The Fast and Furious

The steelhead run of 2018 is set to be a fast and furious one. Just like our spring. We seem to have skipped spring and gone directly to summer in just seven days….is that possible? A week ago we had four inches of snow and ice mixed, now it is seventy and blues skies. After last week’s snow has melted we have our water add a few sunny days to warm the water and like that the steelhead run is in full effect. The trout love it and so do the people fishing the river this week…hurry it will not last long.

I am not sure how long the steelhead run will last at this rate. They had a long wait to get in the watershed this year and are going to do thier thing and leave fast. The warm water temps will also make things a fast event forcing our steelhead quickly back to the big pond. Things should be good for the rest of the week then it may get tough. Fortunately we have Brown trout.

The salmo trutta have seemed to have had a good winter and look great this spring. The buffets around the steelhead gravel hold their main interest still. The fry and streamer bite is a definite happening once away from said gravels though. We are starting even to see a bit of bug activity with black stones flying about daily now!! Surface fishing is soon on its way!! I hope everyone gets out and enjoys the beautiful trout and rivers, that we all share, and this great state has to offer on the our opener this weekend.

Good luck to all!!

Pere Marquette Watershed

Water level: High

Water temp:50

Water clarity: nice stain