AuSable
River trout fishing report - August 21st
Finally conditions
are getting good again for trout fishing in the Big
Waters of the Au Sable! So much heat since
early July and hopefully it is gone for this summer.
River temps are back down into the mid to upper 60's
depending on time of day. Last night some
heavy rains came thru the area and the river is on
the rise a bit. Time to start streamer fishing
again and hoping today's client are up for stripping
some big flies this afternoon! There have been
some blizzard White Fly hatches so far this month
but the best of this hatch is just starting.
Cooler water and just normal size hatches is ideal
for evening dry fly fishing. Look for these
bugs till at least mid September. These all
white mayflies are size #12 & #14 and emerge very
quickly - best patterns are wet flies & nymphs to
start hatch and then spinner patterns at dark.
The Ephron is one of the few mayflies that molts
into a spinner stage in air just after hatching.
What this means is a good hatch is followed by a
good spinner fall in the same night. This can
also be a good time for terrestrials (hoppers, ants,
beetles) and adding a dropper white fly nymph is an
ideal setup. Evening nymph fishing can also be
productive just before White Flies start to hatch.
As the river continues to cool and September gets
closer good streamer fishing is almost here again!!
For information and photos of upcoming fishing
- updated July 11th
(click
here)
August 21st - Finally the Big
Waters is getting back to good temp for trout
fishing! Those little triangles are the long
term avg for each day. Still above normal but
dropping steady! Last nights rain should
really help also.
August 6th - Bill with a
beautiful Au Sable River rainbow that was caught on
a dark hex dry fly. Had pretty good spinner
fall just before dark and a fair number of bass were
up and rising. This fish started feeding very
heavy and rise form did look a little different than
the smallmouth were making.
August 5th - Chuck with a very
nice Au Sable River brown trout caught on Dark Hex
dry fly. Spinner flights were just starting
and this trout was out looking for them! Very
natural patterns are the key and our cdc spinner was
been the top producer.
July 30th - When you can scoop
up the mayflies by the handful you know it is a
heavy hatch! Blizzard hatch of White Flies in
the Big Waters last night. Trout fishing has
been very slow of late due to high heat but with the
cooler weather and the beginning of a major hatch
this could all change very quickly. Below are
four excellent White Flies patterns. These
bugs emerge so fast out of the river that when hatch
first starts wets and nymphs are top producers.
Spinners patterns just before and after dark are
what produce the best trout and even some oversized
ones after dark.
July 27th - Just a beautiful
Au Sable River rainbow! The Dark Hex is one of
the most overlooked hatches in July. Many
times in the Big Waters it is mostly a Smallmouth
Bass hatch due to high water temps but it will
produce some giant trout also. If temps stay
down a few more nights look for a giant brown trout
to be post here really soon!!
July 27th - Incredible Dark
Hex spinner flight starting around 9pm. Lots
of Smallies rising tonight and few big trout!
The new Abel Super 5/6 QC are
in stock! Just the ideal reel for our 5-7wt
streamer rods.
New Streamside hats
are now in stock! $15.95 and that includes shipping.
Ripstop in cigar colored, washed twill in old gold,
and oil cloth in brown.
July 1st - Greg with just a
giant trout caught on a dry fly fishing (#12 Regan
Iso parachute) while floating with Erik in the Big
Waters. Slow action thru out the day but
some good dry fly fishing in the late evening with a
good number of Isonychia and Light Cahill mayflies
hatching.
July 2nd - Still chasing the
hex hatch and big browns after dark. Good
number of duns hatching tonight but that cold air
after dark was not good for spinners and just shut
down our rising trout. Warm weather is being
forecasted for the weekend and should produce some
good night fishing.
June 27th - Billy with just a
beautiful trout caught on the Hex Hatch while
floating with guide Erik Peterson. It is
getting late in the hatch but had an excellent night
with a good spinner fall and some nice trout up and
feeding.
June 26th - Scott with real
nice rainbow in the Big Waters of the Au Sable.
