Sportsman's Paradise! Wonderful Log cabin located on 25 acres, in Walhalla, MI, 25 miles east of Ludington, in the heart of the Manistee National Forest, offers thousands of acres of public land for hunting, dirt biking, ATV, hiking, and snowmobiling. The Pere Marquette River, one of Michigan's top producers of rainbow, brown, brook, and steelhead trout, Chinook and Coho salmon is only a mile away. The beautiful Ludington beaches, on the shores of Lake Michigan, are a mere 20 minutes away. Along with Little River Casino just 30 minutes away. Relax on the peaceful wraparound deck including a covered porch, overlooking Casin Lake. Casin Lake is a shallow non-swimming lake, perfect for rowboating and fishing. On those cold nights, snuggle in around the wood stove and enjoy the log interior of this log cabin. We do all reservations and questions through Email. In addition to checks, we now accept Paypal as a convienant payment option for deposits and rental payments.
Third Coast Fly, Winter Swing with Steve Martinez, Matt Dunn and Kevin Morlock. February 2011.
Winter Swing
A fun winter steelhead streamer video.
Winter Swing from Third Coast Fly on Vimeo.
Michigan Fishing Report for February 18th, 2011
For more regular updates, please visit our blog Third Coast Fly. And click here to see just our Pere Marquette fishing reports on Third Coast Fly.
Pere Marquette- above average
With a few days of weather in the 40s and rain, a lot of snow has melted. It brought the river up over 1100cfs for a day or two but we’re now retreating towards average again. There is some stain but it’s not blown out. Steelhead are distributed through the entire system and we’ve caught them recently on a black leech with green and gold flash and an orange ice dub head. It’s supposed to cool down again next week, but we don’t expect true winter conditions again until next year! Matt Dunn
USGS Real-Time Data for the Pere Marquette River at Scottville, Michigan
Manistee- above average
While nymphs and eggs have been most productive over the past week or so, with the warm up and snow melt swung streamers may produce better.
USGS Real-Time Data for the Manistee River near Wellston, Michigan
Muskegon- below average
Though below average, water levels are up higher than they’ve been for more than a month and fresh fish have moved up. Nymphs and eggs have been most productive, though some days can be excellent for swinging streamers. Phil Cusey
USGS Real-Time Data for the Muskegon River near Croton, Michigan
Indigo guide Kevin Morlock will be the featured speaker at the West Michigan Hacklers February 24th meeting. Kevin will be presenting a slid show with discussion and questions on advance streamer techniques for Michigan steelhead. Kevin will also be tying his #1 steelhead streamer, the Basic Bucktail.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 — dinner starting at 6pm with Kevin's talk to follow.
Luciano's Restaurant
103 West Ludington Ave.
Ludington, MI 49431
Our very own Steve Martinez will be giving two presentations at the 2011 MCC Outdoor Recreation Show, Steve will be discussing Lake Michigan carp fly fishing techniques and the three season of steelhead fishing. Indigo Guide Service will also have a booth at the show.
Steve's carp talk will start at 10:30am and his steelhead talk will follow at 1pm.
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 from 9am to 5pm
Mason County Eastern School
18 South Main Street
Custer, MI 49405
Here is a link to the Mason County Eastern School's web site with more information.
