June 2018 Summer Fishing is Here
Summer is here in northern Michigan, let’s do some trout fishing! I love this time of year! Lots of great fishing going on around the area on our local rivers and inland lakes. I’ve been doing a lot of trout fishing on the Big Manistee, Little Manistee and Pine river. Lots of opportunities for fly […]
Big Manistee River Fishing Report
Big Manistee River Fishing Report – Friday, October 27th, 2017 The fall steelhead season is well underway and let me tell you it has been a month to remember!!! Lots of big steelhead in the Big Manistee River this year, and good numbers of them! It’s been one of the best fall seasons in ten years […]
Spring 2017 Fishing
Spring 2017 Fishing on the Manistee River – Fishing Report March 17, 2017 Happy St. Patty’s Day! Spring 2017 fishing is here in northern Michigan, and the steelhead run is well underway. There’s a good mix of winter hold over fish and new one’s fresh in from Lake Michigan. I expect new fish […]
Summer Fishing
Northern Michigan summer fishing is here! I’ve been doing a lot of fishing and guiding on the Big Manistee, the Pine River along with Tippy Dam backwaters for trout and small mouth bass. The fishing below Tippy on the Big Manistee river has been very good. Plenty of opportunities for the fly fishermen, with nice dry […]
River Fishing Spring 2016
Big Manistee River Fishing Report: “Below Tippy Dam” Spring river fishing is here!!!! The Big Manistee river is the place to be!! Spring steelhead are in the river and the action is heating up. There is a good mix of winter fish and bright fish from the lake in the river. Fishing has been very […]
Fishing Report for Big Manistee River
Fishing Report for October 1, 2014: Fall is here! We are coming to the end of our annual salmon run, and they have started to head for gravel to spawn. I have been targeting steelhead and have been having good success. Egg flies, beads and spawn all have been effective. I still have a few […]