June 23rd - A cool 20" brown
trout getting released. Had the beginning of a
real nice hex spinner fall going tonight until rain
ended it early. At least some action before
rains came!
June 21st - Tom with beautiful
brown trout at 2am! It was a long night with
lots of bad luck but finally it all worked out and
fly did not pull out of this one.
June 19th - Dave with a true
giant brown trout caught on the Au Sable River!
Hex spinner fall was very light tonight but still
some great trout were up and rising.
June 18th - Scott with just a
beautiful Au Sable River brown trout caught on Hex
spinner dry fly.
June 17th - Steve with first
trout caught on a dry fly after dark and it sure was
a good one!!
June 17th - Bob with a couple
of great dry fly caught browns while floating with
Erik.
June 17th - Mike with
beautiful Au Sable brown trout caught on hex spinner
while floating with Jeff.
June 16th - Great night on the
hex hatch! Mike got 3 over 20" and here were
the two largest. Rains came in last night but
still had a good spinner fall and rising trout.
Big fish came right during heavy rain.
June 14th - Mike with a couple
of nice big browns on the Au Sable River. Had
a great spinner fall and a bunch of rising trout
just after dark.
June 13th - Some high water
today but Dustin and Adam still came thru with some
big trout rising to hex dries.
June 12th -
Lots of lightning and
storms on the Au Sable tonight! Still some excellent
dry fly fishing on the hex hatch. Rob Thompson came
with us today shooting some great video for hex
hatch production he is working on this month. He
caught on video what the Au Sable River is noted for
- giant wild brown trout rising to dry flies
at night! Joe Stevens did a great job putting
some big trout in the net. Between the lightning
bolts and video lights it was a much different night
on the Au Sable! Will post video when it is
complete later this month.
June 11th - Tom with some a
very nice brown and rainbow trout. Big rainbow
came on a Iso spinner right at dark. We did
not get the big hex hatch today but still found some
a nice brown trout up and rising.
June 8th - Some great trout
rising to hex spinners just after dark tonight!
Weather has a little wet but we got a couple good
hours in before the rains hit. On these cooler
wet nights hex are typically not that heavy but
still enough to get the fish up and feeding.
Here are 4 Hex patterns that
have all been catching trout and doing well of late.
Right now we have a good stock of hex dries and we
do ship all orders with free shipping.
June 6th - The rains finally
stopped today and it turned into a good night of
bugs. Lots of Iso and good number of hex
spinners. Here is big trout being released -
like all should be on the Au Sable!
June 4th - Erik with 27" Brown
Trout and just a true giant! Night dry fishing
just keeps going strong.
Putting my favorite night time
dry rod & reel to good use! Sage 9' 5wt TCX,
Abel Super 5N and Rio WF6F glow line. The new
Abel brown trout graphics is a perfect match the Au
Sable Brown Trout!
June 3rd - Night time dry
fishing has been going strong on the Au Sable of
late! The key to dry fishing at night is stop
casting and get into good position and then make a
good short cast over fish. Tonight these 2
trout were caught with 6 casts combined!
Minimize casting - a few good cast over fish and
then stop for a bit.
June 2nd - Time to start
fishing Iso nymphs and crayfish patterns. Both
can be so productive while waiting for the Big
Mayflies to hatch.
May 30th - River guide Jeff
Boks with a true giant Au Sable River brown!
This one started rising before dark and was feeding
heavy on sulphur spinners.
Two great fly
assortments (hex and iso/drake) now for sale in our
online sales section!
May 29th - Joe and Bella with
some good action on Brown Drake spinners right at
dark!
May 28th - John with beautiful
trout caught on a brown drake spinner just after
dark! Should be great week of night fishing to
come and look for Hex to start in warm sections of
the Au Sable if the current heat sticks around.
May 27th - Tom with a very
nice dry fly caught trout on the Au Sable.
