Is the Pine River good for brook trout?

Yes, on the classification rather than on a thermometer. Michigan stocks brook trout into the Pine River, and MDNR classes most of its typed water as cool — but no USGS gauge on this river reports water temperature, so this site has no measured July mean to hold against the 53–61 °F band this fish wants. Fish of 6–11 inches are what Michigan reports as typical. The river is designated Type 1 and Type 2 trout water, which is what sets the size and creel limits.

Open Pine River on the map See Pine 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

Species: Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
In Michigan: native
Record here: stocked — no survey record on this water
Holds in: 53–61 °F, stops feeding above 68 °F
Typical: 6–11 inches
Spawns: October and November, on gravel in groundwater-fed shallows, often at the mouths of seeps rather than in the main current.

Native throughout, and the fish of the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower's spring creeks. Lake Superior's coasters are the same species run to the lake.

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 Cool, and that is a classification rather than a thermometer.

Gauge	Now	July mean
WOLF CREEK AT PINE GROVE ROAD NEAR VESTABURG, MI	58.6 °F	—

What you may keep

Reach type	Miles	Minimum	Season
Type 1 Designated	28.1	7″	Last Saturday in April–September 30th

From Michigan's own regulation tables, per designated type, and the current digest is the authority rather than this page. Full regulations for this river →

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 Pine River

Pine River — live water temperature, regulations and access