Waters · United States
White River (Whitehall) fishing report
Updated Tuesday, 25 August 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: fair (55/100)
Chinook salmon is the most promising species on White River (Whitehall) today. Water temperature is around 14.4°C and barometric pressure is rising. Gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, MI shows the water level falling (0 cm/24h).
White River (Whitehall) water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 6.0 m³/s (212 cfs) — down 1% over 24 hours
- Level trend: falling (0 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, MI · reading 52 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 08:00–10:00 local time — score 52/100
- 00:00–02:00 local time — score 44/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 44/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Tuesday 25 Aug | Wednesday 26 Aug | Thursday 27 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | 28 — poor | 22 — poor | 22 — poor |
| Chinook salmon | 55 — fair | 45 — fair | 42 — fair |
| Brown Trout | 47 — fair | 44 — fair | 40 — fair |
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)
- light: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.95)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- wind: helping (+0.75)
- pressure trend: helping (+0.7)
Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:06:46 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL, MI · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Nearby waters
- Muskegon River (Croton) — Michigan, USA (46 km away)
- Grand River (Lower) — Michigan, USA (52 km away)
- Manistee River (Tippy Dam) — Michigan, USA (91 km away)
- Milwaukee River (Harbor) — Wisconsin, USA (144 km away)