Steve Fraley's Reports

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

February 22nd, 2019

Just a quick report tonight since I said I would be more often, but I only just now made it out on the river myself today after having read some pretty good reports on social media over the past week or so. That being...

July 5, 2023 Water temp warning…

Hey guys, just a quick heads up on our current Pere Marquette River water temperatures if you plan to catch and release! Both John K and I cancelled/rescheduled our trips for this afternoon earlier today as the water temperatures are exceeding 68 degrees for...

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 many of you that have been following us for very long well know, you'll have that sometimes in the "off...

March 7th, 2019

Starting this Saturday, the 9th, the shop will be open 7am to 5pm open all week. These hours will be adjusted further as the spring progresses as needed... Just another quick one from me today as John Robinson already filled you in on my last...

March 6, 2024

New shop hours! 8am to 6pm Monday thru Thursday & 7am to 6pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday (231) 745-3529 We got some rain! (Yay!) Had a pretty good storm system move thru late Monday into the morning hours of Tuesday and got some much-needed flow...

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...

September 4, 2023

Somebody, please send us some rain! Seriously, 31+ years of running this river on the regular now and it's as low as I've ever seen it, but the Salmon are determined and are finding their way home in short burst and waves regardless... (Rain...

August 26, 2020

We are still looking for shop help. Full or part time (Great way to get some new gear! ;^) positions are available... Stop in for an application or e-mail a resume to [email protected] if interested!  First pic (4:35am today) = the second (8am today) and rising!...

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...

October 13, 2018

Hey guys, first time trying this new editor on our new web site myself so, if I screw this up, bear with me! I will "hopefully" be getting some formal training sometime this upcoming week from the man, Dave DeJonge, who created this for...