Michigan Brown trout were first introduced to Michigan trout waters in the 1880s when trout were planted in the Pere Marquette River. Michigan’s trout fishery is world class with thousands of miles of blue ribbon Michigan trout waters and a handful of true Michigan trout fishing guides.
Choosing your Michigan trout fishing guide will be simple, why you say? You're already reading his Michigan trout fishing page. Michigan is also home to the largest mayfly in North America, the Hexagina limbata or "Hex". This hatch occurs at night on Michigan trout streams and brings trophy Michigan trout in the 20”+ size to the dry fly at will. Michigan hex fishing is a lot like deer hunting except you do it at night, What your looking for is the ONE trout, not every trout, and here again stealth mode is a must. Michigan trout fishing at night can easily go south with just a slap of the line on the water or forbid a flash of light, this will certainly put down your long awaited TOAD Michigan trout.
Brown trout fly fishing on the Famous Pere Marquette River
In spring and early summer, Michigan trout get more active with warming waters, that's when streamer fishing for big Michigan trout gets super hot. Michigan trout fishing throughout the short summer with increasing daytime temps make for plenty of prolific hatches that occur in the late afternoons into the evenings and have Michigan trout scrambling for dry flies.
Michigan's Trout Fly Fishing is world class with thousands of miles of rivers
Michigan Brown trout! The pit bulls of the fast running streams. Spring (May) is the best time to set your sights on Michigan trout. Springtime Michigan trout fishing using large rabbit streamers or rubber leg marabou monsters to attract the aggressive nature of all Michigan trout. Summer time in Michigan can bring even more chances to catch a big Michigan trout with dry flies, hoppers and mice.
Muskegon River, Manistee River & Pere Marquette River Michigan Guide
Michigan trout mousing is a night time stealth mode type of trout fly fishing, you really need to trust your guide to be stealthy and have a very good knowledge of the piece of Michigan river you are trout fishing. Michigan trout fishing guide Mike Marsh has fished every inch of the Pere Marquette river mousing for Michigan trout at night.
No place in the country is better then the Pere Marquette river and Muskegon River in the spring to catch Michigan trout on a fly rod. However you decide to fish for Michigan trout, whether it fly fishing gear, spinning gear, whatever, Make it happen! Michigan trout fishing, the Muskegon River, the Pere Marquette River, the Pine River, or the Manistee River, all have awesome Michigan Rainbow trout and Michigan brown trout fishing and if your stealthy enough, you can even land a brooke trout in some Michigan trout streams.
One more thing, while you're at the rivers edge in all your glory remembering every second of that beautiful Michigan trout you just landed, photo quickly, and then released unharmed, take a moment to enjoy the beauty of Michigan rivers and all that they can offer. The Michigan brown trout, pound for pound, is possibly one of the most powerful fish in the Michigan river system. Love em and Leave em... good fishing from Marsh Ridge River Guide Service.
