Fishing Reports

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

November 26, 2019

Pere Marquette steelhead fishing has been up and down since my last report.  The bite has been directly correlated to the weather and water temps.  The water temps have been bouncing around the mid-30's to low-40's.  The river is currently in good shape with...

December 17, 2019

Shop hours are currently 9 am – 5 pm Thursday thru Tuesday (Closed on Wednesdays.) There’s still time to get in on our incredible holiday gift certificate deal that’s ending on close of business December 24th! 20% off Gift Certificates!!!! These gift certificates are good...

December 24, 2019

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!  Thank you very, very much for the awesome 2019 and we are looking forward to 2020!!!!  I wish you all a happy and healthy 2020 and, of course, plenty...

January 29, 2020 & Argentina 2020

Current shop hours are 9am - 5pm (Closed on Wednesday's until March). The clock is ticking, we are gaining daylight everyday and getting closer to our spring steelhead season.  I have been busy getting things prepared for the spring season and filling my fly...

February 7, 2020

Current shop hours are 9am - 5pm (Closed on Wednesday until March.) 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.  The days are getting longer and the...

March 11, 2020

03/11/2020 Update! Man this water up here looks awesome!!! (Not kidding, we love big flows and the clarity is good!) There’s a lot more water flowing in from the Baldwin right now than there is from the mainstream above it. In case you’re wondering what...

April 23rd, 2020

Well, here we are, approaching the end of lockdown/quarantine day 32. I’m not gonna dwell on that too much here however as everyone has an opinion on this and there are very few of those that are exactly alike... (All pictures in this report...

April 24th, 2020

New shop info for April 24th, 2020!! After listening to the governors new guidelines and restrictions we have made the decision to continue monitoring our voice and email messages for mail order items at this time, but the shop and guide services will remain closed...

May 13, 2020

Just a quick update...The shop will be re-opening Friday (May 15) for curb side service and mail orders until further notice...Shop hours will be 9am - 5pm.  Our Motel will start taking reservations as well.  We are patiently waiting to fully open our doors,...

August 20, 2020

Our shop hours are currently 9am to 6pm and we are taking applications for both shop help and housekeepers. Stop in for an application or e-mail a resume to [email protected] if interested! My bad... I've been so busy with work and projects both at home...