Muskegon fishing and Grand haven fishing in lake michigan had been good. A good depth to target the Salmon is 120/ 55 down. Glow Spoons and Glow Fly's with Fish Catchers just before light and just after dark.
Muskegon lake walleye are coming around. A few fish are being taken from the main weedbeds .
Walleye fishing at night is still hit and miss. There is still plenty of bait around.
The panfish and perch fishing is doing very well near the black bouy in the weeds.
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Muskegon Fishing Report
Winders were tough today so the reports are limited.
Muskegon River Small Mouth Bass fishing was good today. The water is a little dirty so the fish aren't so tight to structer and a little easier to come accross.
Grand River Walleye fishing was good today and this evening.
The fish were bitting but the guys that understand boat control are the guys that caught numbers of fish.
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Muskegon River Small Mouth Bass fishing was good today. The water is a little dirty so the fish aren't so tight to structer and a little easier to come accross.
Grand River Walleye fishing was good today and this evening.
The fish were bitting but the guys that understand boat control are the guys that caught numbers of fish.
Interested in Muskegon Fishing Charters. Look us up at http://michiganfishguide.com
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Muskegon Fishing Report
The Grand River is still producing a few walleye. The lower Grand River is hit and miss but covering allot of water to find the pockets of walleye is the key.The catfish are still steady as Dan at RiverKat guide services is still having good success on his charters.
The Muskegon River is low but in low light yielding good catches of small mouth bass and eater size walleye.
Muskegon Lake fishing is off and running. The bait fish are almost gone. Good numbers of walleyes are coming from around the weeds.Casting cranks or trolling spinners tipped with night crawlers are both producing.
To find out more information on Muskegon lake and Muskegon river fishing charters look up Last Cast Charters at http://michiganfishguide.com/
Or try Catfish Charters with Captain Dan Lipski at http://riverkatfishing.com/
The Muskegon River is low but in low light yielding good catches of small mouth bass and eater size walleye.
Muskegon Lake fishing is off and running. The bait fish are almost gone. Good numbers of walleyes are coming from around the weeds.Casting cranks or trolling spinners tipped with night crawlers are both producing.
To find out more information on Muskegon lake and Muskegon river fishing charters look up Last Cast Charters at http://michiganfishguide.com/
Or try Catfish Charters with Captain Dan Lipski at http://riverkatfishing.com/
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Fishing Light Tackle
There’s something to be said for landing fish on equipment that’s rated for half the size of what your going after. Using a fly fishing blank tied up as a spinning rod is the perfect partner for light line. Fly rod blanks tend to come in longer lengths which is a good thing to consider when using light line. The energy of fish pulling on the line is distributed though out the length of the rod. Here is a way to demonstrate this point. Set the drag on your real to where you think it should be. Grab the line twelve inches above the reel and pull. Make a note of how much tension or force it requires for your drag to engage. Now grab your line several feet after the end of your rod . Try to pull the line out as your fishing poll has a slight bend in it. You should notice quite a difference. It takes much more pressure to engage the drag after the line travels through the guides of a fishing rod. How much of a difference is effected by how long and how flexible the specific fishing poll is.
When fishing pressure is heavy on Steelhead it’s not uncommon to drop down to 4 pound test to land Steelhead from 6 – 10 lbs. The fish become line shy in shallow clear water like what we have in normal conditions on the Muskegon River. You can watch the Steelhead make drastic moves as they dodge to get out of the way of your fly of spawn as it’s floating toward them. Using a smaller diameter line or even fluorocarbon line is needed to keep your presentation in the stick zone. Either is a good option. One advantage to using fluorocarbon line is you don’t always have to drop the pound test line your using .Dropping to lighter line in the Muskegon River can be frustrating as you catch on rocks or any other part of the bottom and break off more. Breaking off can be costly as it’s becoming more and more common to use high quality hooks or flies which aren’t cheap. Light line is more vulnerable to abrasion and or being cut by structure. When Steelhead fishing in a river situation with light line. We make sure to use Maxima leader line. That may seem like just another fishing plug because they sponsor me but it’s not. This is very high abrasion resistant fishing line. I’m sponsored by them because I believe in there products. Every product out there has certain characteristics . Understanding products and when to use them is just like understanding what size wrenches you have in your toolbox before you start a project. This happens to be a characteristic of Maxima you can count on to shine.
