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 – January 17, 2019 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report is about the mid January “deep freeze” we’re about to enter with some bitter cold weather coming our way this weekend. With low temperatures in the single digits or below zero, the river could be rather quiet for a […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – January 8, 2019 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river in the Newaygo, Michigan area has been settling into “winter mode” over the last near month and will stay as such for the better part of the next 2 months. With early winter having arrived in November, river temperatures dropped […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – December 21, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for December 21, 2108 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is focused on both early winter steelhead and trout fishing. With the return of more mild weather over the last week+, water levels have come up slightly and water temperatures […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – December 16, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for December 16, 2018 in the Newaygo, Michigan area continues to focus on our early winter steelhead fishing. Aside from the steelhead, we’re also fishing for resident Rainbow and Brown trout with lighter equipment and mostly fishing […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – December 6, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for December 6, 2018 in the Newaygo, Michigan area continues to focus on the fall/early winter steelhead season. River levels came up a bit due to last weekends near 2 day “drizzle”, but once again is dropping and the […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – November 28, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for November 28, 2018 in the Newaygo, Michigan area continues to be centered on our fall/early winter steelhead run. With the onset of winter coming a few weeks early this year, we’re seeing the river come into “winter conditions” […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – November 26, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for November 26, 2018 in the Newaygo, Michigan area is about both our continued fall/early winter steelhead fishing and the early arrival of “winter” here in west Michigan. Due to several factors, such as limited rains over the last […]
Muskegon River Steelhead Fishing Report – November 18, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river north of Grand Rapids is amidst its annual fall/early winter steelhead run and will be through the remainder of 2018. We’re pursuing these wonderful lake Michigan big game fish with both fly fishing and light spin tackle equipment and fishing […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report-November 14, 2018-Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fall and early winter steelhead run is in progress now and will be going through December and into the New Year. Fishing has been spotty at times, with steelhead in the entire Muskegon river “system”, from Croton dam down to Muskegon itself, but there […]
Muskegon River Fishing Report – October 31, 2018 – Newaygo, Michigan The Muskegon river fishing report for October 31, 2018 is about the fall steelhead run !….and ghost and goblins on this edition of Halloween 2018 ! The last couple weeks+ have seen the river go from good water levels and a lot of fall […]
