Pere Marquette River Fishing Reports


General Pere Marquette River Area Fishing Information

The Pere Marquette River located in portions of Lake, Mason, Newaygo and Oceana counties, the Pere Marquette River system drains an area of approximately 740 square miles. Roughly 53 percent of the watershed is in Lake County. The mainstream starts at the confluence of the Middle Branch and Little South Branch, known as the "Forks" and flows in a westerly direction for approximately 67 miles to its mouth at Pere Marquette Lake, just south of the City of Ludington.

The Pere Marquette River has the reputation for being an outstanding steelhead and brown trout stream as well as being extremely popular with canoeists. The many outstanding natural values possessed by this river have resulted in 66.4 miles of the mainstream being proposed for inclusion under the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (PL 90542).

Map

Pere Marquette River Area Map

Reports

Steelies being caught

Posted for Pere Marquette River by Bob Viglietti of PM Sports on January 26th, 2009
Kevin Morlock from Indigo Guide Service reports that Steelies are being caught in the PM River from Gleasons down to Scottville. They're also hitting on Slammers at the back end of PM Lake.

King Salmon Biting on PM River

Posted for Pere Marquette River by Bob Viglietti of PM Sports on October 3rd, 2008
Decent catches of King Salmon on the Pere Marquette River at the twin bridges. Drifting spawn, tight-lining, and with Thundersticks.

Kings in PM River

Posted for Pere Marquette River by Bob Viglietti of PM Sports on July 31st, 2008
The kings are starting to make the run up the river. The last report I had was that they were in front of the pierheads and in the river. The perch have gone away with the warmup. The forecast is for a North wind, so hopefully they'll come back in.