May 28th - This graph shows it
clearly on water temps. One cool night and
upstream the temps drop right down but below Mio
morning temps have been around 72. This is way
to warm for fishing and trout that are hooked will
typically die. Hopefully a good rain is coming
soon to drop these temps. Until then there is
still lots of great trout water to float and big
browns to catch at night!
May 26th - Here are the
two big bugs right now - Brown Drake spinners and
duns. Below are my 3 favorite patterns for
this bug.
May 26th - Water temps are
building in the Big Waters at Mio Dam. So far
Mio Pond has been keeping the river cool as graph
shows it is cooler than upstream. At 68 new
bubbler system will be turned on at Mio Dam.
This system pushes cool water up off the bottom of
pond and hopefully stops the Big Waters from
overheating.
Just a beautiful photo from a
few nights ago taken by guide Jeff Boks on the Au
Sable River. Oscar and Jon floated with Jeff
and had some good dry fly fishing. The one
nice thing about the low water this year is there
are many places in the Big Waters that are easy to
wade and enjoyable to fish.
Here are some of the bigger
Mayflies that are starting on the Au Sable River.
Above a March Brown & Brown Drake dun. Look
for both of these to hatch just before dark and into
darkness. On cloudy days you can have
afternoon hatches. Brown Drakes are a major
hatch and typically bring up some great fish.
There have been a few seen so far and look for good
hatches this coming week. Below are two big
spinners that have been bring up good browns after
dark - Great Speckled Olive and March Brown.
These are both a good size #12 and hard to beat a
spent wing parachute rusty spinner.
May 21st - A very nice Au
Sable River brown trout and one of my custom rods.
Right in the corner of the mouth you can see that
Regan spent wing rusty spinner. The last week
there has been some pretty good dry fly fishing most
nights right at dark.
Night
time dry fly fishing is here on the AuSable River. The
past two years I have been using this line and it
has improved our after dark fishing. There is
no need to super charge it with a light just a
slight glow is ideal. It makes judging
distance so much easier in the dark! We now
have them in stock in 6wt & 8wt for $55 and free shipping.
If interested click here: Rio LumaLux glow lines.
May 20th - Erik Peterson
with another giant brown caught dry fly fishing
right after dark! Erik has been putting some
major time in on the Au Sable and will be doing some
guiding for us the rest of the summer. The
next 6 weeks is the time for those looking to fish
the big mayfly hatches on the Au Sable. If
you're looking for that giant brown trout there is
not a better place to be than in the front of Erik's
boat! If you're looking to book a trip or any
questions just email us at:
kelly@michiganstreamside.com
May 18th - Dustin and Dan with
some very nice Au Sable River trout caught dry fly
fishing! Fishing those spinner falls right at
dark have been the key all week - Sulphurs, March
Browns and Light Hendrickson.
May 18th - A beautiful round
rainbow on the Au Sable River. We sure are
seeing more of these nice bows this year in the Big
Waters.
May 18th - The warm weather is
here and so is dry fly fishing. Of late right
at dark and the big browns are up and rising!
May 17th - Just a beautiful Au
Sable River brown trout. Dry fishing has been
excellent of late! Heavy spinner falls right
at dark of Light Hendrickson and Sulphurs.
May 15th - Trent with a
beautiful Au Sable River brown trout caught in late
afternoon on a dry fly. Lots of bug this
afternoon/evening! This big trout was picking
off all the stoneflies that were coming down his
lane. After trying a few different pattern a
#8 olive Stimulator got him. Look for some
good spinner falls the next few evening of Light
Hendricksons, Mahoganies and Sulphurs.
A very cool new brown trout
finish just out from Abel and a new reel model.
The Super 6N is narrower & lighter than the old
Super 6 and is just a perfect size for a 5wt to 7wt
rod. I have had some engraved with "Au Sable
River Trophy Waters" for those looking for a
beautiful reel and love the Big Waters of the Au
Sable River. We have the Super 5N with the
same full side finish and engraving in stock also.
