Grand River Steelhead Tournament – Saturday, March 29, 2014
Metro West Members –
On Saturday, March 29, 2014 is the Grand River Tournament. The Steelhead fishery on the Grand River can arguably be called the best in the state. The Steelhead usually start arriving decent in October and will fish well into April.
Many fisherman drive right by the downtown cityscape […]
27 Pound King off Manistee on 8/6/13
27 pound king off Manistee on Aug. 6th. There are some BIG FISH in Lake Michigan this year!!
– Captain Ted Ringer
27.55 lb King at Big Sable Point
Capt. Fred Bolton said “On a certified scale the weight was 27.55 and Matt Benuska caught it. The fish was caught at the Big Sable Point in 105 FOW on a Meat Rig w/ a 10″ Spin Doctor Called Show Time. As of this date it is still my biggest fish […]
King Salmon in Manistee – 8/6/13
Aileen Koziol said “I caught this King Salmon on the morning of August 6, 2013 off Manistee, Mi trolling in 50-60 depth 25 feet down on a down rigger and at 0630,traveling on a north by northwest troll, 2 knots speed at the ball water temp was 49 degrees. […]
21 lb 9 oz King Salmon – Ludington
Bob Shepard said “I caught this one in Ludington the same day as tournament (7/25/13), but I was not with-in the tournament but got it weighed on the Club scales – 21 lb 9 oz King Salmon. Not sure it will hold the BIG FISH lead after Manistee Tournament. […]
St. Joe – Fishing Report
The “Picture This” crew, Bill King, Gary Towns, Carmen Zirles and myself, headed for St. Joe,s on Tuesday morning for some spring salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. The weather forecast was perfect, upper 60’s, partly sunny with 6 mph winds. the lake was flat. Our friends, Dave Engle and […]
May Day – Big Manistee Watershed
A few pics of the steelhead, my good friend Jim Bedford and I landed on May Day. We were fishing a couple of the tributaries of the Big Manistee watershed. The water levels were very high, bank full, causing us to fish as high up in the river systems […]
Dan Keifer Report – 4/18/13
Mike Lagowski and I had a banner day on the Muskegon at Newaygo on Monday fishing with Jon Kolehouse. I have fished with Jon for a number of years and he once again came through.
The conditions looked iffy at best. Due to last week’s storm, the river was still running at flood […]
Alexander’s April Fools Steelhead Fun
“Just thought I’d pass this along and share with you Alexander’s April Fools Steelhead fun, no foolin’. We were out on the Muskegon on April Fool’s Day and did well. We went 4 for 9 on steelhead and 12 or more incidental browns and rainbows (stopped counting after a while). […]