Fishing light tackle and fishing line paired well together can make fishing for pan fish more enjoyable. I’ve found fisherman like to have a long fishing pole for smaller fish just so they can see their fishing poll bend. Having your fishing pole bend over on a respectable Blue Gill is a great thing to see but it’s not necessarily the highlight for me. Having a workable well rounded approach to what your fishing for is what it’s all about. Matching your light fishing rod with the correct reel and line allows for so many advantages in regards to your fishing presentation. When a fishing rod and fishing reel are balanced, the design of the two together will set in your hand without holding it. This is very pronounced when fly fisherman don’t have balanced equipment. They will actually get blisters from having to hold the fishing pole handle to tight. When fishing with a spinning gear blisters aren’t as common. The results are usually in the form of fatigue after a person has been fishing for a good portion of the day. The advantages of using light fishing line with a well balance fishing pole and fishing reel make the whole thing more worth wild. Light fishing line is smaller in diameter. Not only are you able fit an adequate amount of fishing line on a smaller fishing reel but the line stays on the reel better because it tends to have less memory . Have you ever had your line want to spring off your spinning reel as soon as you flip the bail ? The next thing you know your lines all wrapped up around the handle or back of the bail. Making note of this factor will helps reduce those types of tangles. A smaller diameter fishing line also offers less resistance as it travels through the guides on the fishing pole and as it travels through the water. With less resistance a very small presentation such as a 1/64 ounce jig or a hook and a very small split shot can be cast with much less effort. With less resistance a small presentation is now able to pull the line through the guides without having to overcast to get your bait out there. It’s nice not having to throw so hard you live bait comes off every other cast.
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When fishing pressure is heavy on Steelhead it’s not uncommon to drop down to 4 pound test to land Steelhead from 6 – 10 lbs. The fish become line shy in shallow clear water like what we have in normal conditions on the Muskegon River. You can watch the Steelhead make drastic moves as they dodge to get out of the way of your fly of spawn as it’s floating toward them. Using a smaller diameter line or even fluorocarbon line is needed to keep your presentation in the stick zone. Either is a good option. One advantage to using fluorocarbon line is you don’t always have to drop the pound test line your using .Dropping to lighter line in the Muskegon River can be frustrating as you catch on rocks or any other part of the bottom and break off more. Breaking off can be costly as it’s becoming more and more common to use high quality hooks or flies which aren’t cheap. Light line is more vulnerable to abrasion and or being cut by structure. When Steelhead fishing in a river situation with light line. We make sure to use Maxima leader line. That may seem like just another fishing plug because they sponsor me but it’s not. This is very high abrasion resistant fishing line. I’m sponsored by them because I believe in there products. Every product out there has certain characteristics . Understanding products and when to use them is just like understanding what size wrenches you have in your toolbox before you start a project. This happens to be a characteristic of Maxima you can count on to shine.
Fishing light tackle and fishing line paired well together can make fishing for pan fish more enjoyable. I’ve found fisherman like to have a long fishing pole for smaller fish just so they can see their fishing poll bend. Having your fishing pole bend over on a respectable Blue Gill is a great thing to see but it’s not necessarily the highlight for me. Having a workable well rounded approach to what your fishing for is what it’s all about. Matching your light fishing rod with the correct reel and line allows for so many advantages in regards to your fishing presentation. When a fishing rod and fishing reel are balanced, the design of the two together will set in your hand without holding it. This is very pronounced when fly fisherman don’t have balanced equipment. They will actually get blisters from having to hold the fishing pole handle to tight. When fishing with a spinning gear blisters aren’t as common. The results are usually in the form of fatigue after a person has been fishing for a good portion of the day. The advantages of using light fishing line with a well balance fishing pole and fishing reel make the whole thing more worth wild. Light fishing line is smaller in diameter. Not only are you able fit an adequate amount of fishing line on a smaller fishing reel but the line stays on the reel better because it tends to have less memory . Have you ever had your line want to spring off your spinning reel as soon as you flip the bail ? The next thing you know your lines all wrapped up around the handle or back of the bail. Making note of this factor will helps reduce those types of tangles. A smaller diameter fishing line also offers less resistance as it travels through the guides on the fishing pole and as it travels through the water. With less resistance a very small presentation such as a 1/64 ounce jig or a hook and a very small split shot can be cast with much less effort. With less resistance a small presentation is now able to pull the line through the guides without having to overcast to get your bait out there. It’s nice not having to throw so hard you live bait comes off every other cast.
