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Steelhead Fishing Report for Michigan. Muskegon River Steelhead fishing has been outstanding over the last few days! Spring Steelhead on the Muskegon River are starting to fish well near the Croton Dam. Jigs and wax worms and floats / spawn all fishing well for new spring steelhead. Mid-section - Thornapple to Pine st. has also has fish.

Fly Fishing has been doing well. Best pattern for the Muskegon have been the Mojo fry pattern, dark knight, Hex nymphs, clown eggs, and Ice Man minnows. Fry patterns have been outfishing clown eggs and egg patterns. Stone flies fishing well on sunny days. Had a fantastic three days with Dr. Steve and Josh. They landed 15 steelhead in three days on straight flies with both myself and Jimmy B. We fished mostly the upper river. We should expect to receive good numbers of steelhead and trout over the next few days. Longer day light, Strong full moons, and slightly higher than normal water levels have steelhead on the move. Good number moving up from the lower river.
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Steelhead dates available for this weekend. Steelhead fishing has been very good with warmer tempratures ahead! Both Floats Spawn or Fly Fishing!
Water levels are stable: 1900 cfs: Muskegon River Streamflow Data

There are a variety of nymph flies that imitate the Winter Stonefly.
Most of these patterns are simple, from a hare's ear nymph or pheasant-tail nymph colored dark brown or black with marker, to more involved patterns such as the Egg Sucking Stone, black Viagra caddis, Mojo Dark Knight, Rubber Legged Stone, etc. Remember that these flies should be dead-drifted the same way you'd fish glo-bugs or egg flies, under an indicator or bottom-bounced through holes that look promising. No vigorous stripping is needed with these - keep in mind that while the weather is warmer than usual, the water is a few degrees above freezing. Deep and slow wins the race here - make sure that your flies drift along current breaks and bubble-lines, to ensure that any fish present has time to take a shot at them. Strike back when the strike comes, snub that fish before it can get loose, and then enjoy the music of your reel underscoring the winter sunlight dancing on rippled waters...

Current River Conditions: 34 degrees- Water levels are perfect with a slight stain- Upper Muskegon River is ice free. Visibility is: 6- 8ft.
Water temp: 34 degrees. Level: Normal med - Clear with slight stain
Wading is an option at this time in the upper River.

Current Muskegon River Water Conditions:
Wednesday - Good numbers of Steelhead in the lower river near Muskegon! Chrome fish are beginning to move. Spring Steelhead should enter the river later this week in decent numbers. Longer day light and a surge of snow melt- run off should get things going a bit. Fishing has been good over the last week but Steelhead have become very content to watch your offering go by. Multiple drifts through a know location has been the key to getting hooked up. Chrome Steelhead should greatly improve the bite!

Tuesday - Had a fantastic day with Wally Riker and Marvin! Today was the first day of the spring season that stones flies outfished and out produced all other methods including floats / spawn. There were a lot of stone flies in the water column - We landed quite a few steelhead today while fly fishing. Water levels are slightly up and stained. Perfect levels to bring in some great new chromers from Muskegon Lake.

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In Grand Rapids, Michigan, has provided anglers with the best in Muskegon River Fly Fishing. With an excellent team of professional fly fishing guides, our staff pride themselves in offering the very best in guided Trout & Steelhead fishing, Muskegon lodging and hospitality. Our guides are knowledgeable, courteous and professional.We guide anglers year-around for West Michigan's Steelhead, Salmon Guided Fly Fishing and Float Fishing on West Michigan's Muskegon River Steelhead. We guide anglers year-around on the Big Manistee River, St. Joseph River, Pere Marquette River, White River, Grand River, Rogue River, & Muskegon Rivers.

Winter & Spring Steelhead Dates Available for the Muskegon River.

Muskegon Steelhead: There are a handful of white mouthed beauties lying in wait for fresh roe. We hooked at least four chrome bullets this morning during low light conditions. Greg managed to land one very nice skipper on a peach egg patterns. Cooler water temperatures and some rain would really help the cause for chrome! Later this month, Steelhead fishing should be excellent as everything seems to be a week behind.

Manistee River Steelhead Report - The Manistee River received a very nice push of fish this morning. We hit a nice pod of chrome steelhead and fishing was quite good most of the day. Floats and spawn was the name of the game. More wind and rain improves water level and fish migrations. Welcome to Steelhead Season in Western Michigan Rivers!

Pere Marquette River Steelhead Report - Steelhead fishing on the Muskegon River. There seems to be a fair number of Steelhead throughout the system. With the recent higher water levels, many of the Steelhead have moved to the upper middle sections of river, seeking spawning salmon near Thornapple (High Roll Away gravel) and Henning Park. The upper river has many resident Trout feeding behind the spawning Salmon. There are also a few Steelhead in this area. Mike landed a gorgeous Muskegon River Steelhead today on a rainbow clown egg in the lower river behind spawning salmon in deep water.
Spring Steelhead fishing in Michigan: There are a handful of white mouthed beauties lying in wait for fresh roe. We hooked at least four chrome bullets this morning during low light conditions. Greg managed to land one very nice skipper on a peach egg patterns. Cooler water temperatures and some rain would really help the cause for chrome! Later this month, Steelhead fishing should be excellent as everything seems to be a week behind.

