Muskegon River Steelhead - 3/28/12

Al w/ a hard earned buck

Jake wasted no time on his first Steelhead!

Muskegon River Steelhead - 3/27/12

Tom w/ a real Hog!

A well placed fly brought Mike this nice fish

 

 

 

Muskegon River Steelhead - 3/17/12

Mike w/ an early morning chromer

Never takes John too long to settle the score

re-tooled mid afternoon for some nice trout(had to rest the arms)

coming to get ya!

Muskegon River Trout - 3/9/12

Mark with a hog brown...nice

high water and searching for soft spots

well proportioned and appointed bow

going commando

Water levels took a huge jump today making the task of finding feeding fish a bit challenging.  Water levels  went up about 1,000 cfs and water remains stained but still has decent visibility.  Spent the day w/ collage roommate and good friend Mark.  While we had to search for fish a bit harder due to water conditions, fishing was pretty good.  Sontefly nymphs continue to be a major food item on the trouts menu "du jour".  Fish size, numbers and overall health continue to impress.

3/2/12

Muskegon Rive guided trout trip - 2/15/12

Josh connects w/ a nice one!

Do trout eat pork rinds?!?!

Average on the MO

perfection!

   Trout fishing in the winter is just plain fun.  Fishing continues to stay good/great.  There have been a few tougher days but tough still puts you well into double digits on the MO.  Found some real nice trout today and as usual got a look at several other large fish that didn't make it quite to the net.  It wouldn't be fun if you always bagged the monsters.  Scuds continue to be a major force on the river but the early black stoneflies have become an important fly; especially in the lower river.

2/4/12 - Muskegon River trout trip

beautiful bow

Jay w/ a nice bow caught on his Sage esn 10' 4wt!

this fish was caught on a 8' 3wt; what a fight 

Jay on another fish streak landing this fine rainbow.

Fishing today was challenging but very rewarding and Jay stayed on task to make it happen.  While I would say that the overall "bite" was a bit slow for a typical winters fish, Jay was rewarded with some great action for his persistence.  Almost all the fish fell to the Muskegon river scud(#16-#18) and were taken with methodical and slow drifts.  Jay was fishing his new Sage ESN 10' 4wt.  If you haven't fished one of these I'll just say WOW!  The weather was incredible which added to the overall days experience.  Water levels continue to stay high but fish are still eating well in some of the slower edges.