Great Lakes
Pere Marquette River
Live Conditions
Pere Marquette River — Pere Marquette River at Scottville, MI
7-Day Flow
→ Stable
24-Hr Pressure
29.57 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
🌫️Foggy
54° / 32°
Tomorrow
🌫️Foggy
57° / 46°
Mon
☁️Overcast
60° / 43°
Tue
🌫️Foggy
66° / 45°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
Weather by Open-Meteo · No API key · Updated every 30 min
What should I fish today?
⚡ AIAI-powered recommendation using today's live flow, temperature, and hatch data.
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Time of Day
Using: 611 CFS · FALL STEELHEAD at peak — the PM is one of Michigan's top fall steelhead rivers. Egg patterns near spawning salmon
What should I pack?
Rod, flies, tippet, and safety gear specific to today's Pere Marquette River conditions.
🪰 Hatch Calendar
Pere Marquette River · October · Fall
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FALL STEELHEAD at peak — the PM is one of Michigan's top fall steelhead rivers. Egg patterns near spawning salmon, swung flies, indicator nymphing. ISONYCHIA dries when present.
River Map
About Pere Marquette River
The Pere Marquette is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River and Michigan's most celebrated steelhead fishery. Wild brown trout and steelhead share cold, clear water from Baldwin to Lake Michigan. The fly-only catch-and-release section from M-37 to Gleason's Landing is world-class. Fall and spring steelhead runs draw anglers from across the country. Note: Michigan does NOT have a blanket wild steelhead release requirement — unlike Pacific Northwest states, bag limits apply to all rainbow/steelhead regardless of fin condition.
Regulations
Federal Wild and Scenic River. C&R artificials-only section: M-37 bridge downstream to Gleason's Landing. 2024 NRC amendment reduced steelhead bag limits on the PM — verify current limits in Michigan DNR guide. Michigan does NOT require releasing wild steelhead. Michigan Fishing License required ($27 resident / $77 non-resident). Season opens last Saturday of April for trout; steelhead year-round on designated sections.
Learn More
Guides to help you fish Pere Marquette River with more confidence.
Michigan Fly Fishing Regulations Guide
Michigan fishing license, the last-Saturday-in-April trout opener, Type 1/Type 2 Gear Restricted designations, the no-kill artificials-only Au Sable…
Trout Species of Michigan
Michigan's native Brook Trout (the state fish, dominant in UP rivers and cold headwaters), the introduced Brown Trout (first stocked in the U.S. in…
The Hex Hatch: Michigan's Greatest Night on the Water
The Hexagenia limbata hatch on the Au Sable Holy Water is the one event that brings the largest brown trout in Michigan rivers to the surface after…