Fly Fisher on the Pere Marquette River in fall

Fishing Adventures

Fishing Trips and Charters

Off an old, rickety dock. Knee deep in rushing waters. Or maybe right from the shore. That special place where we can always breathe deeply and appreciate just how simple and enjoyable life can be.

Wherever we chose, casting a line in the clear, fresh waters of Michigan lets us leave anything weighing us down behind.

Test yourself on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. Drop a line into 11,000 inland lakes or 36,000 miles of rivers and streams. Michigan is home to both champion anglers and weekend enthusiasts.

It’s where you’ll find the best fly-fishing in the country and 8 of the top 100 bass lakes in the U.S. And with more than 150 species of fish to catch – from salmon and walleye to bass and lake trout – we’ll run out of day before we run out of Pure Michigan.
Free Fishing Weekend, June 13 & 14, 2020.

Michigan DNR Fish Hatcheries

Michigan has six state fish hatcheries, all working hard to produce millions of fish that will be stocked in public waterbodies each year. Learn a little bit about why they do the work that they do!

Connection | Fly Fishing the Au Sable River

Michigan's Upper Peninsula | Heart Rate

They say the perfect resting heartbeat is 60 beats per minute – we couldn’t agree more, most of the time.

Perfect Spot

We all have one that perfect spot, a special place we go to smooth out the ripples of the day. Our perfect spot is calling, our perfect spot is pure Michigan.