Fishing Reports

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

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...

August 21, 2024

Shop Hours 8am - 6pm Daily WOW, this summer flew bye!!!  We just returned from our annual Alaska trip and that means, fall is here (for us at least).  The river is running at normal flows/visibility.  I have not been out myself yet, but some...

August 7, 2024

Well, I figured it's about time I post something since we really haven't updated in quite a while... As I've explained before, this is usually because there's just not much new to report and/or nothing much has changed. In some new and positive news, we...

July 2, 2024

Shop Hours are 8am - 6pm Daily Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!  I hope you have a safe and relaxing holiday with family and friends.  I know I am looking forward to it!  The 4th of July also is BBT's birthday...28 years and counting!!!  Thank...