John Karakashian's Reports

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

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,...

August 23, 2023

Shop Hours 8am - 6pm Daily Sorry for the major lapse in reports!  The summer kind of got away from me...between fishing, enjoying the summer...

July 2, 2020

Shop hours are 9am - 6pm I would like to thank everyone that has been keeping me busy guiding.  Unfortunately, this heat wave has caused...

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...

November 25, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Baldwin Bait & Tackle!!!!  It has been a very challenging year, however we have a lot to...

February 27, 2025

Shop Hours 9am - 5pm Daily It has been a good old fashion Michigan winter the past couple months.  Exactly what we hoped for after...

September 22, 2022

Shop Hours are 7am - 7pm daily The river is still low and clear, but there is and has been some scattered showers over the...

June 16, 2020

The current shop hours are 9am to 5pm everyday!!! The first day of summer is right around the corner and so is the Pere Marquette...

June 5, 2023

Shop Hours are 8am to 6pm Daily It's been a lot of fun lately dry fly fishing the Pere Marquette River!!!  The river is low/clear...

March 3, 2022

Spring is trying to bust loose!  Birds are chirping, days are getting longer and steelhead are in the river!  What an awesome time of...