Nice bluegill on a hopper pattern with legs....many m0re like that as well.
A VERY NICE Smallouth bass taken on the Muskegon river. Many quality trout as well, but this beast took the "cake", from hook up.....to net !
Dan & Blake, from SE Michigan with a couple of the many fish they caught on their father-son outing.
Blake (left with fish) and Dan (right), put up with some HEAVY, but much needed, rains during their 2 days of fishing...nicely done !...see you in the fall !
John (west Michigan) Andrew (L) and Jeremy(R) show some MO steel...
Tony P (SE Michigan) "Agent Ax" (west Michigan) Frank B (west Michigan)
Dave (left) and Jack (right) with a couple of the many fish they tussled with on our recent outing.
CHROME....it's HERE.......come get some !
Chris, from west Michigan, with a nice male steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Rick (left) and Dan (right) show a couple of the steelhead they caught recently on the Muskegon river.
Father-Son day on the Muskegon river. Dan (left) and Dave (right), from west MI, share a couple steelhead from their day on the river.....very well done gentlemen !!
Dr. Jack, fromWest Michigan, with some nice Muskegon river steel.....
Jim (above) and Jason (below), share a fish and also show a fish solo, from their recent outing.....Jim was en fuego that day !
Tom (above), from Colorado joined Dan (below), from Grand Rapids, for some steelhead fishing this past weekend and share a couple of the many fish caught during their 2 day outing.
Marek (left) and Mark (right) share a couple steelhead caught yesterday on the Muskegon river.
Father - Son day on the Muskegon river....
Frank and Ryan (holding fish above), were joined by Gary and Max (holding fish, with dad giving "thumbs up" below), for a day on the river.
Tim (above) & Angela (below), from Memphis, TN, share a few of the numerous steeelhead caught recently during their 3 day spring steelhead outing on the Muskegon river.
Ben (above) and Byron (below), share more steel from their "outing"....
Byron (L) and Ben (R), from Louisville, KY, with a couple nice late March steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Mike (L) and Dan (R) from SE Michigan, display some of the fish caught recently on their Muskegon river steelhead outing.
The "Peller Posse"...taking care of things on the Muskegon river !
Jack Sam Dave
Jack Peller gives us a nice look at his chrome spring steelhead from the Muskegon river....nicely done JACK !
Mark G, from SE Michigan, with a chrome female steelhead caught on the Muskegon river yesterday.
John with a nice male steelhead caught the other day....
How about some trout fishin'....?
Mark & Mary joined me for a morning of nymph fishing for trout on the Muskegon river. Aside from having fun on a nice February day, we also caught some scrappy trout.
Austin, from west Michigan, with a very colorful & feisty female steelhead caught on the Muskegon river yesterday.
Joe, from Grand Rapid, Michigan, with a nice winter steelhead taken on an egg pattern.
Different water, different watercraft.......a great way to fish some smaller rivers in the winter...
Angela, from TN, with a DANDY !!
A nice Pere Marquette River winter steelhead
Adam, from Washington, with a dandy......NICE !!!! big boy, ripped a bunch of line out and a fantastic battle.......
Some REAL NICE steelhead still there to be had on the Muskegon river......
......come tangel with some of these incredible fish !
Photo Gallery
West Michigan residents and brothers Jack (above) and Art (below), display some fine Muskegon river steelhead caught the other day.
Brent Brinks holds a nice 23" resident Brown Trout from the Muskegon river caught yesterday..........
..........and a nice chrome steelhead along side brother Jason.
Now THAT'S a nice resident Rainbow Trout caught on the Muskegon river this week....by Doug B from west Michigan
Nice chrome Fall Steelhead from the Muskegon river caught the other day.
Jack, from west Michigan, with "another" nice Brown Trout from a recent trip with us.....his Brown Trout video got some good air time both on this site and U Tube.
You don't see this very often on the Muskegon river....a BROOK TROUT !!...in full spawning colors, caught yesterday.
Doug from west Michigan and myself, with a nice fall steelhead caught on a recent trip on the Muskegon river.
Dan, from west Michigan, with a scrappy fall steelhead caught this past week on the Muskegon river.
