With the warm weather that we have been having, I took a break from ice fishing and spent the day with good friend, Mitch, on the Big Manistee chasing steelhead. Being 50 degrees out and a Sunday, there were a few other boats and shore fishermen out. We fished around a little bit up by […]

Fishing has been good for both steelhead and salmon, with steelhead on the up-swing and kings on the down-swing but still a lot around. The best steelhead fishing seems to be the middle section of the river (Rainbow to High Bridge) with some fishing moving in behind the spawning salmon. Bob and Jim fished with […]

King salmon fishing is going well with fish in the holes and runs near their spawning grounds and a lot of fish on redds. If you like sight fishing for kings, the next couple of weeks are going to be good! There is probably about a week’s worth of skein fishing for kings left. Eric […]

Fall finally feels as though it has arrived here in northwestern Michigan and the fish are liking the colder weather. Jerry, Robert, and Jake fished with me today and we started the day by making a little boat ride down river to our first spot. Jake got our first bite of the morning but did […]

The rain that we got last week gave the river a slight stain which help the fishing out and got the fish moving up towards their spawning grounds. There is a little bit of spawning activity starting but the majority of the fish are still in the deeper holes and runs throughout the entire river […]

With all of the rain the Pere Marquette River has had this week, I called Jim, Hunter, and Glen (some of my ice fishing buddies) to head up to the Big Manistee River. After a slow first hour, I was beginning to second guess my decision but then Glen got us started on hooking fish. […]