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Memorial Day is on it’s way and so comes the summer months of trout fishing!! With the summer comes watercraft permit season on the Pere Marquette. Just a reminder to all the personal canoes, kayaks, rafts and driftboats coming to visit our watershed. You may reserve online or walk into the local Forest Service office and purchase a watercraft permit to float the river between Memorial and Labor day weekend. Now let’s talk a little fishing.

Hendrickson’s, sulphurs, yellow sally’s and drakes all are using the river for their dance and the trout are taking notice. The bugs are still isolated to your better sections of water but within days should start to migrate through almost the entire watershed. The heat wave called for this weekend could make things very interesting…let’s just hope it doesn’t get to hot.

Pere Marquette Watershed Conditions

Water level: Normal

Water temp: 59

Water clarity: Slight Stain

Happy Holiday!!