Muskegon River Spring Steelhead - Fly Fishing Steelhead - Muskegon River

March is the time of year for Spring Steelhead to ascent the Mighty Muskegon River. Longer days, warmer water tempratures, and higher river flows have steelhead in the over drive to enter the river and spawn. With the longer day light comes great numbers of spring Steelhead with more entering the river each day. Michigan Fly Fishing really play a role during this time of year. Stone flies for steelhead is a key element as the waters warm. Stone fly emergence take place during mid day into the afternoon. Steelhead both feed and key in heavily on theis pattern.

Over the past week, Fly Fishing has been outstanding for Muskegon River Steelhead. Josh, Steve, and Dr. Reily all had great success on flies. The best Great Lakes Steelhead Flies have been the Dark Knight, the Ice Man Minnow, Hex nymphs and of course, nuke or halo eggs. Best fly fishing on the Muskegon River takes place during the mid day through the afternoon.

Spinning tackle and Floats/spawn has also been fishing well on the lower river, below the Newaygo area. Bright Spring Steelhead have been moving through the lower sections for the past two weeks. We should have good numbers of Steelhead in the river by mid March. Walleye migrations have also begun to move forward. The Muskegon River is home to huge amounts of lake run walleye. For updated Muskegon River Fishing Reports please check this out! We update and post new photos daily at BettsGuideService.com