Fishing Reports

Pere Marquette River fishing reports for trout, salmon, and steelhead by the guides from Baldwin Bait & Tackle.

October 16, 2024

New Shop Hours Are 8am to 6pm Daily! First and foremost, I want to remind everyone that we will be hosting our annual Fall River Clean-Up this Saturday, October 19th! We will meet at the shop at 8am to figure our float/boat or walk in assignments...

October 8, 2024

Shop Hours 7am to 7pm Daily We are hosting our Fall River Clean-Up on October 19.  Please contact the shop if you are planning on attending (231-745-3529).  We will be meeting at the shop at 8am to figure out beats and fill seats in boats....

October 2, 2024

Hey guys, it's well past "my turn" again on this whole reporting thing, but once again, I'm pretty sure John covered most of it all in his report here... We've been having a pretty darn good season overall if you knew what part(s) of the...

September 30, 2024

Shop Hours are 7am to 7pm Daily We finally received a couple days of heavy rains last week!  The river rose and colored up for a few days...we needed that for sure!  It certainly shuffled the deck and brought in some more fish.  The river...

September 22, 2024

Shop Hours are 7am - 7pm Daily Well, it finally rained and it rained hard all day today!  We will see what that will do, but it certainly had the fish moving all day in the section John R and I were fishing today!  Plus,...

September 20, 2024

Edit: I actually wrote this "report" while on the river this morning and planned to post if from there. My signal and some fish had different ideas... I was going to write a big report with lots of details and what not, but it turns...

September 17, 2024

Shop hours are 7am – 7pm daily!!! Not much has changed since my last report.  The river is LOW & CLEAR; with no rain in the extended forecast!  Yet the kings keep pushing up the river.  Every section has fishable numbers, but still plenty of...

September 9, 2024

Shop hours are 7am - 7pm daily!!! Been busy chasing fish and having fun!!!  The river is low and clear, but the kings have decided to start running!  It has not been "ideal" conditions, but the fish think it's time to come home.  Mother nature...

September 6, 2024

Hey guys, just realized it's been a minute again... Hopefully you've been able to follow me on my Facebook or Instagram accounts where you'll find more frequent little updates, but otherwise you'll always find it here eventually. (With all of the recent scams and...

August 22, 2024

Hey guys, it's game time! (Sorta...🙄) We just got back from Alaska on Sunday afternoon and found out that the guys at the shop have been inundated with calls already about Salmon, and even Salmon in the fly water spawning, among other things. (The...