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Trout streams in Michigan
1,140 rivers in Michigan have a page here. Each one carries what MDNR classifies the water as, the reaches and miles behind that, where the public ground and the access sites are, and the water temperature — measured where a gauge stands in the river and modelled where none does.
By watershed
The 41 subbasins this site covers in Michigan, and how many rivers each one holds.
- Black-Presque Isle Watershed 103
- Boardman-Charlevoix Watershed 102
- Manistee River Watershed 87
- Au Sable River Watershed 67
- Ontonagon Watershed 67
- Muskegon River Watershed 64
- Au Gres-Rifle Watershed 62
- Sturgeon Watershed 58
- Pere Marquette-White Watershed 57
- Escanaba Watershed 47
- Dead-Kelsey Watershed 46
- Keweenaw Peninsula Watershed 45
- Betsie-Platte Watershed 33
- Betsy-Chocolay Watershed 33
- Tacoosh-Whitefish Watershed 28
- Thunder Bay Watershed 27
- Manistique River Watershed 26
- Cedar-Ford Watershed 25
- Michigamme Watershed 21
- Grand River Watershed 20
- Kalamazoo Watershed 19
- Pine Watershed 18
- Clinton Watershed 16
- Menominee Watershed 14
- Huron Watershed 12
- Cheboygan Watershed 9
- Fishdam-Sturgeon Watershed 7
- Brule Watershed 6
- St. Clair Watershed 6
- St. Joseph Watershed 5
- Saginaw Watershed 4
- Black Watershed 2
- Lone Lake-Ocqueoc Watershed 2
- Flint Watershed 1
- Shiawassee Watershed 1
- Carp-Pine Watershed 0
- Millecoquins Lake-Brevoort River Watershed 0
- Pigeon-Wiscoggin Watershed 0
- St. Marys Watershed 0
- Tahquamenon Watershed 0
- Waiska Watershed 0
Rivers outside those subbasins
5 more, biggest first. These sit in subbasins that do not have a page of their own yet, so this is the list they are on.
- Clinton River 1.7 mi · 755 sq mi
- Johnson Drain 14.7 mi · 49 sq mi
- Walled Lake Branch 10.5 mi · 24 sq mi
- Clinton River Spillway 2.2 mi · 10 sq mi
- Sump Drain 4.8 mi · 3 sq mi
The rest of Michigan
- Michigan trout regulations — season, creel and tackle, by designation.
- Open the map — every reach on this page, coloured by water temperature.