Last Cast Charters
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Fishing West Michigan
West Michigan is a great place for sport fish for several reasons . With several main river systems relatively close together there are good numbers of fish throughout the area. The Muskegon river system has such a good run of Walleye the DNR use this as their main source for milking fish for their planting programs though out the state. Some of the largest recorded Walleye taken in Michigan continue to be taken out of the Muskegon river and Muskegon lake system. Night Walleye fishing is the preferred approach for taking large Walleye’s . The White river has a good number of Walleye that migrate as well. In the Spring when the Walleye’s are spawning you can walk along the banks early in the morning and see them rolling and spawning for miles though out the upper parts of the river. The Grand river is a waterway that is completely under fished. Fishing in the right locations at the right time can be very productive. Because of the challenges with navigating the river system. The only people you tend to find fishing the river are the locals that have learned how good the fishing is. Spring Walleye fishing around May 1st shows just how plentiful the Walleye’s are in the lower river. The upper river near Grand Rapids comes to life with people fishing in boats ,off the tall walls and bridges. Once you see some of the fishing technics used you know that the fishing must be good for fisherman to go to such lengths to fish effectively.
The Steelhead fishing is also great in all three rivers due to the number of fish available. Steelhead fishing is often done at several points through out the different systems. Surf fishing the break walls and along the lake Michigan beaches can be very productive. Steelhead do migrate toward and along the shore to the different rivers. Steelhead can be found just about anywhere along the beach in the early spring. Many fish congregate in the lower stretches of the river beginning in the fall just after the Salmon run is ending. Steelhead this time of the year are targeting spawning Salmon to feed on the loose eggs as they wash down stream. Believe it or not the Steelhead also feed on the loose chunks of Salmon flesh as the Salmon decay. It’s very common when fly fishing for Steelhead in the late fall to use large bulky flies that represent narrow pieces of Salmon flesh. As the Steelhead migration continues the fish can be found and fished though out the entire systems. While fishing fully seasoned Steelhead in the upper stretches of the Muskegon River to receive fishing reports of new runs of fish just entering the lower stretch of the river is not uncommon. You can find man option for Steelhead fishing charters through out the West Michigan area for several months .The multiple locations that will produce good numbers of fish creates the perfect situation for fishing guides and charter captains.
The Salmon are one of the areas prized sport fish. All summer the charter boats target these fish well offshore while the water is still warm. As August arrives the fish begin to stage near and around the harbor entrances. Finding fish within 2 miles of shore between Grand Haven, Muskegon and Whitehall is very predictable. August presents a good glimpse of the pure numbers of mature fish that will continue up each river. Salmon position themselves in the lower rivers for a brief time. Avid local fisherman who are paying attention to fishing reports do catch fresh fish for a short time in the lower sections of each rivers. The main areas to target fish once they are in the rivers are Grand Rapids on the Grand River. Newaygo on the upper Muskegon and Hesperia on the White River. The upper sections of each river is where the habitat is just right for these fish to lay their eggs. Fly fishing is one of the most popular ways to target these fish . The water is usually shallow enough you can see the fish.. Fly fishing allows fisherman to target the fish without spooking them. The added bonus when fishing on many of the local rivers for Salmon or Steelhead is the numbers of resident trout. Muskegon River has one of the largest population of trout I’ve seen. Even when I’m not fishing . I love to stop near croton Dam just to watch the trout rise to the surface to feed.
Ernest Miller
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Muskegon Michigan
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The Steelhead fishing is also great in all three rivers due to the number of fish available. Steelhead fishing is often done at several points through out the different systems. Surf fishing the break walls and along the lake Michigan beaches can be very productive. Steelhead do migrate toward and along the shore to the different rivers. Steelhead can be found just about anywhere along the beach in the early spring. Many fish congregate in the lower stretches of the river beginning in the fall just after the Salmon run is ending. Steelhead this time of the year are targeting spawning Salmon to feed on the loose eggs as they wash down stream. Believe it or not the Steelhead also feed on the loose chunks of Salmon flesh as the Salmon decay. It’s very common when fly fishing for Steelhead in the late fall to use large bulky flies that represent narrow pieces of Salmon flesh. As the Steelhead migration continues the fish can be found and fished though out the entire systems. While fishing fully seasoned Steelhead in the upper stretches of the Muskegon River to receive fishing reports of new runs of fish just entering the lower stretch of the river is not uncommon. You can find man option for Steelhead fishing charters through out the West Michigan area for several months .The multiple locations that will produce good numbers of fish creates the perfect situation for fishing guides and charter captains.
