NEWAYGO - So, what’s your choice, bags or beads? Veteran steelhead guide Jon Kolehouse is a big fan of using beads for bait. When I met up with him recently, with my buddy Tom Goniea, he handed us ...

NEWAYGO – They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

—in the spring, bass are reachable and willing to bite. With a few bass fishing tips, you can elevate your spring fishing from good to excellent. Bass move in shallow during springtime to reproduce ...

Bluegills are spawning, bass are transitioning to summer patterns and trout and salmon fishing remains pretty good on Lake Michigan. If only the weather would stabilize and give anglers a better ...

Few moments can jazz winter like seeing the chrome flash of a steelhead in a dark and frigid river. Fisherman and writer Bob Butz shares the how-to of steelhead fishing in Northern Michigan. Before I ...

Great Lakes fishing is becoming more and more difficult. The weather conditions, especially the strong wind gusts recently in Michigan, have kept most anglers off the Great Lakes. The rivers and other ...

CHOKE CANYON — The first chunky white crappie hit the bottom of guide Bud Council’s boat about 10 minutes after he edged into a brushy shoreline that was high and dry just two years ago. “The runoff ...