Fishing Reports
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Fishing Reports
Feels more like spring than winter
Happy New Year to everyone hope you had a safe and Happy Holiday. With the nice weather and good fishing, I have been on the river a lot working and fishing myself. Some days feel more like Winter is closing and Spring has sprung, I’m sure Winter will hit soon though. For now, been taking advantage of this great weather. The Steelhead action has been on off , which is expected
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to you and your families. Hope everyone has a safe and healthy Christmas and New Year. Want to thank all of you who joined me on the river. Despite all the craziness in our world, the fishing was good and great memories were made. I thank all of you for your business and hope to see you again in 2021. Tight Lines and be safe !!!! Jeff
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Happy Holidays
Winter has landed on the Pere Marquette River. Last week we saw a pretty good cold front, brought about 5 inches of the white stuff and temps started to drop by Tuesday. The river is in good shape with good color however with the drop in air temps also brought a drastic drop in water temps and level. We might see a small spike in the level again after this
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Low, Cold, and Clear
Steelhead fishing on the Pere Marquette River is getting tough again. Low, Cold and Clear water making the bite on and off every day. We’re working for it, which isn’t all bad. It makes it that much sweeter when you feel that pull. You can find fish scattered throughout the whole river. Try smaller Nuke Egg’s in Cheese, Apricot and Golden Nugget. For Nymph’s Hex’s, Buggers and Hare’s Ears work
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A MIX BAG
I Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving !!!! It was a crazy week of Snow and Rain and the weekend brought some nice weather and heavy Angling pressure. Steelhead fishing remains good with another little bump in the water level last week from some rain and melted snow. You can find fish scattered throughout the whole river system. Nuke Egg’s and Clown Egg’s fished under an Indicator are working well.
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Feels a little more like Steelhead weather
The Pere Marquette finally received some water last weekend. With some nasty weather on Sunday of heavy rain, and snow through Wednesday. By Monday, the river was high with good color to it. It’s now dropping and starting to clear. You can find fish scattered throughout the whole river system right now. Flies have been bigger Clown Egg’s now, and big, bright Streamers fished heavy to slow, fly speed has
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LOW AND CLEAR
The Pere Marquette is very low and clear. Steelhead fishing remains tough in these conditions. You can find Steelhead really scattered throughout the whole river system, just not a lot of them. Look for fishing to continue to be tough as this week’s weather is going to feel more like late Spring then fall. Presentation is a big key in these situations when pursuing these fish with fly rod and
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Spent a little time in the woods, river is on the rise
It’s been a wet one up here on the Pere Marquette River. We have received a good amount of rain the last three days bringing the water levels up and now it’s getting dirty. Yesterday on my way out in the upper section, river was coming up quick. Look for it to be high over the weekend. Steelhead Season kicked into gear the last couple days it was a little
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Salmon Fishing Remains Good
King Salmon fishing remains good on the Pere Marquette River. This by far has been one of the nicest Summers and Fall’s we have seen in a while up here. The weather has been great for any outdoor enthusiast. The fall color is at its peak up here , everything is so vibrant along the banks of the river. River came up a bit with some recent rain we had
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Rains Came and so did the fish!
The rain came and so did the Salmon, fishing last week was much better a lot of fresh fish were moving up the river. The water didn’t really come up too much, just got a little dirty. It could be on the rise by Monday, with the rain we received over the weekend. Salmon are scattered through the whole river system and you can find them in pools .pockets and
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