Mothers Nature

The steelhead are almost finished with their 2018 spring migration, the bugs are starting to pop, the fry and par are out everywhere, and summer is on the way. The past week has been beautiful and has fished fantastic!! I hope everyone got a chance to spend some quality time with moms this weekend and Happy mother’s day mom!!

You can say goodbye to our spring steelhead, there are some isolated steel gravel around still feeding trout but for the record our 2018 run is finished. You may get the opportunity at a dropback on a streamer or surprise yourself with a summer run at night but for most of us, see ya in fall Michigan steelhead .

The salmo trutta is our game from here until September!! The past week streamers have been the best morsel to get wet. The bugs are popping fast though and as the water clears fish should start to take notice. Sulphurs and drakes should show up in the next week based on temps. Streamers will hold if we continue to get enough surprise showers to keep the river stained. If not, things will start to go nocturnal…and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing lol.

Love your Mom and catch a fish!!

Pere Marquette Watershed Conditions

Water level: Normal

Water temp: 53

Water clarity: Stained