The new Super 5/6 QC quick change reel is do out
this month and have those coming with this finish &
engraving. We do stock a full line of Abel
reels with the fish graphics finishes. Right
now brook trout, rainbow, brown, tarpon and
steelhead are all in stock. For pictures just
drop me an email at
kelly@michiganstreamside.com
Here is a Sulphur dun size #16 and this is the
main hatch in late May. This bug is typically an
evening hatcher and look for heavy spinner falls
just before dark. This bug will be going for
the next couple weeks and on warm evenings can come
in blizzard numbers.
A new sculpin pattern that we
are now stocking. Eli Berant
www.greatlakesfly.com has been tying some great
streamer for us and just came up with this
articulated version of our woolhead sculpin that has
been so popular on the Au Sable. This has even
more action and just a great big trout fly!
These four colors are going in our online fly sales
page.
May 13th - Tom with a nice big
brown from the Big Waters streamer fishing.
Rain all day made for some good streamer fishing!
Came so close on a couple of giant browns today and
that is way streamer fishing goes at time.
Seeing those big browns charge that fly to the boat
can be so cool but also a little frustrating when
hook does not stay in there mouth or they miss the
fly! Great Lakes Deceivers (skunk,
black/chartreuse, chart/white) and Murdich Minnow in
rainbow were top producers today.
May 8th - Snow, rain and lots
of wind today - perfect trout fishing conditions!
No one wanted to go fishing today with the nasty
weather except Erik and Steve. We had some
good streamer fishing and did find a few good
risers. Hard to find a much more beautiful
brown trout than this one!
May 8th - Even with the rain
and snow had a good afternoon hatch of Hendrickson
and Olives. Found some nice rainbows up and
rising. The Big Waters trout are sure a lot of
thicker this year. The past mild weather was
ideal for there growth.
Here are some great patterns
for Mid May on the Big Waters: Roberts Yellow
Drake, Regan Rusty Spinner, Regan Sulphur Spinner,
and Borcher Parachute. We will be adding a
bunch of new patterns to our online sales this week.
Umpqua has come out with some great new Michigan dry
flies designed by Bear Andrews and they are now in
stock. Also all of big bug of June (Brown
Drake, Iso, Hex) are all in stock now.
May 7th - A huge brown caught
by Dave Willertz in the Big Waters of the Au Sable
River. When rains come so does the streamer
bite!
May 7th - Erik is on a roll
now and the big fish just keep coming!
Streamer fishing in the rain produced this big brown
and no surprised it crushed a Rainbow Rattling
Murdich Minnow.
May 7th - Huge Hendrickson
hatch late this afternoon and the big trout were up
and rising. Nasty weather but some excellent
dry fly fishing. This big brown is getting
released as all should be on the Au Sable!
May 6th - Evening dry fly
fishing on one of my favorite flats in the Big
Waters!
May 4th - Erik with true giant
caught on a Hendrickson Spinner just after dark.
Of late this has been the time the big guys come out
to start rising.
May 3rd - Dustin with
beautiful Au Sable River brown trout caught streamer
fishing.
May 2nd - Fernando and Dave
with some nice trout on the Big Waters of the Au
Sable River! All day bugs today with hatches
and spinner falls made for some good dry fly
fishing. Dark Hendricksons and Mahoganies were
going strong.
May 1st - Right at dark the
big guys came out to start rising! We had a
couple of great chances at big trout tonight.
With all the warm weather of late it is time to stay
late for spinner falls.
April 25th - Josh working a
big trout rising to Hendrickson duns. There
were not a lot of trout rising today but there sure
were a ton of dark Hendricksons. This hatch is
just getting going in the Big Waters of the Au Sable
and of late mid to late afternoon has been the peak
time. Next warm evening look for spinner falls
to start and these typically produce the biggest
trout.
April 23rd - A nice brown
trout caught on Hendrickson parachute #14.
Water temps are in the low 50's throughout the
bigger waters of the Au Sable and fish are starting
to rise. A little more warm weather and the
dry fly fishing should be excellent.
