In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Ontonagon In Ontonagon County, Upper Peninsula of Michigan Paulding, Bergland, Trout Creek, and White Near the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State The fishing is fairly consistent throughout its length, and many road crossings provide access.Ontonagon County Michigan, Lodging, Cabins, Cottages, Campgrounds,and Motels,Ĭampgrounds, and other Businesses in Ontonagon County While the water quality is good and quite cold, this stream lacks spawning habitat and therefore must be planted each year with brown trout. However, the people who named Michigan's streams must have been confused here, because this flow is known as Sand Creek in Kalamazoo County, Menthe Drain in Van Buren County and Pine Creek in Allegan County. Pine Creek is a fairly good-sized stream that flows through three counties and joins the Kalamazoo just west of Otsego. The next two trout tributaries to the Kalamazoo join the main stream from the south. The stream is open enough for fly-fishing in its lower half.
Most of the stream has been dredged and straightened, but there is plenty of wood in the water for cover. The best fishing is found in its middle and lower sections in the southeast corner of Allegan County. Gun Creek is stocked each year with brown trout. The outlet of Gun Lake becomes a trout river a few miles downstream from the lake. It is home to an excellent population of wild brown trout and a few brookies. North of the city of Kalamazoo, Spring Brook joins the big river. There is a better chance at brookies in this stream than Spring Brook, and the best fishing is in the first few miles up from the main river. Just north of Spring Brook, Silver Creek offers small-stream trout anglers another chance at wild browns. The growth rate is good here, and the DNR has raised the minimum to 12 inches for browns below DE Avenue. An abandoned railroad trail provides access to the middle of the creek, and this is probably your best bet for good trouting. Much of lower Spring Brook flows through back yards, which makes it open enough to fly-fish but also requires that you get permission from the landowners. If this stream were larger, it would surely be classified as a "blue-ribbon" trout stream. This is probably a testament to the scarcity of the brook trout. Interestingly, I have caught as many tiger trout - a brook/brown hybrid - here as I have brookies. Like Augusta Creek, this stream is stocked with brown trout, and it is open enough to fly-fish in some areas. There are trails and parkland along parts of the stream here. The prime reach is between Center and Milham roads. Obviously, the place to fish is upstream near the town of Portage. The north-flowing creek begins as a trout stream and ends up as a Super Fund Site because of paper-mill waste. Suburban trout fishing is found in Portage Creek, which joins the K-Zoo River in the city of Kalamazoo. You will also find good trout fishing above and below the forest, with access at the bridges. There is even a stocked pond on the property where kids can catch trout. This reach is owned by Michigan State University, is open to the public and offers the best trout fishing. A long reach of it flows through Kellogg Forest just downstream from M-89. Access is limited to road crossings, and often you will need to get landowner permission because these creeks are small.Īugusta Creek is a good-sized stream stocked annually with browns. Only Dickinson receives any planted trout. Bear Creek west of Marshall, Dickinson Creek and Minges Brook near Battle Creek, and Seven Mile Creek west of Battle Creek all contain brown trout, and some brookies are possible. Between Rice and Augusta creeks, there are four small streams offering fishing for brown trout. Moving downstream, Augusta Creek is the next major trout tributary to the Kalamazoo. They are now working with the Department of Natural Resources to remove a dam near Marshall, which should help extend the trout water. The Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is very active on projects to improve the trout fishing on Rice Creek. Even though its North Branch is a warmwater stream, the best trout fishing is found in the lower part of the creek - below the confluence - because groundwater additions more than counterbalance the warm inflow from this tributary. Rice Creek is the first sizable trout tributary to the mainstream, and it is stocked throughout its journey through Calhoun County.
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