Labor Day weekend, some will say is the official start of fall- from the beautiful weather we have been receiving I would say it is still summer here, but the fishing is starting to see some familiar fall species!  Daytime temps have been in the mid 70’s & some cool evenings in the 40’s have water temps dropping.

 Chinook & Pink Salmon numbers have been growing daily on the St.Marys River-some good opportunities are available currently for some very fresh fiesty fish!  Atlantic Salmon numbers are also still currently strong, some days have been challenging and fish are spreading out throughout the river system.  The St.Marys is truly a very unique river-where else can you catch multiple species of Pacific Salmon &  Atlantic Salmon in the same day?   

 Resident Trout fishing has been picking up speed slowly with the cooling water temps.  Some great Trout fishing will be starting up very very soon!  A few open dates are available over the next week for St.Marys River Atlantic & Pacific Salmon outings as well as resident Trout trips-come up & give fly fishing the U.P. a shot!

 

This time of the Summer there are many different options to choose from when fly fishing the U.P.! Resident Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Northern Pike, Bass & even Walleye can be caught using flies in August. August is typically some of the tougher fly fishing (resident Trout) of the year-rivers are warmest & lowest of the year. So why not explore some other options, the Upper Peninsula has hundreds of beautiful inland lakes that warm water species inhabit. Streamer fishing for warm water species is lots of fun-the strikes from Pike & Bass on streamers & top water flies are very alarming/exciting!

Atlantic Salmon are still in good numbers on the St.Marys River as well as a few more Chinook & Pink Salmon. Pacific Salmon #’s are improving daily- LSSU ARL (www.lssu.edu/arl) informed me that some very healthy Lk Huron Chinook are being reported from the Detour area this year which is a great sign for the fishery! Some very cold night time temps has helped keep water temps good for this time of the year. We could use a good rainfall as river levels are getting a bit low & some fresh water will help some more Chinook sniff their way upstream! Stay tuned-Fall is coming soon!