Fishing Reports

  • September 16, 2014

    Slow….is the word that best describes the salmon run right now.

    The fishing has been slow at best this year so far. There are a few spots in every section that are fishing ok. But those spots are changing daily for the most part.

    Last weekends weather events should have sent the migration into high gear….but that was not the case. The good news is that every day we are getting more fish and things should start filling in soon. We saw a year like this not long ago, with the bulk of the kings showing up after Sept. 20th.

    Covering lots of water and looking into every spot is the best bet right now.

  • September 10, 2014

    Back to the river!!

    My big water season ended last week and I ran a few trips on the Pere Marquette, floating from Rainbow rapids to Custer in a matter of 3 days…thats a ton of water…the fish numbers are very thin. But the lower in the system we got, the more fish we saw. Hopefully this weeks cooler temps and rain get a good surge of fish coming.

    Have fun on the river and please respect the resource. Look for reports to be much more consistent now for the fall.

    If you are looking for a fall steelhead trip, let me know asap. Open dates are going fast.

  • July 20, 2014

    Wow…its been a month since I posted…

    The smallmouth fishing on the muskegon is going well, especially early and during the week. Weekends have been over run with traffic and the fish seem to notice. Sub surface throwing streamers can bring out the odd nice trout as well. Look for topwater fishing to get better as the water warms this week.

    As we roll into August my calender is filling up with charters on the big lake, I do still have openigs if you are looking to get into some Great Lakes Salmon and Trout.

    Fall dates are filling up, if you are thinking of setting a date with me on the river for Salmon of Steelhead its time to make the call, November is almost full.

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