New Shop Hours 8am – 6pm Daily
Save the date – The Fall River Clean-Up will be Saturday – October 24…Please reach out to the shop (231-745-3529) ahead of time to let us know if you are planning on attending…it’s nice to have a “ballpark” headcount to prepare for the BBQ appreciation dinner. 9am at the shop to assign beats, grab trash bags, figure out pairings and take a photo. The shop will provide the trash bags and cover your car spot fee, plus we will be hosting a BBQ at Steve’s barn next door at 6pm. It’s always a very satisfying day with lots for great stories, some treasures collected and tons of laughs!!! Great river karma and possibly even a steelhead or two might get caught??? We hope you can join us for the day and help protect & persevere our beloved Pere Marquette River!
The river is still extremely low and clear! It is finally starting to feel like fall and I love it!! Cool mornings & evenings with comfortable daytime highs. The past couple days were warm, but it’s dropping back into the “normal” weather pattern again and we have some much needed rain in the extended forecast. Very soon we will be exclusively hunting steelhead, but there are still some fresh kings around to keep a bend in your rod. I have been seeing fresh kings pushing up stream daily, but we are loosing more than gaining.
The “Egg Wash” is huge right now!!! There is no shortage of food for the trout and steelhead currently. Look for steelhead swimming and feasting on the inside of runs/pools grabbing all the “protein pellets”. Not to sound like a broken record, but we really need some significant rain to flush the river system out. I have been spotting a few steelhead here and there over the last week, but they have been in very random places. It will start to develop and get more consistent soon…flush out some more salmon and bring up a few more steelies. Next week we will be completely switched over to fishing for steelhead, so if you are interested in a guide trip please contact the shop…231-745-3529…we have some great dates available in late October thru December.
It was a great Salmon season and once again “THANK YOU!” to all our clients that fished with us this season. Another fantastic week in the books on the Pere Marquette River!!! I am looking forward to the “next chapter”…Fall steelheading!!! It’s time to “turn the page!”. We really appreciate all your support at the shop and motel as well…THANKS!!!!
This will be my last salmon report for the season…it was a blast and it’s not over! I have a couple more trips and then will be re-tooling & preparing for the best fishing of the year….fall steelhead! Our schedules are filling up, but we do still have dates available for guides and lodging, so please give us a call…231-745-3529.
Later!
John Karakashian
