Stream Reports

To see the current stream report for the Upper Manistee and Boardman Rivers, click the links below:

CURRENT UPPER MANISTEE RIVER STREAM REPORT

CURRENT BOARDMAN RIVER STREAM REPORT

(These links are updated at least once a week on the Orvis website.)

Boardman River and Upper Manistee River

Fishing is excellent. Streamer fishing is good early from 7-8am. Tan caddis #14 are moving fish all afternoon from 4-6pm. Yellow stoneflies from 7-8:30p. Sulfurs (ephemerella invaria #16) are also emerging from 7-9pm. Some spinners now around 8-9pm. Smaller sulfur (e. dorothea #18) is also emerging from 8-9:30pm. Isonychia bicolor #12 from 8-10:30pm. Brown drake spinners #10 are from 10pm to dark.

Boardman River

Fishing is excellent and both invaria and dorothea sulfur mayflies are dominant every evening. Attractors are working well afternoons from the Forks down to Garfield. Streamer fishing is fair below Garfield mornings. Isonychia and gray drakes in the Shumsky Landing section. Yellow stoneflies in the evenings from 7-9pm and sulfur duns and spinners from 8-10pm. Isonychia bicolor in the air from 9pm to dark. Hex will start soon in the lower river.

Upper Manistee River

Fishing is excellent from Yellowtrees to 3 Mile Landing. Streamer fishing mornings from 7 -8am. Tan caddis all afternoon with egg-layers coming to t

Boardman River

Fishing is very good with water warming and hatches going well daily. Black caddis (#16) are going daily from 4-6pm, and sulfurs (ephemerella invaria #16) are emerging from 7-9pm. Egg-layers (caddis) are hitting the water around 6:30pm. Sulfur spinners are on the water from 8-9pm.

Upper Manistee River

Fishing is excellent from Yellowtrees to 3 Mile Landing. Streamer fishing mornings from 7 -8am. Black caddis all afternoon with egg-layers coming to the water 6:30pm. Mahogonies (paraleptophebia #16) are moving lots of fish from 7-9pm and sulfurs (ephemerealla invaria 16) are everywhere evenings from 7-9pm. Sulfur spinners

Boardman River

The Boardman River is starting to warm up, despite the cold wintery weekend, and fish are beginning to eat. Streamer fishing is fair, and Hendricksons and black caddis are emerging daily. The North Branch and South Branch are warmer and brook trout are the easiest take for the early season. Lower sections like the Ranch, Garfield and Brown Bridge are also good choices right now. Early afternoons for the Hendrickson emergence, and evenings around 6pm for the spinnerfall. Black caddis #16-18 are heaviest from 2-5pm.

Upper Manistee River

Streamer fishing has been good and some very large fish have been caught over

Boardman River

The Boardman River upstream of Sabin Dam will open this Saturday, April 30 for the 2016 trout season. Water is cold but warming and dropping quickly. If temps continue to climb, we could see Hendricksons this weekend for the Opener. Otherwise, streamer fishing should be good. Tiny black stoneflies and midges continue on the lower river in town, and the last of the steelhead are in and suckers are filling river behind them.

Upper Manistee River

Streamer fishing has been good and some very large fish have been caught over the last couple of weeks. Hendricksons are coming off when water temps reach 53 degrees.

Boardman River

UPDATE: DNR biologists have explained that the numbers of salmon collected this year are only about 10% of what was collected just four years ago. The drawdown is the result of an effort to protect the declining numbers of forage fish in Lake Michigan.

Boardman River numbers are no exception. Regardless, there have been fishable numbers of salmon,... most recently a few coho... in the river and lots of lakers that are aggressive.

The Boardman River is now closed to angling above Sabin Dam from now until April 30, 2016. Fishing below Sabin Dam is fair on streamers for brown trout and a slow and small run of Chinook salmon in the river below the weir that is in operation right now.

Boardman River

The Boardman River is now closed to angling above Sabin Dam from now until April 30, 2016. Fishing below Sabin Dam is fair on streamers for brown trout and a slow and small run of Chinook salmon in the river below the weir that is in operation right now.

Upper Manistee River

The Upper Manistee if now catch and release only from CO612 to M115. Flies-Only water is from M72 to CCC Bridge. These regulations will continue until April 30, 2016. Fishing is

Boardman River

The Boardman is fishing well. Hoppers, beetles, and ants are dominating the afternoons. Mousing is the tactic of choice nighttime from midnight to dawn. Some chinook salmon are now entering Grand Traverse Bay. Attractor fishing is very good middays. Attractor fishing on PMX, Purple Haze Parachutes, Ron's Yellow Skunks and Chernobyl Ants are fooling some good fish afternoons.

Upper Manistee River

The Upper Manistee is fishing well right now and water is low, clear and cold. Brook trout are already gathering by the creeks and are taking attractor patterns.  Hoppers, beetles, and ants are dominating the afternoons. Mousing is th

Boardman River

The Boardman is fishing well right and is in transition from late nights to early mornings. Tricos (tricorythodes #20-22) are emerging and spinning from 7am-10am and fish are feeding on them. Hoppers, beetles, and ants are dominating the afternoons. Mousing is the tactic of choice nighttime from midnight to dawn.

Upper Manistee River

The Upper Manistee is fishing well right and is in transition from late nights to early