Dave Hise, owner of Caster's Fly Shop outside Charlotte, NC, with some "nice" chrome from his steelhead outing with he and guests who came to fish the Muskegon river the last couple days.
George and Katie, from SE Michigan, share a "father-daughter moment of steel" from our recent steelhead trip on the Muskegon river.
Mike (L) and Larry (R) display some of their steelhead caught the other day on a Muskegon river fall steelhead trip...nice guys !
Mike (left) and Jeff (right) holding a couple of numerous fall steelhead they caught with me the other day.....nice chorme fella's !
Jason (left holding fish) and Mike (right holding fish), with a couple very....."spastic" fall steelhead caught the other day on the Muskegon river.
Derek (left) and Dan (right) with a couple of very acrobatic steelhead that they caught the other day on the Muskegon river...Dan's 14# male is atop the charts so fare this fall....NICE !
Father-Son day on the river....
Don (left) and Kent (right with Don) with fine Muskegon river steelhead.
John, from SE Michigan, with a nice fall steelhead caught recently on the Muskegon river.
The "Moser Maulers... !"
Father Dave (left) and son Dan (right), display their matching 11+ pound steelheads caught on the Muskegon river today. Both very good battles...nicely done fella's !
....Another father-son combo shares some of their steelhead cheer...
Frank (left) and Mike (right) show some great Muskegon river fish.
Gary, from SE Michigan, and myself with a nice, fresh, late run chinook salmon caught recently.....one of many that Gary & Frank tangled with that day.
Airborne CHROME !!!.....This was one of many jumps by this 9+ lb fall steelhead, pictured below....a fantastic display of mother nature.
Dave (left) holds the "silver missile" and Gene (right) with another very acrobatic fall steelhead of his own......Nice day, great fish !
Chris from West Michigan, shares a couple of many fish that he caught on the Muskegon river the other day. Fresh salmon (above) and fall steelhead (below), both put up quite a battle before coming to net and then released....nicely done Chris !
Chuck, from Grand Rapids, MI, shows a dandy of a Brown trout caught recently while on the Muskegon river.
Chris (left with Salmon) and Albert (right with Steelhead), share a couple of the many fish they caught on the Manistee river. Joined by 4 others who also came over from England, they all enjoyed some very good fishing in NW Michigan....Thanks guys and see you next year !!
Jeff (L) and Ed (R) with a "salmon double" from the Pere Marquette river and................
Ed's nice Brown trout caught the same day.
Seigo with a rather hefty PM Salmon caught while fishing with father Toshi and friend Jose, pictured below.
Toshi with myself and nice king.............Toshi and Jose laugh it up with another !
Seigo, with a nice Pere Marquette River salmon, caught while fishing with friend Jose and father Toshi........
....and here's Toshi (L) and Jose (R), with another.....a great few days on the river...thanks guys and see you next year !
Veteran "PM" angler Mark G., from SE Michigan, holds one of many very nice fish he tangled with this past week......
Jim & Karyn, from SE Michigan, share a "salmon moment", one of many that fine day on the Pere Marquette.....
...Jim with a dandy........
and Karyn with another...!
Alec with a nice Skamania steelhead caught on the Kalamazoo river in late July.
Rod (left) and Kevin joined me for a day of late spring steelheading yesterday. Kevin holds one of many fish they did battle with.
Here's Rod with a dandy of a spring steelhead that came to net after a great fight....nicely done Rod.
Jason (left) and Tom with one of "many" spring steelhead that came to hand this past week on a great day of fishing.
Spring chrome....nothing quite like 'em !
Adam with a nice brown that absolutley HAD to bite that streamer !!!
Jack & Marek spent a spring day on the Muskegon river in Newaygo Michigan, steelhead fishing with me. Here's a short clip of what we thought was another steelhead hooked by Jack, but instead it was a beast of a Michigan brown trout.....
Marek (below) joined Jack (above) recently for another steelhead outing on the Muskegon river. Good time, good stories, good fish, great day overall......
Bob (above) and Jack (below), both from Grand Rapids, MI, joined me yesterday for some fine Muskegon river steelhead fishing. Here they display a couple of many fish that they tangled with and brought to had during the day....nicely done gents !!
George and Mike fished together recently and tangled with a number of steelhead throughout the day. Pictured above is George holding a nice, plump female steelhead and Mike below with a very fresh "chromer" that just entered the river system in recent days.
