Written by Steve Kern
On May 1, Nate and I drove to Newaygo to the cabin my brother-in-law Al White has on the Muskegon River. Al was there with two of his boys Kenny and Greg. We split up into two boats, Al and I in one, and the boys in the other. It wasn’t too long and Al spotted some steelhead on a bed. We anchored the boat and crawled out. Al went after the steelhead with his 7 wt rod and I went to fish some runs for native trout with my 5 wt. I think on my 12th cast I landed a nice 12 inch brown.
I caught a few smaller ones before we moved on to look some more. We managed to find a few steelhead, but frequently we spooked them or Al got tired of me hitting him in the head with the weight and egg hook. Sorry Al. But we were having a great time. Al did manage to foul hook and land a huge male, which we let go.
Meanwhile in the boys boat, there was more success. Nate managed to hook several fish, but they soon broke off in the brush. Later his cousins hooked a couple and handed the rod off to Nate to land. So Nate did land a couple nice steelhead. Greg landed another one as well so the boys ended up with three for the day. We had a great time learning more about steelheading.