April 17th - Erik with a big
brown on the Au Sable River that smashed a jointed
Great Lakes Deceiver! Back to better streamer
conditions today - thick clouds and a little snow.
COMING VERY SOON!!
This photo above was from last
May but with the warm April we have had it will not
be long for a big spinner fall on the Big Waters of
the Au Sable River. Only 7 days and waters
below Mio Dam will be back open to fishing!
River is in great shape for the early season and
there are Hendricksons hatching right now. I
have been stopping by and taking a look of late and
Hennies are just getting going. Water is low
for this time of year which should be ideal for dry
fly fishing. As always when season first opens
in the Big Waters it is time to break out the big
streamer and look for a giant brown trout!
Here are some of our top
early season streamer.
These are all patterns that I have fished and have produced some very nice brown trout -
Joint Great Lakes Deceivers, Fire Tiger Great Lakes
Deceiver, Rattling Murdich Minnow Rainbow & Brown
Trout, Grizzly
Yellow Great Lakes Deceiver, Woolhead Sculpin, and
Conrad Scuplin.
April 16th - Andy with nice
Smallmouth Bass on the Au Sable River while looking
for big browns. The big trout streamer bite
has not been there of late for the last week or so.
I think what is needed is some good rain and some
higher water to get these big trout going again.
Upstream in the Au Sable trout fishing has been good
with some dry fly action and Hendrickson hatch is
going well.
April 4th - Adam with giant Au
Sable River brown trout! Such cool trout that
just smashed a Murdich Minnow in rainbow.
Should be great week of trout fishing with rain
forecasted for a number of days. Time to get
those big flies out!
March 28th - A beautiful brown
trout from the South Branch of the Au Sable River.
The river was in great shape today and water has
cleared up a lot over the last week.
Surprising to see upper Au Sable and its branches at
such a low level for this time of year. With
all of the warm weather trout are starting to rise a
bit! Mostly to stone flies of late but with
the current extremely warm weather Hendrickson
hatches could start very soon. Typically this
is a great time for streamer fishing but I would
make sure you have a dry fly rod rigged and ready to
go with either a black stone, hendrickson or a small
olive.
The
Hendrickson Mayfly is the first big hatch on Au
Sable and will produce some nice big browns very
soon. Above are
two of my favorite Hendrickson patterns tied by
Jerry Regan - left is parachute dun pattern and
right is spinner pattern. Look for good
hatches in the late afternoon and parachute dun is
the top choice. Late evening look for spinner
falls and Jerry's spinner will get the job done.
Typically this mayfly starts in late April but who
know how early it could happen this year with such
warm spring.
March 21st - Big browns on the
Au Sable today! 3 in net over 20". This
is the time of year to break out your big streamers
for these giants. Fished a new rod today - the
Winston BII-MX 9' 8wt. Might have found my new
favorite big streamer rod! Put a Rio 250 grain
24' DC sink tip on it and it was just so comfortable
to cast with 4"- 8" streamers. Will be keeping
this one in the boat this spring! We are full
Winston dealer now and do stock all of the BII-MX
and a bunch of the BIIX and LT.
March 21st - Here are two
photos from today's trout fishing - Magnum Murdich
Minnow was producing well! The Murdich Minnow
has been one of top producers the last couple years
and we keep expanding on the series to cover
different water & different times of the year.
The Murdich Minnow is Umpqua pattern that we stock
and also lots of custom versions. Our top
streamer fly tier Eli Berant has created some
awesome color combinations & trout colors, larger
patterns, and added a loud knocking rattle.
Last fall Eli came out with the Magum (5.5" long)
series with the loud rattles and they sure have been
catching trout in the river and on the shoreline of
Lake Huron. I'm adding these three to our
online sales along with a shad/smelt color.
March 21st - Erik scooping up
a big trout today without tangling up his rod or
falling out of boat!
