Baldwin Creek Lodge Reports

1-27-12 Fishing Report

2012-01-27T05:24:00.000-08:00

Wonder why there are not a ton of deer around anymore?

Aaron has a good day with the off color water and we lose big fish of the season so far

Mike with his nephew and a nice looking girl

D.W. with a stud of a male

Things are starting to happen up this way, get your spring dates in because my book has very few openings, if the warm weather sticks give us a call and enjoy a great day on the river.......

We are at the New Jersey Fly Fishing Show if your around come around and say hi:

http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Somerset__NJ.html

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

2012-01-18T07:31:00.000-08:00

Baldwin Trail
Report: DATE: 1-18-11 8:30a.m. BASE: 1-3 PAST 24 Hrs: 4"-7" CONDITION: Best this season!!! Good
Snow Yesterday and More L.E.S. Today

Hi guys with looking
at the 10 day forecast this should be the best weekend and week to ride so far
this year. Things are going to stay cold to freeze up that ground to help
improve the base and mother nature is putting on the lake effect machine today.
Get up and go ride no excuses!!
With the wet snow there are some low pine branches and a few tree's I had to
move out of the way. We are doing the Stay 3 nights get 4,5 free. and stay 2
nights get the 3 night free Sunday-Thursday.
See you on the trail
231-745-4401
mike@baldwincreeklodge.com
If you would like to see some pictures of the trails check out our blog
http://bclsnowmobile.blogspot.com

Happy 2012 Fishing Report

2012-01-02T10:09:00.000-08:00

Mr. Pearson enjoys the end of the year with me once again!

Double K train enjoy a couple days on the P.M. together

Lou lands his first steelhead!!

Charlie with a good shot with the boys

Casey getting a shot with Blue and Winston

Things are white outside I will miss the high 30 degree weather we had last week

More steelhead is Steve's New Years Resolution!

Lou's 2nd steelhead ever

Mavrick with a nice egg eating brownie

Finally the artist came up here and painted things white, this should get people on there snowmobiles, ski's, and snowboards and off the river. Actually we welcome all winter steelhead fisherman. Things are warming up again starting wed., making the tail end of this week probably a bunch of more fun.

Thanks for a great 2011 and let's make 2012 are best!!!!!

See ya on the creek,,,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

12-15-11 Fishing Report

2011-12-15T17:31:00.000-08:00

James gets a freshy on the STRIP!

The weather went from 55 yesterday to heavy winds and rain today great steelhead weather

Steelhead can warm the hands the old fashioned way

Still not a ton of snow so come before it devours us, there are plenty of steel to play with.

See ya on the creek

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Wed. November 30th

2011-11-29T19:08:00.000-08:00

Dr. Sprague with an awesome chrome hen steelhead what a fighter

Rosy Cheeked Steelhead and Customers, I love this time of year

"Delivering a steelhead to the net is much harder than a baby"
this veteran OBGYN Dr says

The U.K.'s best fisherman Danny with a nice chromer

Steve enjoys some balmy 34 degree rain and wind for a chrome rod ripper

Possibly worlds best father/husband Steve W. deserves this guy in a warm rain

2 out, 9th inning, yup Mr. Dunn finally lands a chromer before he heads to Florida well done my friend, great time as always

Things are looking chrome around here, come up and enjoy the holidays before things get to icy, snowy and cold. I have some good dates opening up and the fishing is there!! See ya on the creek!!!

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Cancer Survivors

2011-11-26T05:25:00.000-08:00

The reason for todays post is my 2 great friends that are battling cancer in there own heroic way. First my friend Stevo's wife is battling cancer and they just got back from a month in John Hopkins hospital in Maryland, we are praying for his daughter Sage, his son (BamBam) David and most of all his wife Margret.

My man man, great friend, one of a kind motivational person Joe Reed has been hampered with cancer and is going to his first chemo treatments this week, I KNOW as tough as Joe is he will battle through this and have on a head lamp this hex season, loving life at midnight chasing the big brown that is haunting him here are a few pictures that I have taken fishing with my great friend,

All of my friends out on the web say a prayer that Joe is back on the river soon!