The iridescent colors of fresh spring steelhead is like no other freshwater fish to be found....
Spring Chrome !!!....they have arrived in west Michigan and the Muskegon river is fishing GOOD !
Father-son team George & Niko did some April Fools fishing yesterday and display some spring chrome......nice !
Dan (above) and Derek (below) fished over the weekend and had a very busy day on the Muskegon river pursuing spring Steelhead.
Pictured is 13 year old Michael Griffin, from Valparaiso, IN with his first steelhead.....nicely done Michael !!!
The Pere Marquette river fished good for Jon and myself yesterday. Using floating line-indicator rigs, we managed to tussle with a number of winter steelhead.
Fellow guide Jon Kestner with a nice, fresh Pere Marquette river steelhead.....nice battle, very feisty !
Jon with another nice male steelhead out of the Pere Marquette river
A nice "buck" steelhead, in full winter color, from the Muskegon river on a recent trip.
Chrome steelhead are in the Muskegon river !
December 1, 2008 - Dan (L) and Rick (R), both from Port Huron, Michigan area, hold some fine looking Muskegon river steelhead.
November 30, 2008 - George & his daughter Katie, both from SE Michigan, share in the "feel of steel". Both tussled with a number of fish today and each put multiple in the net....nice !!
November 28, 2008 - Doug (L) and Jack (R) fished together yesterday and had a "better than the average Joe" fall/winter steelhead trip on the Muskegon river. Each holds a sample of their catch from yesterday....
Matt, from WA, holds a brilliant fall steelhead caught caught on the Muskegon river as Dave looks on.......Dave got the "feel of steel" as well, shortly after this fish was released.
Dave Hise, formerly a Grand Rapids, MI resident and now owner of Caster's Fly Shopin the Charlotte, NC area, with a couple of many fish that he and his guests tangled with the last couple days.....
Nice fish Matt......all 15 # of her !
Larry also got in on the fun with his own 10+ pounder !
Dan from SE Michigan, holds a "leaper" fall steelhead that he caught on the Muskegon river.
John, from southeast Michigan, holding an absolute "screamer" of a fall steelhead caught on Saturday, November 8, 2008.
Karl, from Grand Rapids, MI holding a very acrobatic fall steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Derek from Port Huron, MI with a FAT & feisty fall steelhead.
Dan, also from Port Huron, fished with Derek and displays one of his fine fall steelhead caught yesterday.
Fall 2008
Toshi Yoshioka holds his first king salmon, caught on the Pere Marquette river in September......he didn't stop there though....
.......he strikes again with a nice, fresh male salmon, however this time on the Manistee river......he's not done yet !....
........how about a feisty young Manistee river steelhead on the same day.....and.....
......a resident brown trout to complete a Great Lake Grand Slam on a fly rod ! Outstanding time out with his son Seigo, who is pictured in the gallery with numerous fish of his own.....Thanks guys !
Bob (above) and Joe (below) fished with me in the lower Pere Marquette in mid-September and had some fantastic battles....as you can see !
Mike, also from Ohio, fished with Brian on day # 1 and fought a number of salmon as well. Pictured is a nice male that took him (and me !) for quite a ride !
Brian, from Ohio, with one of many Pere Marquette river salmon that he tussled with during a 2 day, group outing.
"Fergie" with a dandy Muskegon river brown trout, caught on a streamer.
Muskegon river brown trout being released.
Muskegon river Brown trout taken on a gray drake in mid June.
Kevin and Rob, both from west Michigan, fished with me on the Musekgon river in early May 2008. Pictured is Rob with the nice male steelhead, Kevin with one to the right.
John from Rockford, Michigan with one of "many" spring steelhead that he battled on the Musekgon river this season.
Tom from Chicago holding one of many nice steelhead that he tangles with today on the Musekgon river near Newaygo, Michigan.
Tom strikes again !
Curt from West Michigan, fished the Muskegon river with me in early May 2008. Here's Curt with a very colorful male steelhead.
Steve, from Lowell, MI with a spring male steelhead from the Muskegon river.......
Steve fished with Greg from Grand Rapids, pictured here with another great spring steelhead.