March 20th - Jeff Boks with a
giant Au Sable brown trout! This early spring
season is all about targeting trophy browns and is
not a numbers game.
March 15th - This is what the
early season trout is for me - chasing giant browns!
March 15th - Here is a new
pattern (color combination) that worked so well on
our trip to the White River in Arkansas this winter.
It sure worked well on the Au Sable today! The
Cotton Candy Rainbow. I'm adding this one to
our online fly sales (hopefully today) and they are
in stock. I'm always looking for new flies,
fly lines, rods, and gear that improve our fishing.
Got a new articulated Great Lakes Deceiver in a 6"
size with much small lighter hooks. Much
easier to cast and still a very big profile in
water.
March 14th - Adam with a very
nice trout that just crushed a big black leech
pattern.
March 11th - March and April are great months to
streamer fish the Au Sable River! Big
streamers were hot today - Great Lakes Deceivers,
Cotton Candy Rainbow, and Murdich Minnows in rainbow
& brown trout.
March 7th - Dan with just a
beautiful trout on the Au Sable River! Spring
is here with temps finally hitting 50 yesterday.
Streamers have been the top producers of late.
Bright blue skies are sure not the ideal conditions
but sounds like some rain is coming later this week.
Should be great March of trout fishing this year!
February 20 & 21 - Some
excellent trout fishing this past weekend on the Au
Sable River and Erik caught a bunch of them fishing
both days. The mild weather was ideal for
winter trout fishing. Streamers are the way to
go this time of year - leeches, woolly buggers,
sculpins and zuddlers in black and olive. Fish
these flies on a sink tip and keep them moving!
A Rio 200 grain DC 24' sink tip is the ideal line to
put on your 6wt for winter trout fishing.
February 14-19 - We fished the
White River in Arkansas this past week and had a
great time. The week started out extremely
cold with high water and fishing was a bit slow.
Our first day we did hit a pretty good shad kill
below the dam and had lots of action on these
beautiful mid teen rainbows. Shad kills
were very light after that first day and we started
pounding the banks with our big streamers and doing
long floats. Our big flies sure did produce
some great fish! Jeff got the biggest brown
trout of the trip with it going 10lbs. For
more info and photos click here -
White River Feb
2010. Setting up a group trip for Feb 2011
and if interested in going do let me know.
January 24th - We found some
nice trout today today floating the Au Sable River!
Rain today made for some excellent streamer
conditions. Leeches, woolly buggers and
zuddlers in black and olive all produced some nice
browns.
January 17th - Adam and Jeff
floated the South Branch of the Au Sable today had a
little action streamer fishing. Came close on
a couple of others but overall fishing was bit on
the slow side. Decent trout fishing weather is
forecasted for the week and I'm sure hoping to get
out a day or two!
Dec 25th - This time of year
when it starts to rain look for excellent trout
fishing! Spent a couple hours this afternoon
streamer fishing the South Branch of the Au Sable
and had very good action. Lead eyed leech
patterns in black and olive were top producers.
The key to winter trout fishing is to avoid the
bitter cold periods. The upper Au Sable and
its branches fish very well this time of year and
when that water starts to rise just a little, look
for excellent fishing.
December 8th - Erik just keeps
catching these big browns on the Au Sable and the
cold weather did not slow him down! Finally
some good snow in the area the last couple of days.
Trout fishing remains very good for those that like
to streamer fish. Of late black has been the
hot color - lead eyed leeches, zuddlers, woolly
buggers have all been producing. Trout fishing
typically remains very good all winter long on the
Au Sable but best fishing is not during major cold
snaps. These big browns will feed in the cold
weather - this morning it was 20 degrees.
Nov 29th - Erik with another
giant trout on the Au Sable! We had a good
float today and saw a few other big browns chase our
streamers. We fished mostly big baitfish
patterns and had some good action on them but Erik
went back to the old stand by black zuddler and it
produced this giant.
November 27th - Erik and
Jeff had a excellent trout fishing today on the
South Branch of the Au Sable! Trout were out
chasing streamer and black was the top color.
