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What Is Running Right Now

Every run corridor on this map — 104 rivers across Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior — sorted by how far into its own window the loudest run on it is.

Computed for 1 October 2026.

Peak run — 65 rivers

  • Nemadji River WI · Lake Superior · 70.2 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Pere Marquette River MI · Lake Michigan · 59.5 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Little Manistee River MI · Lake Michigan · 57.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Rifle River MI · Lake Huron · 55.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Muskegon River MI · Lake Michigan · 52.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Amnicon River WI · Lake Superior · 42.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Carp River (Mackinac County) MI · Lake Huron · 42.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Grand River MI · Lake Michigan · 42.2 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Sturgeon River (Baraga County) MI · Lake Superior · 41.3 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Sheboygan River WI · Lake Michigan · 40.7 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Bois Brule River WI · Lake Superior · 40.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • East Twin River WI · Lake Michigan · 40.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • White River MI · Lake Michigan · 36.6 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Kalamazoo River MI · Lake Michigan · 36.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Manistee River MI · Lake Michigan · 29.9 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Milwaukee River WI · Lake Michigan · 29.8 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Kewaunee River WI · Lake Michigan · 26.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Poplar River MN · Lake Superior · 25.7 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Big Iron River MI · Lake Superior · 24.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • St. Joseph River MI · Lake Michigan · 24.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Ontonagon River MI · Lake Superior · 23.7 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Jordan River MI · Lake Michigan · 23.2 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Iron River (Bayfield County) WI · Lake Superior · 23.0 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Cross River MN · Lake Superior · 22.9 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Two Hearted River MI · Lake Superior · 22.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Knife River MN · Lake Superior · 22.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Chocolay River MI · Lake Superior · 20.5 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Trap Rock River MI · Lake Superior · 19.2 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Salmon Trout River MI · Lake Superior · 18.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Sucker River MN · Lake Superior · 17.9 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Platte River MI · Lake Michigan · 17.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • St. Louis River MN · Lake Superior · 16.5 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Firesteel River MI · Lake Superior · 16.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Tahquamenon River MI · Lake Superior · 16.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Ocqueoc River MI · Lake Huron · 15.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Sioux River WI · Lake Superior · 15.3 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Oconto River WI · Lake Michigan · 14.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Black River (South Haven) MI · Lake Michigan · 13.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Flag River WI · Lake Superior · 13.0 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • French River MN · Lake Superior · 12.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Betsie River MI · Lake Michigan · 12.5 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Swan River MI · Lake Huron · 11.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Flute Reed River MN · Lake Superior · 10.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Au Sable River MI · Lake Huron · 10.2 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Peshtigo River WI · Lake Michigan · 9.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Cranberry River WI · Lake Superior · 8.8 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Anna River MI · Lake Superior · 7.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Tawas River MI · Lake Huron · 6.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Nunns Creek MI · Lake Huron · 5.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Falls River MI · Lake Superior · 5.0 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Stewart River MN · Lake Superior · 2.4 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Devil Track River MN · Lake Superior · 2.3 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Cheboygan River MI · Lake Huron · 1.7 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Brule River (Minnesota) MN · Lake Superior · 1.3 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Boardman River MI · Lake Michigan · 1.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Thunder Bay River MI · Lake Huron · 1.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, 15 Aug – 31 Oct
  • Baptism River MN · Lake Superior · 0.9 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Gooseberry River MN · Lake Superior · 0.8 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Split Rock River MN · Lake Superior · 0.8 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Kadunce River MN · Lake Superior · 0.7 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Lester River MN · Lake Superior · 0.6 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Beaver River MN · Lake Superior · 0.2 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Temperance River MN · Lake Superior · 0.2 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Cascade River MN · Lake Superior · 0.1 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct
  • Manitou River MN · Lake Superior · 0.0 corridor miles · Coho salmon, Sept–Oct

