Join U.S.C.G. Captain and 20+ year guide Jeff Bacon for an outing on a west Michigan river in pursuit of Salmon, Steelhead, Rainbow and Brown trout, as well as Smallmouth Bass. Year round guided fishing trips with fly fishing or light spin tackle equipment, all experience levels welcome.
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Reserve your all inclusive, guided river fishing trip to pursue Salmon, Steelhead, Brown & Rainbow Trout, as well as Smallmouth Bass. With several rivers to choose from based on time of year and fishing conditions, we can use either fly fishing or light spin tackle equipment to fish the Muskegon, Grand, Pere Marquette, Manistee, White and Flat rivers in west Michigan, enjoying a day on the river and catching fish. From beginner to advance angler, all skill and experience levels welcome and group outings are easy to arrange with the services of long time, fellow guides I regularly call on to help out with larger group trips.
Muskegon River Fishing Report – October 16, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for October 16, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area north of Grand Rapids is centered on the changing of the seasons, arrival of fall run Chinook salmon and the steelhead that will follow them. We have been in an […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – September 29, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for September 29, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area covers the changing of the seasons, the onset of fall and the arrival of great lakes big game fish coming into the river from lake Michigan. The fall run of […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – September 26, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for September 26, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is focused on the beginning of the annual Chinook and Coho salmon spawning run. Coming into the river on this annual “cycle of life”, we will see salmon in the […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – September 16, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for September 16, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is about the season of change in all of the west Michigan rivers that host fall salmon runs. Smallmouth bass fishing is still good and as river temperatures begin do […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – September 1, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for September 1, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area continues to focus on late summer Smallmouth bass fishing to get had. From Newaygo down closer to Muskegon itself, the Muskegon river is still putting up some good “smally” fishing […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – August 12, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for August 12, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is centered around changing river conditions due to the long overdue and very welcome rains of the last few days. Having started off the summer in a major drought, it […]
Pere Marquette River Fishing Report – July 28, 2021 – Baldwin, Michigan The Pere Marquette river fishing report for July 28, 2021 in the Baldwin, Michigan area is about …..hopper time! With most all of our reliable hatches in Michigan having come to an end, we’re now focused on terrestrial time on the Pere Marquette […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – July 25, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for July 25, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is focused on the heart of our summer season for warm water species such as Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike and Walleye. After way too many weeks with river levels well […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – July 12, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for July 12, 2021 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is focused on the literal buffet of fish species that we’re finding in recent outings. From resident Brown and Rainbow trout, to Smallmouth bass, Northern pike, Alligator Gar pike, Walleye, […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – July 1, 2021 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for July 1, 2021 for the Newaygo, Michigan area “was” about the new influx of water that came from the long overdue rain we got last week….until we apparently ran out of water in the upper watershed and the […]
