June offers a variety of opportunities for fishing the Grand River and its tributaries. The river from the headwaters all the way down to Grand Haven offers excellent fishing. You have smallmouth, largemouth, catfish, walleye, gills, and much more.
For bass, you can target the bayous down towards Grand Haven, or you can try your luck in the river itself. The Grand River has good smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing from the headwaters down to Grand Haven, so there is no shortage of water to check out. If you are fishing the bayous try throwing wacky rigged worms or jigs in the weed gaps or just off from the drop offs. If you are hitting the river, throw spinnerbaits, crankbaits, or jigs along the shoreline or around cover. Bridges, rock piles, submerged trees, and walls are good structures to target.
Walleye can be caught throughout the river as well. Trolling or throwing crankbaits such as husky jerks, shad raps, flicker shads, or reef runners is a good way to get you hooked up on walleye. Troll the deeper water during the day time or try casting to the shorelines after dark. Bobbers and crawlers or pitching jigs is another good way to get you hooked up.
Catfishing is a good way to spend your day especially if you have kids along. The action is fast-paced, and you have a chance at catching some real hogs. The smaller cats are not too picky so you can throw old salmon or steelhead skein, crawlers, shrimp, and stinkbait. The larger cats can be a little pickier so gathering up some creek chubs, bluegills, or alewife is a good way to find the larger ones. Just park your baits on the bottom in the deeper holes or in front of log jams.
If you are looking for blue gill, you can fish the bayous along the lower Grand River. If they are on their beds, you can throw pretty much anything at them. Fly fishing with spiders or small poppers is my favorite method. Worms, part of a crawler, wax worms, crickets, etc., under a bobber, is another sure way to get a nice batch of gills as well.