Guided Trip on the Pere Marquette River, August 26-27, 2009 with Indigo Guide Kevin Morlock
Jeremy is one of my favorite people to fish with… he fishes hard all day and is always happy and upbeat. kevin
Kevin,
"Thanks for a terrific 2 days on the water…the screams you hear in the morning will be me realizing I have to go back to a JOB instead of doing what I really want to do. Maybe we’ll see you for steelheads!"
Jerry Quintiliani
Late summer king salmon are a lot of fun and we are literally days away from getting a big push of fish into the Pere Marquette. They're fresh out of the big lake and are the hardest fighting fish we have. We chase them mostly with hardware because they do not respond well to flies. Deep diving crank baits are typically the most effective for us. We do, occasionally, tie flies with spinner blades that also work well. Anything that stimulates their lateral line usually gets a reaction.
If you want to experience these incredible fresh king salmon, drop us a line. We have days open for late August and early September.
This is a fun video of some of the guys fishing in August a couple years ago for early kings.
Fishing for king salmon and steelhead in West Michigan on the Pere Marquette River in August. With Mark Knee and Kevin Morlock of Indigo Guide Service and Walt Grau from the Spey Rod Outfitter and Guide Service. We were casting Storm Thundersticks on spinning gear and the fish were red hot.
| Steelhead still around, good trout fishing. |
Pere Marquette Temps – around 50 Water Conditions – perfect
>>>Still enough steelhead around to make for a great day. Trout fishing has been good with 
perfect water conditions. Hatches include: tiny black stonefly, small caddis (little black, green & tan), Hendrickson & blue wing olive mayflies. Gray drakes soon. – Kevin Morlock
Big Manistee Temps – mid 50’s Water Conditions – above average
>>>Steelhead fishing is still good and should continue for a while longer. Trout fishing has been good with hatches including Hendrickson, black quill, blue wing olive (BWO) and small caddis.
Muskegon Temps – low 50’s Water Conditions – above average
>>>The steelhead fishing is still strong on the Muskegon. The water is low and clear enough to use something besides chuck n’ duck. Trout are active and chasing streamers with some dry fly fishing action available.
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| Brandon Butler of Driftwood Outdoors holding his new Fly Rod World Record dogfish or bowfin. Caught on April 11th, 2009 while fishing near Ludington with Kevin Morlock. For more info see the latest Pere Marquette Fishing Report. | Great looking drop-back hen steelhead. Drop- back’s can offer great opportunities by fishing good holding water. |
