Ted’s Fishing Report: Opening Day Weekend, 2010

This Saturday marks the official opener to Michigan’s trout season and it’s streams throughout the state. Just like Nov. 15/opening day is significant to the deer hunter, this Saturday is more than symbolic – it’s your chance to get on water that has been well rested...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Late March, 2010

The end of last week brought some much needed rain and that’s all it took to finish off the snow, melt a lot of the ponds/backwaters, and thaw the swamps. We had a really good push of water on the local rivers – perhaps a little too much, but since we had such a light...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Early November, 2009

Last week’s rain and high water has come and gone, but not the stain or the fish that entered the local rivers. The Manistee River continues to have a good number of fish in it from the lake to the dam with new fish continuing to enter as we have had a nice, wet fall....