April 29 2024

Well…we finally crossed the season finish line for steelhead. It was a tough season going all the way back to October of 2023. If I had to say…the best fishing was from late January through the first week of March, with February being the best by far…this is mostly due to the mild winter. Though we worked hard and struggled some days, others fished fairly average…in the end…they are steelhead and you can’t catch them on the couch.

So… why do I think the run was so poor…COVID is the reason, the spring of 2020 when covid hit, our governor did not allow the state weirs to take eggs from the spring run steelhead of 2020, therefore there were no fish to plant is 2021….fast forward to this spring, we are seeing the gap in adult fish. But that is all in the past now and I expect next fall and spring to be back to the numbers we are use to. Just think how good the fishing will “seem”.

It’s never too early to get your fall, winter or spring dates booked. Our calendar is always open and is booked first come first served. Fall river trips for chinook begin on September 3rd of 2024, until then we are now focused on river trout, smallmouth and of course big lake fishing in Ludington on our 31′ tiara the “Hattrick”