Fishing Reports

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

May 7, 2021

Shop Hours 8am - 6pm everyday or Shop On-Line anytime at BBT On-Line Store Trout season has slowly been developing and it feels good!  The weather has been very erratic, and we finally received some much needed rain earlier this week and yesterday.  It colored up...

April 30, 2021

Hey guys, First and foremost a quick reminder that our annual spring river cleanup is slated for tomorrow morning! We will meet at the shop at 9am to hand out garbage bags, sort out how many we are, take a group photo then try to...

April 22, 2021

Shop Hours are 7am - 7pm thru this weekend and then 8am - 6pm starting Monday (4/26/21) Time to "turn the page"...the spring 2021 steelhead season is wrapping up and our trout season is heating up!  I have had a couple awesome streamer trips since...

April 20, 2021

Hey guys, Guess I fibbed again! I started to type this up yesterday as planned and promised, but I got a last minute call from Kam and his roommate Reed to go toss streamers for some aqua therapy and I had to jump at the...

April 17, 2021

Hey guys, I said I'd post a more detailed report today, but I lied... Just discovered that I have Monday and Tuesday off so that'll give me more time to sit and write. The brief report from the river yesterday (Copied below.) sums it up...

April 16, 2021

Well, it appears as though I’ve totally spaced out on the website reporting outside of a few social media post here and there. I’m on the river with clients right now so I’ll just make it short... We are still finding some Steelhead to play...

April 7, 2021

The shop is open 7am - 7pm daily!!!!  We are doing our best to keep product on the shelves; yet the supply chain is still distorted...working on it!  Thank you very, very much for all the support and keeping our guides busy.  We truly...

April 5, 2021

Hi guys, I've had the "day off" for an appointment earlier today so had a little time and figured I'd toss up an addition to the report below with just a bit more of a positive spin now... In short, I spent about 3...

April 2, 2021

Hi guys, just another quick one from me this morning, but I wanted to give "fair warning" to those of you making the trek up this weekend and, wish you all a Happy Easter. Between fishing pressure, water that is now in the extreme...

March 30, 2021

The shop hours are 7am to 7pm daily!!!   The river is low and clear, fishing pressure is high and the fish are spooky!  We have very low water for this time of year and we are working for "biters"! Eggs are slowly taking over with all...