With the mild fall of late should have some
excellent trout fishing for a while.
November 12th - Jeff Boks has
the hot boat of late! Such a beautiful trophy
brown on the Au Sable River today.
November 11th - Steve Stone
with a long brown trout! We started out early
this morning on the Lake Huron shoreline and then
came to the river for an afternoon float.
Bright blue skies is sure not the best of conditions
this time of year but we still found a few nice
trout.
November 7th - Erik Peterson
with a beautiful big brown trout on the Au Sable
River fishing with guide Jeff Boks. Even with
bright blue sky big trout like this can be caught on
streamers. Today fishing was not as productive
as some of the rainy days of late but any day you
can catch a giant like this is a great day on the
river.
October 30th - River guide
Jeff Boks with a giant Au Sable River brown trout.
Jeff has been putting his time in this fall in
search of more trophy resident brown trout and it is
paying off! We are really looking forward to
November and if your looking for a late season trout
trip Jeff does have some open dates.
October 30th - Good streamers
fishing today! Josh and John almost had a few
more that were much bigger than these - yes that is
fishing the big one that got away. All day
rain today was just ideal for late fall streamer
fishing on the Au Sable. Our top fly today was
the Conrad Sculpin in black or tan/olive.
October 28th - Here is a huge
Au Sable River brown trout caught in Jeff Boks's
boat today! Our new Category 5 Jointed Great
Lakes Deceiver is getting the job done. We
needed a bigger pattern and fly tier Eli Berant
again came up with the perfect design. This
time of year these giants are sure not a numbers
game. You fish hard all day with the right
gear and hope to have couple good shots at a true
trophy trout.
October 22nd - A big fall
brown trout on the Au Sable River!
Streamer fishing continues to be excellent for those
looking for trophy trout. Our new jointed
Great Lakes Deceiver produced this giant today.
Big trout from photo above being released back to
the Au Sable River!
October 8th - Excellent
streamer fishing today and some good river duck
hunting. Just a great way to spend a fall day
on the Au Sable. Big and bright was working on
the streamers the best. Our Great Lakes
Deceiver in chartreuse/white has the hot fly today.
Starting to find some wood ducks and mallards on the
river and had some good shooting today.
October 2nd - Kris with a
beautiful Au Sable River brown trout. This
fish just attacked a Rattling Murdich Minnow in
rainbow colors. Today there were perfect
conditions - cool, rain and rising water. This
was not the biggest fish we saw today! More
rain is forecasted for the coming week and trout
fishing should be excellent.
September 28th - Jeff Boks
streamer fishing on the Au Sable with a beautiful
brown! Water is up right now on the Au Sable
and streamer fishing has been very good. Not a
surprise on top fly today - Rattling Murdich Minnow
in rainbow. This has been the top streamer in
the Big Waters this year for trophy browns.
Cool weather and rain the last couple of days is
making it feel like fall is here finally.
Should have some excellent October trout fishing
coming up. The Big Waters below Mio is closed
at the end of September but lots of great water is
open year round on the Au Sable.
Trout
photos from the 2009 season
(click
here)
Trout
photos from the 2008 season
(click
here)
Trout
photos from the 2007 season
(click
here)
Trout
photos from the 2005 & 2006 season
(click
here)
Trout
photos from the 2004 season
(click
here)
Steelhead
photos from the 2005 season
(click
here)
Salmon
photo gallery
(click
here)
Lake
Huron brown trout photos from the 2003 & 2004 season
(click
here)
Lake
Huron & Lake Michigan brown trout, salmon and
smallmouth photos from the 2005 & 2006 season
(click
here)
Current
water levels at Parmallee Bridge - Trout waters
Current
water levels at Mio Dam on the AuSable River - Trout
waters
Current
water levels at Alcona Dam on the AuSable River -
Smallmouth Bass & Trout waters
Current
water levels at Foote Dam on the AuSable River -
Steelhead waters