Derek from Port Huron, Michigan with his first Muskegon river steelhead on a fly rod.....and not the last !
Dan, also from Port Huron, with a hard fighting spring steelhead from the Muskegon river.....Derek and Dan had quite a day !
Bill from Chicago-New Buffolo with a nice, colored up, Muskegon river spring steelhead.
Jack from Grand Rapids, Michigan with a fantastic Muskegon river brown trout.
Jason "B" from Grand Rapids, Michigan holding a spring run male steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Chris "B", brother of Jason, with another spring run male steelhead.
Chuck from Kalamazoo, Michigan shows one of many fine fish caught today on the Muskegon river.
Paul from Grand Rapids, Michigan with "another"......steely !
Jack and his guest Bob from Grand Rapids, Michigan were out today on the Muskegon river, and tussled with many nice steelhead.
Tim from Memphis, TN with a beautiful 12# male steelhead from the Muskegon river in Newaygo, Michigan.
Max Burge strikes again with a "double digit" male steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Max Burge from Louisville, KY with a chrome Muskegon river steelhead.
Byron, a.k.a."Slim" from Louisville, KY battles a fall king on the Muskegon river
Seigo from Chicago, IL with a Pere Marquette King Salmon fresh from lake Michigan
Frank from S.E. Michigan with a feisty, fresh King on the Pere Marquette
Michael from Louisville, ky with a nice Brown trout that took a black leach streamer
Joe from Grand Rapids, MI with a hefty Grand river fall steelhead
Frank and Greg - PM "regulars" with nice male King
Joe Van Slooten from Grand Rapids and guide Jeff with a nice, fresh spring steelhead
Dan from Port Huron, MI with a "double". Brown trout took one fly, Rainbow trout took the other !
John from Rockford, MI with one of "many" REALLY nice steelhead he tangled with
Mark from IN with a "freshy" steelhead.......smile Mark !
Mike from Kalamazoo, MI with a colored up spring "buck" on the Muskegon river
Chris from Detroit poses with a nice spring male steelhead
Chuck from Kalamazoo, MI with a spring "buck" steely
In search of spring "chrome"....Paul in front, Jeff in the middle and Bruce in back
Tim from Memphis, TN with a chrome, Muskegon river steelhead
Tim, from Memphis, 2 days later !
Jim from Denver, CO with a Muskegon river steelhead
George from Ann Arbor, MI holds a feisty, fall steelhead...."do the behavior, get the results" !
Say aaahhhhhhhhh !
Who is that hooded one ?....why it's Mr. Kestner with a streamer caught King !!
Andy from Grand Rapids, MI, with son Joe and a spring male steelhead on the Muskegon river.
Jeff with Rhonda from KY with a Manistee river salmon.
Angela from Memphis, TN with a nice Muskegon river "buck" steelhead.
Angela strikes again !!!!!
A true "trophy" ~ Fall Pere Marquette brown trout
George from Spring Lake, MI, a.k.a. "the junkie", with a streamer smallie on the Muskegon.
Adam from Grand Rapids with a nice Muskegon river brown trout
Kevin from SE Michigan with a MASSIVE Walleye......all 13.5 lbs of her !
Kevin strikes again, this time with a 7 # steely that hit like a train and fought like a contender.
April 20, 2008
Steve from Lowell, Michigan with a hard fighting, male spring steelhead from the Muskegon river.
Randy from Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a fresh from lake Michigan, female steelhead out of the Muskegon river. Randy joined Steve from the picture above for an outing on Sunday and battled with both brilliant colored spring fish and "chrome" fish fresh from the big lake.
April 17, 2008
Mike from Kalamazoo, Michigan with great male steelhead that put up a fantastic battle.
Paul from the Grand Rapids, Michigan with another great spring male steelhead from the Muskegon river.
April 16, 2008
Jack from Grand Rapids, Michigan holding a "frisky" male steelhead that ran us 100+ yards down river before being landed.
Buck from Grand Rapids, Michigan with one of a number of steelhead landed while fishing with Jack from above picture.
A familiar face around West Michigan, Dave Hise, with a fresh "bullet" of a steelhead from the Grand river in downtwon Grand Rapids. Dave now owns and operates Casters Fly Shop , outside of Charlotte, NC.
