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| History and Information about the Muskegon River and fish species |
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 The first Dam built on the Muskegon River was in the town of Newaygo in 1854, mainly for the Mills that sprang up during the logging era. The next Dam was Rodgers, at 56 feet tall near the town of Stanwood. then came Croton Dam at 60 feet tall upstream from Newaygo near the small town of Croton, it was the first Hydroelectric Dam to generate 110,000 watts of electricity in the world. The last major dam was Hardy, up stream from Croton dam. At 120 feet tall and the worlds largest earthen dam at the time, it was quite a feet for 1931. |
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| The Muskegon River is an awesome destination for fly fishing |
 The Newaygo Dam, the first built was removed in 1969 since it was getting dilapidated and no longer of much use. This opened up many miles of prime spawning areas for the newly planted Salmon and Steelhead and would prove to be the best stretch for both Trout and Salmon. From Croton down to Newaygo there are holes the run for of yards tailing out to gravel riffles that stretch from bank to bank. The classic hole run, riffle that Trout and Salmon so desire and need to propagate there species was now open to them. |
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 The Muskegon River starts from spring fed brooks that flow to Higgins and Houghton Lakes. The latter being the largest inland lake in Michigan. Through part of massive dead stream swamp on its Southwest journey to Lake Michigan at the town of Muskegon. Most of the upper Muskegon River is to warm, slow, and silty for Trout and supports fisheries for Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, and other warm water species. Some of the Tributaries that are cold enough do support Trout but main focus for local and visiting anglers is the Nationally renown stretch from Croton dam to Newaygo. This stretch has the greatest abundance of Trout both Browns and Rainbows, Steelhead. Both spring and fall runs with a number of summer runs thrown in depending on the year. This stretch also has the greatest abundance of aquatic insect switch makes for great Hatches of Caddis, various Mayflys, Midges, and Stoneflys, etc. |
| For the Nymphing and Dryfly enthusiast. Steamer fishing can also be excellent with patterns that imitate the natural minnows that inhabit the river such as, Sculpins, dace, chubs, small trout, salmon fry, and shiners. also abundant are Crayfish. Slow heavy Streamer fishing can bring Browns and big Smallies to the net for a very nice mixed bag of fly fishing for the day. Leach and lamprey patterns also have there times so being versatile can definitely pay off. For the fishermen that's not total fly fishing using spinners and jigs and various crank baits can produce the same results, Nice trout, and Smallies there is great small mouth bass fishing. |
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 The Muskegon River is a large River at 150+ yards across, swift currant and deep holes it offers outstanding fishing and outdoor beauty. 150 foot banks and large Oak, Maple, Cedar, Aspen and White Pine Forests the coupled with an abundance of wildlife make for a very memorable fishing trip. The Muskegon river has a lot to offer as an all year fishery, from Spring Steelhead and Walleye to summer Trout and Smallmouth Bass to the fall Salmon run with fall Steelhead right at there heals looking for the easy feast of salmon eggs that stay for the winter angler to enjoy all winter long. Muskegon River is world class fishing with something for everyone. |
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