Waters · United States
Pere Marquette River (Scottville) fishing report
Updated Thursday, 15 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
No dam blocks the Pere Marquette main stem, so its steelhead and kings are largely wild fish that spread through the whole river rather than piling below a barrier. Rain on the sandy watershed raises it slowly and clears it fast.
Today's report: excellent (87/100)
Brown Trout is the most promising species on Pere Marquette River (Scottville) today. Water temperature is around 9.5°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI shows the water level rising (1 cm/24h).
Pere Marquette River (Scottville) water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 13.1 m³/s (463 cfs) — up 1% over 24 hours
- Level trend: rising (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI · reading 12 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 17:00–19:00 local time — score 85/100
- 05:00–07:00 local time — score 90/100
- 08:00–10:00 local time — score 88/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 15 Oct | Friday 16 Oct | Saturday 17 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | 71 — good | 75 — good | 72 — good |
| Chinook salmon | 85 — excellent | 81 — excellent | 82 — excellent |
| Brown Trout | 87 — excellent | 90 — excellent | 80 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Pere Marquette River (Scottville) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- precipitation: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+0.9)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:12:01 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- Trout stream tactics, read through the forecast
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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