Hard to remember a July in recent history where I have had to wear a stocking cap on the river daily, but nonetheless still much nicer than a sub zero night in February!  Some great fly fishing opportunities here in the U.P. are available currently.  Warm water species are active, Trout fishing is going good w the cool temps & a mixed bag of cold water species are available on the St Marys River.  A wide variety of aquatic insects as well as baitfish have fish eating diversely.  Water temps are still much below average for many areas, seems like with our weather pattern we should have cool water all summer long at this rate. Congrats to many, but Cindy takes the prize w her trophy below :)

Summertime in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to fit in everything you want to do!  So many great fisheries & other recreation activities to do this time of the year up here.  Currently stream levels are a bit above normal w some good precip & Trout as well as warm water species fishing is going quite well.  Other Great Lakes regions have well below normal water temps with the late Spring, currently the St Marys river is only at 51 degrees.  A mixed bag of Steelhead & Atlantic Salmon are available.  Water condtions have fishing challenging at times.  Diligent anglers have been rewarded w some fantastic fish, congrats to all our guests!

Finally some nice weather here in the Upper Peninsula, never take a day of summer time like temps for granted! Trout fishing has been good lately with a nice variety of fly fishing opportunities available in the U.P.. BWO’s, midges, sulphurs, drakes, cahills, & quills have some nice fish rising for the dry fly fishing enthusiast. A wide variety of other fish such as warmwater species and Steelhead are also available for those interested, a unique year of fishing so far here in the U.P. that is for sure.

Summer Trout fishing is going strong here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  Some pretty good dry fly fishing has been available as of lately w a variety of insects bringing Brook and Brown Trout to the top to feed.  Mahoganies, Quills, Caddis & Drakes have been hatching some days better than others-seems very much like a day to day emergence right now.  Stream levels are pretty normal for this time of the season and Trout opportunities should be good for quite a while.  Don’t forget your bug repellant when heading outside, it will be a short outing otherwise w this years crop of mosquitoes :)

Mosquito season is here in the U.P., seems as if every single one is hungry too!  Currently water levels are dropping a bit here in the Upper Peninsula as we endured another round of storms the brought stream levels higher than normal.  Every time rivers get in good shape, another dose of water brings them above normal it seems as of late.  Some dry fly fishing has been available as Sulphurs, Mahoganies, Caddis & BWO’s are bringing some fish up.  I would definitely say we are behind normal in the hatch progression department as of right now.  This was the first time in my fishing career to target Steelhead in June, some nice fish were available this past week.  Congrats to all our anglers on an excellent week of some great fish!

Truly a unique year for fishing here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, icebergs still in Lake Superior & a variety of fishing opportunities that I have never seen in June.  Trout fishing is available throughout the U.P. region & some days have been quite productive.  Dry fly fishing is kind of spotty, but daily opportunities exist.  Caddis, BWO’s, Stoneflies, Sulphurs and Mahoganies have been hatching. Steelhead are available in various streams for those who are interested.  Some streams are getting higher once again from recent rains and water temps range from upper 50′s to mid 60′s.

Seems as if we just switched gears from winter directly to summer, just going to bypass spring this year! Water temps are warming quite rapidly here in the U.P. as extra warm air temps are catching us up to speed.  Still enormous amounts of icebergs out in Lake Superior, a once in a lifetime spectacle for this time of the season.  Trout fishing is getting rolling as emergences are under way w a variety of insects providing dry fly fishing opps.  First time in my fishing career I have ever fished Steelhead this late in most areas, some rivers are offering good opportunities still.  Most streams are in good shape for fishing as water levels are fairly normal currently and water temps in in the 60′s.

Fishing has been progressing as our spring time season is upon us now here in the Upper Peninsula.  Water temps are anywhere from 40 to mid 50 degree range at this point. River levels are still rather high for this time of the season & most streams are carrying a descent stain to the water clarity.  Steelhead are available and still at this point their numbers vary greatly from stream to stream.  Brook Trout are beginning to get more active with the warming water temps and some insect activity has been present.  Blue winged olives, Stoneflies & midges have a very small amount of fish looking up, I did see a handful of rising trout this past week.  Click here for a cool video of a Steelhead release, please consider releasing your Steelhead to help maintain our wonderful fisheries here in the U.P..

Well, it seems rather safe to say that Spring has finally arrived on a full time basis here in the Upper Peninsula.  Lake Superior still resembles the Arctic circle at this point, the most ice many lifelong yoopers have ever seen for this time of the year.  Steelhead fishing opportunities exist across the UP region currently, some good & some more difficult.  It is definitely a different year for Steelhead thus far, fish numbers vary very widely from river to river.  I can confidently say that we will have Steelhead available for quite a while as many streams have yet to see large migrations of new fish.  Water temps have skyrocketed to lower 50′s & water levels range from seasonally average to rather high.  Get outside, it’s fishing season in da UP!

It seems as if Spring is just beginning here in the Upper Peninsula for the most part, fishing is far behind where it should be for this time of the season.  Inland lakes still have a large amount of ice on them and even Lake Superior has ice from shore to nearly 15 miles offshore.  Steelhead numbers are low in most areas & putting in time/effort is the only way to get your reward right now.  Water temps are 34-38 for the most part & stream levels range very widely.  Old man winter just does not want to let go this year…