Pere Marquette fishing reports provided by the guides at Indigo Guide Service of West Michigan.  Featuring trips on the Pere Marquette River, Manistee River, Little Manistee River, White River and Muskegon River, as well as summer Great Lakes flats trips in Ludington, Beaver Island, Traverse City and the Straights of Mackinaw.

For other Michigan fishing reports please visit the Indigo Guide Service’s fishing report page for a summary of the Pere Marquette River, Muskegon River and Manistee River.

PM fishing report for October 10, 2009.

Click here for a nice looking single page pdf of this PM River guide report… perfect for a counter top or bulletin board.

Water Conditions — Temps in the 50’s, water a little stained and high.

Fishing Conditions — What a great time of year, the fall colors are starting to show and fishing on the Pere Marquette River is excellent.  The recent rains and fall like weather conditions have raised river levels and has brought a new crop of salmon into play as well as some beautiful fall steelhead.  King salmon are still on the center stage but we are anticipating some excellent fall steelhead fishing.  Nuke eggs in orange/chartreuse and peach/white have produced some great fish over the last weeks.  Eggs and oversized caddis larva have accounted for some nice browns and steelhead that were holding behind the spawning salmon.

Salmon are currently all over the spawning gravel and stacking up nicely in the dark water behind the gravel.  Don’t be surprised when you hook into a feisty steelhead or brown trout gorging themselves on salmon eggs in the dark water behind the salmon.

Remember to check out past reports for (October 10th, 2008, Big King Salmon & Flies To Catch Them) tips, fly patterns and possibly an outlook of future fishing.

Barothy Lodge is the perfect place to spend your next Michigan fly fishing vacation, located in a great section of the legendary Pere Marquette River.  Barothy Lodge is also centrally located between the Manistee River and Muskegon River.

Ludington Michigan has much to offer any visitor, especially in the fall with the beautiful fall colors and great salmon and steelhead fishing.  Visit the Ludington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (Ludington CVB) web site to learn more about our area.