With Winter pretty much set in, it’s time to fish like it. Steelhead numbers remain decent in the Manistee river but few fish are in the Betsie. Water levels and clarity are in step with the season – that is low and clear and it’s the stealthy angler who will have the odds in their […]
It didn’t take long for mother nature and conditions to go from a lingering fall right into winter mode. Temperatures have become more seasonable and so has the water temps slowing fish down a bit. It has been a while since we have received any significant precipitation so most of the steelhead in local river […]
Not much has changed with conditions on the Manistee over the past week. The water is still low and clear because it’s been a while since we received any significant amounts of rain. Same with fresh pushes of fish. The fish in the system are spread out and becoming weary with a few new fish […]
Steelhead continue to be the target of most anglers these days on the Manistee, however the targets are moving around and getting smart. The lack of any recent rainfall has kept any fresh pushes of fish from moving in from the lake and the fish in the system are spread out from Tippy dam to […]
With a flip of the calendar, it seems, that the weather is more in step with the times. While the overnight temps haven’t really dipped below the freezing mark the recent wind has made it feel cooler than it really is – water temps haven’t dropped much (upper 40s) and the steelhead are still acting […]
The water levels have come down, water clarity is pretty much ideal and water temps are perfect – it is a great time for steelhead. Fishing the last few days has been spotty – either it’s real good or it has bee slow. With the salmon numbers significantly diminishing, the steelhead are transitioning from only […]
Significant rainfalls over the weekend really raised the water levels on local rivers bringing in more fresh fish under the cover of stained waters. Estimates on the total rainfall amount are approximately 3 inches and the Lower Manistee came up about 18 inches and has already “crested” and has fallen a bit since. The water […]
With the fall-like weather upon us, the fish are behaving appropriately. Some much needed rain has bumped up the water levels a bit on the Manistee River and with it have come additional steelhead. Fish like to be around all the salmon as their spawning activity makes for a great source of food the steelhead […]
The month has changed and so has the color of the leaves – it’s fall’s best fishing. The weather has been more than pleasant lately but the much needed rain never came however the forecast for some precipitation is promising. Actually Sunday’s forecast is threatening a rain and snow mix – its officially fall. On […]
Last week’s weather was a great shot in the arm to salmon fisheries in the area. Water levels have pretty much returned to normal and with that push of water came a nice push of fish in the Betsie, Platte and Manistee Rivers. The Betsie is still plagued by low water levels at the mouth […]
After receiving a few days of rain, the salmon have taken notice and moved up the Betsie in better numbers than they had. Favorable winds pushed more fish closer to the shore and is exactly what we needed in both the Betsie and Manistee Rivers to improve fish numbers and the fishing. Water levels came […]
We received some rain however it wasn’t enough to really make a difference in the number of salmon in local rivers. Simply put: things are slow on the Betsie river and the Manistee isn’t much better. Summer weather remains problematic for changing things and the lack of significant amounts of rain and continuing drought is […]
