Steve Fraley's Reports

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

March 27, 2022

Hey guys, looks like an unprecedented Sunday report rather than a Saturday this week! (Wound up with both days off due to a covid...

March 19, 2022

03/20/2022 Morning Update: Good news! Water peaked last night and has begun to drop this morning at the M-37 Monitor, Bowman's Monitor and Taylor Road...

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...

March 4th, 2022

We (My clients, not me, yes, I’m throwing them under the bus, but I told them I would! ;^) couldn’t keep them on the...

Attention Michigan River Guides! 03/03/2022

Attention River Guides!! This goes out to all legally licensed & insured Michigan River Guides be it State, Federal and/or both regardless of your...

February 24, 2022

Hey guys, it's that time again and the fishing has been "good" to error on the conservative side albeit quite the adventure at times!...

February 17, 2022

Hey guys, I am back from the south, loaded up with vitamin D, all rested up and very ready for the season! The shop...

February 5, 2022

We’ll, it would be a perfect morning were it not for the mourning… Sadly, we lost another great man yesterday, my uncle Stewart moved...

January 20, 2022

Hey guys, hopefully everyone is enjoying a happy new year thus far; I know I am! Sorry for the lack of reports, but as...

December 15, 2021

Hey guys, as you can see from the graphs below, despite the additional showers overnight, the river, as of now, continues to drop in...