Thaw

It wouldn’t be winter fishing without mayhem. We discovered shortly into our Wednesday float that my raft had a persistent and irritating leak in the floor panel.  The leak bubbled the water by the left boot of the fishing angler all day.  We had stop every half hour to pump

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December Fishing Report

Winter started a little early this year as the snow started to fall on Thanksgiving. Since then, temperatures have been cold with some single digit days thrown in. The water temperature of Manistee has also dropped into the mid-30s making fishing challenging. Steelhead are in the river but have taken

If You Go, It’s Low and Slow

It’s still really cold.  Saturday’s high is 12 degrees. But I’ll be fishing Wednesday and Thursday next week and I bet a few other will get out as well.  The rivers have stayed pretty open for the most part, with one really cold overnight creating some surface ice in spots. 

Fishing Report 12/10/25


Northern Michigan Fishing Report — 12/10/25

Overall Conditions:
A stretch of mild early-winter weather has kept rivers in good shape across Northern Michigan. Flows are stable, water temps are hanging in the mid–30s to low–40s depending on the system, and

Went Trout Fishing and Caught a BUNCH of Steelhead

https://www.youtube.com/v/-CTZlAtOU_U?version=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTZlAtOU_U #steelhead #fishing #flyfishing My goal was trout fishing, the end result was quite a few steelhead. I set out with the euro rod in hand to chase trout coming off the spawn a few weeks ago. I was hoping they’d be interest in eating but it wasn’t the case.

Man Of Twisted Chrome Steel!

(Joe with a hard fighting Muskegon River steelhead)

Please meet my good friend Joe from New Jersey with a hard fighting twisted chrome steelhead from the Muskegon River.

(Joe with another Chromer)

New steelhead continue to enter the river systems as the daylight shortens with the time change and colder

It’s…whatever

It’s freezing cold and hence there isn’t much to report when it comes to fishing.  There’ll be a few “warm” days in the near future and I aim to make the most of at least a few of them.  I try to fish within a day or two of the

Fishing Report 12/5/25


Traverse City Area Fly Fishing Report – Early December

Winter has settled into northern Michigan, and fishing across the Grand Traverse region has slowed accordingly. Cold air, skim ice in the mornings, and short daylight windows have limited activity, but for anglers willing to

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