The Salmon are one of the areas prized sport fish. All summer the charter boats target these fish well offshore while the water is still warm. As August arrives the fish begin to stage near and around the harbor entrances. Finding fish within 2 miles of shore between Grand Haven, Muskegon and Whitehall is very predictable. August presents a good glimpse of the pure numbers of mature fish that will continue up each river. Salmon position themselves in the lower rivers for a brief time. Avid local fisherman who are paying attention to fishing reports do catch fresh fish for a short time in the lower sections of each rivers. The main areas to target fish once they are in the rivers are Grand Rapids on the Grand River. Newaygo on the upper Muskegon and Hesperia on the White River. The upper sections of each river is where the habitat is just right for these fish to lay their eggs. Fly fishing is one of the most popular ways to target these fish . The water is usually shallow enough you can see the fish.. Fly fishing allows fisherman to target the fish without spooking them. The added bonus when fishing on many of the local rivers for Salmon or Steelhead is the numbers of resident trout. Muskegon River has one of the largest population of trout I’ve seen. Even when I’m not fishing . I love to stop near croton Dam just to watch the trout rise to the surface to feed.
Ernest Miller
Last Cast Charters
Muskegon Michigan
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Muskegon River Fishing
Muskegon river has been hard to fish all spring. You better be fishing in the right spot or your wasting your time. I've ran charters all spring and the fish have been isolated in sections of the rive unlike I've ever seen it. We've had to follow the Stealhead around like were chasing our tails. First the fish couldn't run far enough . Pushing to Croton with nowhere else to run. After the gates shut the fish fell back . The only fish you could find were walleye. The lower stretches have been so dirty the the fish that are usualy there either kept going or they just finished their spawn and left. Now if you want to find good fish you need to concentrate on the Newago area. The first problem there is the fish are so pressured you better be skillful and patient to get them going. The second and main issue is the plentiful attitudes. A good portion of the river guides that are working together will push you out of a spot. They like to drop into your spot after you pull anchor to land a fish. The fish are plentiful . I just concentrate on being patient and deal with these guys by setting a good example instead of letting them wrap me up in the nonsense. Muskegon Stealhead fishing near Newago is still going strong.
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Book a Charter today
Walleye Fishing is heating up.
Visit us at Last Cast Charters
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Muskegon Fishing
Fishing other than walleye has been good. The northeren Pike fishing on Muskegon lake is great. Between live bait on the bottom to trolling the top 15 feet during the day. You can have plenty of action throughout the day time. I have to say I haven't seen many large pike produced . The average fish is 25 to 30 inches. It going to be interesting to see if the ice sets up with the colder temps . The larger walleye will start to school. Keeping the boat out for as long as possible is the plan. Here is a 13 pound 34 inch fish we took this spring. Just think if it wasn't a post spawn fish. Their out there.
Monday, January 8, 2007
Day And Night Time Walleye
Muskegon lake walleye durring the day are still going well. Yesterday the fish were negative but we managed to get them going. We did have to settle for smaller fish than what we had been catching . We even caught four that were undersized. There were 18 legal fish caught in 2 hours. That was between 3 boats in our group. There was one that weighed in at 9 pounds. That's a great fish no matter how you look at it. Muskegon lake after dark went well. We ended up with one 3 poundsr a 7 ,10 and lost one about 12 lbs before 8:30. The weather was just bad enough to keep the crowds away. The bite was just getting started when we left.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Muskegon Night Walleye 1/7/07
Night walleye fishing was tough last night. Not only was the fishing slow. There were a ton of boats on the water.The warmer weather and the talk around town of the 15.5 walleye must be driving people crazey. I can't remember the last time I've seen so many trailers in the parking lot.
Friday, January 5, 2007
Muskegon Day Time Walleye
Afternoon fishing has been great. Better than most people realize it can be. Tonight we ended up with 4 about 3 pounders and had two other hits. There was allot of traffic on the lake .Overall there were lots of other boats out. I think the only poeple that caught fish were a few of us that have been fishing hard for the last several weeks. We are all running the same program. Overall today sounded tough. The night bite has been great. Talked to a guy the other night that got a great Muskgon Lake Walleye. 15.56 34 inches. The pictures were impressive.
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