November 8, 2012. Prey For Rain!

The river has dropped over a foot in the last ten days and the water is crystal clear, those conditions along with the increased boat traffic have made the fish very spooky. There continues to be good numbers of fish in the system but presentation and stealth have become very import to consistently hooking fish.

November 3, 2012

I have still been busy running a lot of trips for another local guide and the fishing is still going strong. Boat traffic is definitely picking up but with a little searching there are plenty of steelhead to be had and I also picked up another awesome 27' brown this week.

My dad and my sister hit the lower river for a quick trip Saturday morning and went 4/4 in just two hours. The fish are still pouring out of the big lake and this should be a great winter steelhead season!

Call me to book a trip, enjoy a beautiful fall day on the river and tangle with a trophy Michigan steelhead!

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Captain Kodie Kowitz

Fall Chrome!

Been really busy with trips the month, guiding the Big Manistee and The Muskegon rivers. As of this week there are still a ton of salmon on gravel in Newaygo and the steelhead fishing is really heating up! Still managed to get out a few times with the family and my sisters are quickly falling victim to the addiction. All this rain brought in a lot fresh fall steelhead, the entire system has good numbers and we have been able to find some decent size pods of fish making for days with double digit hook ups.

Kayela with a bright fall chromer on the centerpin!

KK with a high flyin skipper.

Proud Papa!

JP with a monster fall Muskegon steelhead.

Gorgeous fall brown that slammed a micro egg fly behind spawning salmon.

October kings

 Its that time of year where you have to push through the crowds a little but the fishing is worth it.

Crankin'

 The cold weather is just started and the salmon sure do like it. The first pushes of kings are just staring show themselves.

I had a chance to fish with Gary and Nolan and we had a blast spending a nice evening casting cranks these beasts.

Early Kings

Starting to hit better numbers this past week but the rivers are way low and we need some rain and cool north winds to really get things moving, but there are fish-able numbers around and we have been taking them on both cranks and skein you just have to cover some water to find them.

Late summer drift on the White

Drifted the White for two days and camped out with Gideon and Nolan last week. Picked up a few nice trout a couple small pike and lots of smallies. River is way low, pray for rain!