As far as a real report me and Brent enjoyed a wonderful weather Friday and found some aggressive steelhead / salmon. We had good fishing for just a half day on the water. In a month I while really miss days like this, no ice in the rod guides, no icy boat ramps, if it's Late November and it's 50 you should go out and enjoy the day.

I have some open days next week, starting Wed, get up here and get a taste of fall chrome it's addictive..

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Happy ThanksGiving Report

2011-11-23T19:12:00.000-08:00

Marky with a fish that hit a small egg fly harder than I have ever seen! 2 days of fall steelhead where you had to work hard but the end result was just perfect! AS always great fishing with Hollywood Rue

Not bad for a retired cop!

Frozen guides 19 degrees morning temp, lets go hit the big man!

R Squared a.k.a. Ron Race with his first steel!!! Well done and very hard worked

Mike Big Lake Vet. lands steel on the last cast of the day right in the wood

Davey the youngest 75 year old angler I know

Dave has been fishing for steelhead many a years but he still loves that rod rip, can't wait until next fall guys

There is a few pictures for all of those that love the fish porn, If anyone knows how to make this blogger work easier I will be happy to post more often it takes forever to get this down somtimes,,,,,

Enough of my rambling I have a couple days open next week steel has not been every cast but every day you get a fight or a memory that is hard to forget that's what I love about fall-winter steel, if it was easy we would golf!!!!!!

Thank you every one for a great season for me on the river, I know I am getting grumpier as I get older, and your dollars our shorter so I apreciate you choosing Captain Mike over all of the other better guides................

See ya on the creek....

Captain Mike,
231-745-4401
mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

2011-11-18T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hey guy sorry for the long lapse in reports no good excuse, my best year for bookings mixed with a one year old, growing boat company etc. etc. I will try to keep up with the once a week thing. As far as fishing goes the upper p.m. actually has fishable #'s this fall going to winter, my best fishing for #'s has been on the lower big man, and p.m. Little Man is fishing better than it has in probably 5 years anyway great time to be out.

I finally have some open dates next week.......Looking forward to seeing you all this late fall winter....

Thanks for our best year ever!!!!!! Without you great customers we would be no where!!!!

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

2011-11-17T20:08:00.000-08:00

9-24-11 Fishing Report

2011-09-24T05:27:00.000-07:00

9-4-11 Fishing Report

2011-09-04T19:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry for taking so long for a report.......AK was great thanks Jimmy from www.naknekrivercamp.com great trip. Well I got back from AK and it was wow kings......Enough said. This is the best run I have seen since the mid-late 90's......We have open guides give us a call!!!!

Bernie B. from Chicago with his son C.J. having a blast this labor day weekend....

C. J. back from East Africa....nice king

This fish is as yellow as a perch

The colder water has really got fish cracking fly's....

Lee as young as ever,,,,these kings are very hard to land......I think Lee was 3 for 40 what a day.......

Big Roger an old King Pro,,,we had a great king day....

We had a blast on a very warm August Day

The smaller fish are nice to land...

2 great cops fishing,,,great fish Mac

Davey with a nice fish

Ron with his first king on the fly

Marky Mark has a permit for his guns

Always serious, no smiling here

This fish looks like a coho

Good fishing for his first time fly fishing for kings

Ron from New Orleans with his first king

Tony the king slayer

My man, Tony tone with a great king we had a blast as usual

That's a face everybody loves!!!

We like doubles

Chuck with his aviator glasses

Captain Mike and FireBall B.W.

Kings like crayfish patterns

Big Tom with a nice fish

Double CrankBaits at ready

Great net shot!!!

B.W. with a pig

Doubles are a good thing.....

Tommy steering one in.....

Brian with a giant

Tommy with a nice kinger

My final tribute to the school bus (fishing net), there is a reward for this net it is missing and I am very depressed

Well guys lace it up and dust off the rod's with fighting butts on them and check your Ferrell's we have been having a bunch of rods breaking.........

