Waters · United States
White River (Whitehall) fishing report
Updated Saturday, 10 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
A quiet Lake Michigan tributary with no dam on its lower river, so the steelhead spread out through the system instead of stacking. Smaller crowds, but you have to go and find them.
Today's report: excellent (88/100)
Brown Trout is the most promising species on White River (Whitehall) today. Water temperature is around 11.8°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, MI shows the water level falling (1 cm/24h).
White River (Whitehall) water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 8.2 m³/s (290 cfs) — down 2% over 24 hours
- Level trend: falling (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, MI · reading 47 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 01:00–03:00 local time — score 88/100
- 04:00–06:00 local time — score 81/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 85/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Saturday 10 Oct | Sunday 11 Oct | Monday 12 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | 69 — good | 64 — good | 63 — good |
| Chinook salmon | 80 — good | 78 — good | 76 — good |
| Brown Trout | 88 — excellent | 88 — excellent | 86 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's White River (Whitehall) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+0.9)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- river flow: helping (+0.89)
Forecast computed Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:01:58 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, 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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