Fishing Reports

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

March 21, 2023

Shop Hours are 7am - 6pm Daily!!! It's been another good week on the river!!!  The weather was great, but then it was terrible over the weekend.  We did get some rain Thursday afternoon and through the night.  It bumped the water level and shuffled...

March 18, 2023

I haven't been upriver since my last report so I’m going to rely on John’s last report for details on flies, etc.… I’ve been running a little further downstream with floats & beads doing well most days. 10-12mm in the various forms of green...

March 13, 2023

Shop Hours are 7am to 6pm Daily Here we go!!!  The spring season is taking shape.  Lots of our fall and winter fish have spawned and dropped back, but new fish are cycling into the system.  The entire river system is fishing good.  There are...

March 9, 2023

Sorry, it's been a minute since my last report... Staying pretty busy, but I do still have a few prime dates available as do our other guides. My personal openings are currently March 12, 27 & 31 as well as April 9th. Call to...

March 4, 2023

Shop Hours are 7am to 6pm Daily The spring steelhead season is off to a strong start!  The shop is loaded up with inventory (except fly tying material...coming soon).  All our off season down time is in the rear-view and we are ready!  We are...

March 1, 2023

BBT WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW 03/02/2023! Sorry for the last minute announcement and any inconvenience, but the shop will be closed and all guides/staff will be unavailable for a brat eating, fish catching, team building exercise!! (It was the only day we all had open...

February 24, 2023

PSA - Beginning Monday February 27 our new shop hours will be 7am - 6pm daily! (Still 9-5 this weekend.) Not much "new" to tell on the river front. There are plenty of fish scattered throughout the system and it continues to be a nice mix...

February 17, 2022

Hey guys, trying something new here. (Let me know at you think of this format?!?) These are actually screen recordings of my Instagram Reels, so those buttons (comment, like, share, save) don't actually work here, but the ones across the comment area at the...

February 13, 2023

Well, it's official, I'm soooooo far past due on an actual river report that I've resorted to stealing my eye candy from Donnie, Kam, Jake and Jad. (All the fish photos herein.) Outside of about one good week I had there I've been more...

February 8, 2023

Current Shop Hours are 9am - 5pm daily (Closed Tuesdays) Not much new to report on my end...I have been surprisingly busy for this time of year.  After a crazy busy 2022, I have been playing catch up with chores and preparing for another great...