Fishing Reports

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

March 15, 2022

Old pic, new reminder!! The Steelhead bag limit is reduced on the Pere Marquette (As well as several other rivers.) to 1 fish per angler, per day starting today, March 15th, thru May 15th! To be clear, the flies only is still catch and release....

October 13, 2021

Shop hours are 7am – 7pm Friday & Saturday and 8am – 6pm Monday – Thursday.  We have an On-Line shop for off hours purchases or curbside pick-ups.  Give us a call or shop anytime on-line at BBT On-Line. It's time to turn the page and...

John’s Guide Report – 10/16/2018

Shop Hours: 7am to 5pm Seven days a week…please stop in or call for your fishing supplies, guides and/or Motel rooms…231-745-3529. Fall River Clean-Up - Saturday, October 27…Please join us for the day and help keep our river beautiful. We will meet at the shop...

October 6, 2023

John's October 2nd report really does say it all in terms of conditions etc. so if you haven't read it, just click here! We have been continuing to grind it out in the mid and lower sections seeking quality over quantity and while it's...

February 20, 2020

We are taking applications for shop employee(s)! Please stop in or send a résumé to: [email protected] Attention Jason, if you are interested in joining our team. Hey guys, Just a real quick one today as I'm a little short on time, but I figured I'd toss...

June 18, 2020

No PM river report from me today although I did just see in my social media feeds that the big bugs went off good last night, the mousing was also good and some really nice fish were caught! (This might be a really good...

March 30, 2023

Hey guys, I'm gonna make this one short and sweet due to some time constraints... I've been on a work hard play hard bender and burning that proverbial candle at both ends as has pretty much everyone involved in our operation. (Big shout out...

May 29, 2020

The shop is re-opened for business...9-5 everyday!!!   We have been limiting occupancy capacity to 10 and cleaning all surfaces frequently for everyones well being.  It feels very good to have life back in our business and to be back on the river guiding again....

May 24, 2022

The shop is currently open 8am to 6pm daily.  We are stocked up on everything you might need (or want) for all our local streams and lakes.  We are still seeing some items that are not available, but we have supplemented substitute products to...

Down to the wire… December 6, 2021

Hey guys, We're getting down to the wire on this Steelhead thing so I thought I'd toss out another link in addition to the one I posted in my last report... If you want your voice heard do so right now as the deadline for...