pere marquette river fishing report

salmon on the move

guide — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:40 +0000

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With some good rain the last two days the Pere Marquette is finally on the rise. There are already good numbers of salmon in the river and fishing is going to improve with the rain.

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salmon have finally arrived

guide — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:38:08 +0000

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Salmon have finally arrived here on the Pere Marquette River and fishing has been good for these tackle busting fish.

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in between salmon and everything else

guide — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:56:24 +0000

Fishing is tough on the PM right now, but salmon are just around the corner.

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late summer setting in

guide — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:26:44 +0000

Mousing on the PM has been good and carp fishing on Beaver Island is a heart stopping way to fly fish.

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regular rain keeps the PM in shape

guide — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:41:57 +0000

The PM is fishing well with the regular rains we’ve been having. Beaver Island continues to pump out big carp and big smallmouth. Click here to download the complete report as a PDF.

summer fishing continues

guide — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:51:54 +0000

Hopper fishing in the fly water was taking large fish during the day and mousing was producing at night. A significant rain event four days ago on the PM brought the water up and made streamer fishing a good option. Big rubber leg stonefly patterns were also effective. Beaver Island has had some patchy weather, but average fish size is still on the rise and fishing is great.

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Hex and carp- summer is here

guide — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:46:01 +0000

Summer has officially arrived here in Michigan. Hex are popping on the Pere Marquette and the big carp are feeding on Beaver Island with a 40 pounder to hand already.

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Perfect river conditions, lots of bugs and many options!

guide — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:17:04 +0000

This PM fishing report is provided by the fishing guides at Indigo Guide Service.

Go to the West Michigan Fishing Report to see what’s happening on our other area streams… “steelhead, trout, pike and carp… it’s all good”, updated on May 16, 2010.

The trout fishing on the Pm has been good lately with lots of bug activity on warm days and a good streamer bit on cold and cloudy days. Don’t forget about the alevin and fry patterns at this time of the year. There are gobs of salmon fry in the river now and the freshly hatched steelhead will be popping out soon.

Fish the alevin and fry patterns downstream around cover and drops or behind a larger streamer on a sink-tip. Watch as your favorite trout streamer is out fished 10 to 1 by the fry trailing a foot or two behind.

Pere Marquette Lake and other area river mouths have shown good fishing for pike and other species like walleye, carp, drum and plan on getting into quite a few smallmouth as well, though remember that they are still out of season. When around the river mouths and piers you always have an exciting chance at a salmon, steelhead or lake run brown.

Alevin Martinez, click here for the recipe…

First for the year

guide — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:32:29 +0000

This PM fishing report is provided by the fishing guides at Indigo Guide Service.

Go to the West Michigan Fishing Report to see what’s happening on our other area streams… Great weather and fair steelhead numbers, updated on April 18, 2010.

Sorry for the delay on reports for the PM but our crew has been down finishing up the steelhead season on the Muskegon. I did get out for a beautiful day of trout fishing last week and my guys got my first trout of the season on a dry. Small black stones, several caddis species along with some mayflies were coming off last week and they had the trout active.

Dries aside, the bulk of our trout action has been on fry patterns… the PM has lots of salmon fry around and the trout are on to them.

PM Brown Trout

Drop-back steelhead

guide — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:30:48 +0000

This PM fishing report is provided by the fishing guides at Indigo Guide Service.

Go to the West Michigan Fishing Report to see what’s happening on our other area streams… Great weather and fair steelhead numbers, updated on April 18, 2010.

Water Conditions — Temps are in the low 50’s with low and clear conditions.
USGS Real-Time Data for the Pere Marquette River at Scottville, Michigan

There are spawning steelhead here and there but the drop-back hens have been making our days. Look for the drop-backs anywhere from gravel pockets to the deep and dark holes. The bug action seems well ahead of schedule but that is probably expected with this very warm spring.

A neat shot of a drop-back from a few days ago.

A behind the steelhead gravel brown trout.