BirdTroutOpen the map Is the Tawas River good for splake?
Michigan stocks splake into the Tawas River. This site holds no temperature measurement for it. Fish of 12–20 inches are what Michigan reports as typical. The river is designated Type 1, Type 2 and Type 4 trout water, which is what sets the size and creel limits.
What the state's records say
- Species
- Splake (Salvelinus fontinalis × Salvelinus namaycush)
- In Michigan
- hybrid
- Record here
- stocked — no survey record on this water
- Holds in
- 52–62 °F, stops feeding above 68 °F
- Typical
- 12–20 inches
- Spawns
- Autumn, and largely academic: splake are a hatchery cross of a female lake trout and a male brook trout, and reproduction in the wild is rare enough that the fishery is the stocking.
A hatchery hybrid, stocked into inland lakes and parts of the Great Lakes. Michigan is the only state on this map that ships a splake record at all, and it is a stocking record.
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.
| Gauge | Now | July mean |
|---|---|---|
| Au Sable River near Au Sable | 64.8 °F | 75.5 °F |
What you may keep
| Reach type | Miles | Minimum | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 3 Designated | 6.0 | 10″ | January 1st–December 31st |
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 Tawas River
Tawas River — live water temperature, regulations and access