August 3rd
Prayers for good health to you and your families and may you all have a Safe and Blessed 2025 Brown Trout, Bass and Pike season!!!! It’s all about the Trout, Small Mouth Bass and Pike from now until the middle of the month when start chasing the mighty King Salmon around again. Our summer Brown Trout, Bass and Pike season has been pretty good even with the warm water and air temps we have had most of the summer, Thank God!!!! We have been having much cooler nights and mornings lately and the water temps are starting to drop on the Big river finally so it won’t be long it will be all about early mornings and King Salmon! Water temps on our smaller rivers in the area are much cooler than the Big river so we have been trout fishing them and fishing Smallmouth Bass and Pike on the bigger water and leaving the trout alone but it shouldn’t be long and everything will be back in play again! As always we have been mixing techniques up between Spin fishing and Fly fishing and both have been producing some good Trout, Bass and Pike!! The river temps are warm, the flows are normal for this time of the year but use some caution if you are wanting to Trout fish. The Brown Trout and Smallmouth bass fishing has been good on the Manistee River above and below both Tippy and Hodenpyle Dam but some sections are fishing better than others. The Pere Marquette River is fishing good for Brown trout, both for the Spin fisherman and Fly anglers. The Upper Manistee and Little Manistee both have been fishing fair for Brown Trout either Spin fishing or Fly fishing. Streamers, Nymphs, Dry flies and smaller soft hackles will all help the fly angler bring some fish to hand and Jerk baits and Spinners will help the Spin fishing guys and gals. All is good so no matter if your a Gear angler or Fly fisherman there is fun to be had! The weather forecast for the next 10 days is looking pretty good and there are fish to be caught up here right now, so it’s time to get out and enjoy what we have been given!!! We are taking bookings for 2025 Summer Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Pike and Fall Salmon and Steelhead trips at this time, we have a few early King Salmon days open for late August and only a couple open days in September so keep us in mind when you are making your fishing plans and don’t miss out on the action. We are Thankful to be doing what we Love and we will be at it everyday keeping up on what’s going on, so if you have a date or dates in mind and would like to get out for a full or half day on the Big Manistee, Pere Marquette, Upper Manistee or Little Manistee please give us a shout. Real quick, I would like to put out a Big Thank You to all of you that fished with us in 2024 and looking forward to seeing you in 2025!!! Thank You Very Much and God Bless!!!!!!! Stay safe and healthy!!!! If you would like to view more pictures check us out on Facebook @ Premier Angling Guide Service. Tight Lines & High Fives!!!
Manistee River Below Tippy Dam
The flows below Tippy Dam are 1420 cfs and the water temps are in the 70-71 degrees. For the wade fisherman, the fishing above and below the coffer and down stream to the bottom of Suicide Bend has been good for Trout and Summer Steelhead. Load your vest with all the tricks, Streamers, beads and various nymphs for the fly angler. Crank baits, spinners, beads and nymphs will help the Trout gear anglers get it done. Think about the future of our fishery guys and gals if you don’t need them then put them back. Help protect the resource!! Have fun and be safe, Bent rods and tight lines!!!
To check flows and water temps on our local rivers, please click on the USGS links below:
Manistee River below Tippy Dam
Manistee River below Hodenpyle Dam
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