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Photos from our August 2007 float
trips on the Betsie River.
August 31st - Tom Olenczuk with bright silver
King Salmon on the Betsie River. After a big
morning of streamer fishing down near Lake Michigan
we went for a float in the upper Betsie and found a
few huge groups of fresh salmon. Hooked and
landed a bunch today! This time of year that
is the perfect trip - streamer fishing the very
lower river in low light periods and then float the
river during mid day.
August 30th - Barb Myckowiak with a big Chinook
Salmon on the Betsie River. Had a very nice
float on the river today and put a few fresh salmon
in the net!
August 30th - Scott Mychkowiak with a couple
beautiful fresh run salmon on the Betsie River.
August 29th - Greg Miller with two fresh run King
Salmon on the Betsie River. Had a good rain
today and good number of salmon were on the move
upstream. Finding fish was pretty easy with
some huge pods in the sand holes. Greg, Mario,
and Marcus landed about a dozen today.
 
August 26th - Eric & Jeff with some fresh run
Betsie River salmon. Had a good push of silver
king salmon move into the upper river today.
Today we hooked around 20 fish and landed 7.
Top flies were nuke eggs, muddlers, leeches and hex
nymphs.
 
August 24th - Tom Olenczuk with a fresh run
salmon caught streamer fishing in the lower Betsie
River. This is great time of the year to cast
streamer for these big silver Kings. This
morning we hit three big salmon and landed two all
on our Fire Tiger pattern. No crankbait flies
needed here!
 
Here have been our top producing streamer for
King Salmon. These flies are most effective
fished on Rio 200 to 300 grain DC 24' sink tips.
August 24th - Kris Walley with a beautiful bright
silver King Salmon. Lots of fresh fish on the
move upstream today.
August 23rd - Mike Sargent with a King Salmon on
the Betsie River. Light rain today but river
is still very low. We found a few fresh salmon
in the upper river today but still only small groups
of fish in the river.
August 22nd - Mike Sargent with beautiful bright
silver King Salmon on the Betsie River. Light
rain this morning and more fish are on the move into
the river from Lake Michigan. For these fresh
run Kings streamer fishing is the way to go.
Top streamers have been our Great Lakes Deceivers,
Fire Tiger, Conrad Sculpin.
August 20th - Mike Kmita with a Chinook Salmon in
the lower Betsie River. Our Great Lakes
Deceivers were the the top producers today -
grey/white and chart/white. These early Kings
are very aggressive and will smash these big
streamers fished on a long sink tip. Our
favorite lines are Rio 200 & 300 grain DC 24' sink
tip.
August 13th - First float on the Betsie River
this August. Sunday's rain got a few salmon
moving into river from Lake Michigan. Forecast
is for cooler weather this week and more much needed
rain which is ideal conditions for August river
salmon. There are a few nice pods of fresh
Kings around right now! These fresh run August
Salmon are the sometimes hard to find but some of
best fish of the entire year. This time of
year look for slow deep sand holes to be holding the
most fish. Great time of year to streamer fish
for these big silver Kings.
Lake
Huron & Lake Michigan brown trout, salmon and
smallmouth photos from the 2005 & 2006 season
(click
here)
Steelhead photos from the 2005 season (click here) Trout photos from the 2005 & 2006 season (click here) Trout photos from the 2004 season (click here) Lake Huron brown trout photos from the 2003 & 2004 season (click here)
Michigan fly fishing opportunities this season include:
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