December 29, 2012. More Muskegon Steel

Had Jake and his dad out for Jake's birthday and put some nice fish in the boat on an afternoon float.

Jake with a monster birthday steelhead.

Awesome Muskegon River lake run brown trout.

December 27, 2012. Dr. Dan

Had Dr. Dan from Detroit out today for a great day fly fishing trout beads for steelhead, again covering lots of water to find active fish was the key.

Fly fishing beads under indicators was the ticket today.

December 26, 2012. Winter on the MO

Spent a beautiful day on the river with DJ and Scott today, these guys put a pounding on this fish landing 8 

steelhead and a ton of nice trout. 

                                                                         DJ with a big buck.

                                                           Scott with a chrome male.

                                DJ dressed for the cold weather with another big winter steelhead.

Scott with a bright hen, fresh fish continue to push in daily. Covering a lot of water pays off, we found several         pods of fish throughout the day and once the sun warmed the water a couple of degrees the bite really picked up


 

December 24, 2012. Christmas Chromers!

Took my dad out for a quick drift this afternoon before Christmas Eve dinner.

December 19, 2012. Guides Day Off

Spent my day off fishing with Doug. Lots of water, lots of fresh fish.

 

 

 

December 7, 2012. Keep on Raining

            Took a break and got out on the White last week with Kyle, another guide friend from Alaska.
                                                     Man I love this little stream in the winter!





Back on the MO the water began dropping again after a week of good flows but then we had another shot of rain to bring the water back up nicely, moving more fish up through the system and keeping fishing steady.

Some nice chromers from the middle section of the Muskegon.

 Just starting to show those winter colors.

 

Here are a fresh from the lake chromer and one the has been in the system for a while that I picked up on a quick exploratory trip by myself. 

December 4, 2012. A Little Water Makes A Big Difference

Finally some rain! The MO came up nicely over the past few days and has sustained 2000 fps for 5 days really turning on the fish. As I suspected a lot of fresh fish moved up with the higher water and the fishing has been great.

 James, a fellow guide from Alaska, with a nice brown "on the swing" from the MO.

Mike with a big chrome hen, great day on the the water!

Dave with one of many from this week.

Mike with a 13# hen, the biggest of the day.