First runners — 33 rivers

  • Ford River MI · Lake Michigan · 107.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Cedar River (Menominee County) MI · Lake Michigan · 66.2 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Conneaut Creek PA · Lake Erie · 56.5 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Elk Creek PA · Lake Erie · 30.1 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Days River MI · Lake Michigan · 28.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Walnut Creek PA · Lake Erie · 21.3 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Twentymile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 18.9 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Salmon River NY · Lake Ontario · 16.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Lower Niagara River NY · Lake Ontario · 14.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Sixmile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 13.7 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Whitefish River (Delta County) MI · Lake Michigan · 11.7 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Crooked Creek PA · Lake Erie · 11.2 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Pentwater River MI · Lake Michigan · 10.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Sixteenmile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 10.2 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Fourmile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 9.3 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Twelvemile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 8.5 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Eightmile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 7.0 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Sevenmile Creek PA · Lake Erie · 7.0 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Raccoon Creek PA · Lake Erie · 6.7 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Turkey Creek PA · Lake Erie · 6.5 corridor miles · Steelhead, Sept–May
  • Genesee River NY · Lake Ontario · 6.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Oak Orchard Creek NY · Lake Ontario · 5.9 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Rogue River MI · Lake Michigan · 5.6 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Brevoort River MI · Lake Michigan · 5.5 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Boyne River MI · Lake Michigan · 4.0 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Menominee River MI · Lake Michigan · 2.3 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Eighteenmile Creek NY · Lake Ontario · 2.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Black River NY · Lake Ontario · 1.5 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Manistique River MI · Lake Michigan · 1.5 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Escanaba River MI · Lake Michigan · 1.4 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Big Sable River MI · Lake Michigan · 1.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct
  • Oswego River NY · Lake Ontario · 0.9 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Sept–Nov
  • Bear River MI · Lake Michigan · 0.1 corridor miles · Chinook salmon, Aug–Oct

Tail-off — 1 river

Staging — 5 rivers

  • Grand River OH · Lake Erie · 31.5 corridor miles · Steelhead, Oct–May · 1 day out
  • Chagrin River OH · Lake Erie · 27.5 corridor miles · Steelhead, Oct–May · 1 day out
  • Ashtabula River OH · Lake Erie · 25.6 corridor miles · Steelhead, Oct–May · 1 day out
  • Vermilion River OH · Lake Erie · 23.6 corridor miles · Steelhead, Oct–May · 1 day out
  • Rocky River OH · Lake Erie · 11.9 corridor miles · Steelhead, Oct–May · 1 day out

A stage is this site's reading of a curated window against a date. It is not a report from the river and nothing here has seen a fish. The live map adds what this page cannot: water temperature, flow, and the staging estimator's own distribution across the zones of the sixteen rivers it models.

Where these rivers are

104 run rivers on 10 shores, drawn one shore at a time and each river in the colour of its own run stage today. One frame over all of them would be mostly open water, and these shores sit under 6 different rulebooks.

Lake Michigan — the Michigan shore26 run rivers on this shore, 26 inside a window today Peak run · First runners
Lake Superior — the Minnesota shore19 run rivers on this shore, 19 inside a window today Peak run
Lake Erie — the Pennsylvania shore13 run rivers on this shore, 13 inside a window today First runners
Lake Superior — the Michigan shore11 run rivers on this shore, 11 inside a window today Peak run
Lake Huron — the Michigan shore9 run rivers on this shore, 9 inside a window today Peak run
Lake Ontario — the New York shore7 run rivers on this shore, 7 inside a window today First runners
Lake Superior — the Wisconsin shore7 run rivers on this shore, 7 inside a window today Peak run
Lake Michigan — the Wisconsin shore6 run rivers on this shore, 6 inside a window today Peak run
Lake Erie — the Ohio shore5 run rivers on this shore, 5 inside a window today Staging
Lake Erie — the New York shore1 run river on this shore, 1 inside a window today Tail-off

Drawn 1 October 2026. The ground is the subbasin mesh the app scores in, so the coastline is where the mesh stops rather than a separate shoreline; the mark at each river is its mouth, drawn for every river including the handful whose whole run corridor is under a mile and has no line to show.

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