T he Muskegon River is a great place to be this fall season with migrating big game fish such as chinook salmon and steelhead making their way up the river from Lake Michigan. The salmon are on their annual spawning run and the steelhead are not far behind to feast on the buffet of salmon eggs, nymphs, and larva that salmon kick up and send down stream to waiting, hungry fish!
October will find the most salmon in the Muskegon River and November and December are the prime months for the most electric fresh water fish available, Michigan fall steelhead…….HANDS DOWN!
The Muskegon River is still fishing good for smallmouth bass and with the recent caddis hatch activity and dropping water temperatures, resident brown and rainbow trout are beginning to put on the feedbag in preparation for fall and the fast approaching colder months. This will be the last of our dry-fly action available, so if you’re looking to get out for any fall trout surface action, we’re into it now.
We should see signs of more salmon in the weeks ahead and steelhead once salmon spawning activity picks up. We’ll be fishing them with both conventional tackle and fly gear throughout the fall season.
