Steelhead Madness Ushers in a Michigan New Year
Dick Ellis and Scott Heitman met many anglers from Wisconsin and the Midwest fishing the shores of Perdido Key near the Alabama-Florida border, including the Jon VanderBerg family of Michigan. Jon is interested in Wisconsin fishing and shared the results of a recent trip for Michigan’s naturally producing steelhead with On Wisconsin Outdoors. His expert partner was Owen VanderBerg.
Owen VandenBerg 8 years old of Fremont, Michigan fishing the White River with his dad, used a black jig tipped with a wax worm drifted under a float on New Year’s Eve to take this fine steelhead.
We didn't measure or weigh it because we took a picture and released it right away to fight again,” Owen’s father Jon VendenBerg, wrote OWO. “And to hopefully spawn successfully.