Fresh Crystal Lake Outlet Dam Fishing Reports

Beginning of march has fished phenomenal for us on the big manistee river! We have been having double digit hookup days almost every day as well as 6-10 fish in the boat every trip. March is the time to book, pick a date and lets go fishinh!

A mixed bag of steelhead and salmon are being caught as of lately. Seeing more and more steelhead as the days progress! Dont miss out on these action packed fish. This next rain shoyld have alot more fish in the system.

We are getting excited for the fall salmon run. Fishing should be good this fall with some very large kings being caught on the great lakes. My season will look like this. Aug 20th the first of the kings should show up. This is not a big numbers time. However the freshest of fish are caught and they put up one of the best fights. The nice things about August is that there is usually very few people fishing. Also, if mother nature throws us a huge storm we could see huge numbers of fish show up earlier then expected. As september rolls around the fishing will improve with more fish coming home to spawn. We will be chucking thunder sticks at first lifht and skein. Late September- October as the fish push through the betsie and beyond the dam, we move down to the Big Manistee. We will fish salmon till about October 10th and then switch over to steelhead for most of the trips. One big rain and the river could flood with steelhead. As of now we have opening. This is a great time to fet on the schedule for your preferred date. I look forward to meeting and fishing with you.

Ive had a couple rock vass trips this week and the fishing has been phenonimal all trips. Night crawlers on prrch rigs have been catching all the rockies. This is a treat trip for parents with young children. If your in NW Michigan and on vacation give me a call. Captain Dan