain hit the watershed overnight. Excellent streamer conditions are now present on the Mo' as flows have increased, and with it came stained water. This increase in flow will also shoot whats left of our steelhead run up stream. While the...
The last day of April felt like we should have been closing out the month of May or June with high temperatures in the low 80's. Trout fishing today was very good from a hook-up/chase aspect; it wasn't until the 4th big brown through the...
Joining me today was long-time guest Tim Hicswa and Al Aevey. We started out the morning chasing steelhead, Al and Tim both finding some quick success. As the sun angle rose we transitioned to streamers and the quest for trout. Tim was rewarded a glimpse...
With less steelhead in love every day, we were indeed fortunate to find a couple a young ladies attended by numerous admirers. Ron Barch, bamboo rod builder extrordinaire, and his friend and former educational colleague of mine, Dr. Bob Oster, joined me for a...
The bright sunshine is again catching up with us on the Mo'. I am starting to feel like a beaten man as my quest for sneaky spots becomes more challenging on a daily basis. The season first tan caddis could be seen in relatively good...
I count it a real privilege to have a father and son team in the boat and this afternoon Brent and his son Hunter joined me for some steelhead fishing. It was a real treat to watch Hunter fight and land his first steelhead. Thanks...