Winter Tailwater fishery for Steelhead in West Michigan. ~
Unlike the Grand River, White River, and Pere Marquette Rivers, the Muskegon is a tailwater fishery, this means the Muskegon River never freezes! This allows us to guide anglers throughout the winter months for Steelhead and Trout. Float fishing during the Winter is a beautiful time to be on the water with good numbers of Steelhead and lots of wildlife along the rivers banks. We are also now offering Centerpin instructionalsl to learn Center pin float fishing for Steelhead! . (231) 519-7348

Muskegon River Steelhead Reports. Daily updated Steelhead fishing reports for West Michigan's Muskegon River, Grand River, White River, and Manistee Rivers. Fly Fishing or center pin float fishing on the Muskegon River for Steelhead and Trout. Winter Steelhead fishing has been outstanding the past few days! Fishing pressure has been low with few anglers on the water. Spring Steelhead coming soon!

Steelhead Fry & Sucker Spawn

During the day- Large Streamers and fry patterns near the bank. Shaded pockets hold the fish! Sink-tip fly lines have been the key for Muskegon River Trout and Steelhead. Nymphing with sucker spawn patterns and small nymphs has also been producing numbers Trout on the Muskegon River. Dry flies & Drake spinners in the evenings. Some of the best hatches occur as the sun drops below the tree line with low light.

May & June are the the time for Dry fly fishing with the Gray Drake Spinners. (Gray Drakes are a mid-sized may fly with smoke clear wings, a thin variegated body, and a white ring around the eyes.) Most spinner falls occur just be for dark. Drakes also always spinner fall on a riffle or fast current. Muskegon's most overlooked hatch, typically found in the middle to lower sections of the river. Thornapple - Henning Park.

Gray Drake Spinner - May - July Trout Evening Hatch Fishing (Gray Drake Spinner - ) River perfect level-2450-cfs- 60 degree water temp.

In the evenings of May and June, The Muskegon River is home to the famed Gray Drake Spinner fall and the Iysonchia Bicolor, two large varieties of may flies that tend to spinner fall just before dark. These large May flies attract the attention of trophy Browns on the dry fly. These trout may be selective at times, but are certainly well worth the wait. Michigan Fly Fishing Guides, wait the entire year for the six weeks of the Gray Drake spinner fall and incredible dry fly fishing!

Muskegon River Trout - There are lots of suckers spawning and encouraging
the bigger browns and rainbows to feed on nymphs behind sucker redds. Excellent numbers of Gray Drakes seen in the last couple of days, mostly during the afternoon period. Many of stocked Trout targeting dry fly Caddis with an occasional big fish on the surface. As water temperatures increase, larger Trout will come up. Sulpher emergence is soon to come. Streamer stripping with salmon fry patterns has been working well for larger Trout - We need warmer water to get the big boys to chase streamers.

~ Winter Tailwater fishery for Steelhead in West Michigan. ~
Unlike the Grand River, White River, and Pere Marquette Rivers, the Muskegon is a tailwater fishery, this means the Muskegon River never freezes! This allows us to guide anglers throughout the winter months for Steelhead and Trout. Float fishing during the Winter is a beautiful time to be on the water with good numbers of Steelhead and lots of wildlife along the rivers banks.
Now is the time to float fish Steelhead!

~ Winter Steelhead in Michigan Rivers ~
During the Winter Months, ( December, January, February, March) the Muskegon River is loaded with Fall & Winter Steelhead. Unlike the Grand and Pere Marquette Rivers, the Muskegon is a tailwater fishery, this means the Muskegon River never freezes. This allows us to guide anglers throughout the winter months for Steelhead and Trout. Fly fishing during the Winter is a beautiful time to be on the water with good numbers of Steelhead and lots of wildlife along the rivers banks.

Michigan fly fishing can be at it's best during the Winter. Few anglers fish this time of year, the Steelhead are eager to feed well with little angling pressure or guides on the water. Our guides love fly fishing during the Winter months. Michigan is blessed with many great rivers that may be fished year-around.

We offer guided fly fishing adventures year around for Michigan's Winter Steelhead on the Muskegon River, Pere Marquette, and Manistee. March, April, and May are also great times to chase Spring Steelhead. The stone fly emergence during March produces excellent fly fishing for Steelhead in March. We have guide dates available for Spring Steelhead on the Muskegon River, Pere Marquette River, St. Joseph, White River, and Dowagiac River.

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