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Is the North Channel Muskegon River good for rainbow trout?

Open North Channel Muskegon River on the map → See North Channel Muskegon River on the live map → Every reach coloured by water temperature, with the public land and access points along it.

What the state's records say

Introduced from Pacific-slope stock in the 1880s. The lake-run form — steelhead — is the same species, and the rivers that hold resident rainbows are largely the rivers steelhead run.

Is the water cold enough

No USGS gauge on this river reports water temperature, so there is no measured July mean to put beside the species' band. MDNR's classification of the typed reaches is not recorded, and that is a classification rather than a thermometer.

What you may keep

No trout-stream designation in Michigan's file falls on this water, so the state's general inland rules apply. Michigan regulations →

What to fish for it

• Fish Eggs — October–January and April, #10–16
• Little Black Stonefly — January–April, #16–18
• Little Brown Stonefly — February–April, #12–16
• Blue-Winged Olive — March–May and September–November, #16–22
• Blackfly — April–June, #18–22
• Blue Quill — April–May, #16–18
• Cranefly — April–June and September–October, #6–10
• Grannom — April–May, #14–16

The insects recorded from this river's region, earliest first. The full calendar →

More about North Channel Muskegon River

North Channel Muskegon River — live water temperature, regulations and access

• When to fish the North Channel Muskegon River, Michigan
• How to get to the North Channel Muskegon River, Michigan
• North Channel Muskegon River fishing report
• North Channel Muskegon River fishing regulations

Nearby rivers for rainbow trout

• Crockery Creek 13.7 mi