I had a couple cancellations in the next month or so 9-12, 10-7, 10-12,10-18

We have other great guides available if you need some last chin, give us a call.....

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

8-8-11 Fishing Report

2011-08-08T04:40:00.000-07:00

Hammer with his first waking experience

Mack got hit by a rock from a lawn-mower but bounced back nicely with a pig of a trout during a light rain storm.

The picture does not do this fish justice this was a great fish!!!

Night time stonefly's

Great picture

by Dustin from Branson

Cool Night Pics of the boat under lights

Big Jeremy from www.flysandguides.com and his awesome photographer friend Dustin enjoy a spin in his new stealth.

Eat your heart out John Miller....just kidding,,,,he is the master of bug shots

Well sorry for the long time in posting. The hopper fishing is very good and there is a few of the big ugly chrome things showing up in limited #'s. I have a few openings for the next couple weeks, the Pine if finally fishing good again and the daytime terrestrial fishing on the other cold rivers are doing well. Smallie fishing has been good on the MO closer to me if you have every wanted to fish above the dam in Croton it is a blast....

See you on the creek

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

7-9-11 Fishing Report

2011-07-09T11:44:00.000-07:00

Me and the Girl having fun in Maine at L.L. Bean and enjoying the same beach the Bush's use in Kennebunkport Maine

No good excuse for taking forever to post some pics of this year big bug festival but I did have some issues with my shock proof water proof Olympus taking a puke and having to have some great big fish pic's emailed to me, I have more that I am trying to get off the chip so those clients that are missing pics. I will get them to you. Enough about that crazy weather this June we had a definite late hex hatch and it was fun, usually not many hours of fishing but if you capitalize on that time you can score. We still have some big bugs coming off on some walk in tribs near me, also the big chrome fat summer kings are in, along with some great hopper fishing.

Bobby with smart fish late in the night

Camera phones stink

That is a serious man on a mission finally gets the monkey off his back with a great MI trout

Dub with his final Brown of MI

The start of the hex

Dr. Sprague with a real pretty fish

Big Brian making something out of nothing on a tough night

Snapping Necks

Cashing Checks

Finally my man Davey from San Fran scores with a big brownie

Ralph Ross with his first night hex brown

Holly Ross with a great night brown her first big night trout

Better pic's to come

Allen from Oregon with a stupid size fish

Kevin with a great trout

Ray with a great trout

I have Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday Off this Week come up and lets have some fun

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

6-17-11 Fishing Report

2011-06-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys it has been so long since a report, no good reason other than I have been really busy not sleeping mixing days on the flats of grand traverse and nights in the haunts of the Pere Marquette, + my usb cord for my camera was giving me fits.

Carp on the fly------------- for some reason they seem to get better looking on a pristine flat

Looks like I am pregnant in this pic

Dub before he heads to Idaho to guide strikes with a nice waking fly-----fish

Rain doesn't always put down wake fishing, not many big fish today but tons of smaller fish looking up

Spent a great long weekend in Maine with the family, more pics to come from Catie (my wife's) camera this seemed very camera worthy to my food driven eyes....Fresh Maine lobsters there is nothing better

Wayne on his first match the hatch, night fishing does very well

Riddick Bo's keep us smiling

Frank Rudowski from Ann Arbor area strikes with a great drake eating brown

Karl Stearns 75 and still striking what a great night with this young man!!!! Sorry about the drake in the picture....

Scott Gobal manager of Indy Orvis coming up to pick out his new stealth spends some time with Captain Mike

Nice Bow Scott

Come enjoy Grand Traverse Bay's Golden Bone experience the smallie fishing has been very good also

Old Pal Stevie Mueller from Chicago with a nice night time waking brownie

If your looking for that wall hanger you have always wanted the big bug hatch is a day or two away and will be running for the next 2 weeks after. Stay tuned for open dates as of right know I have this Sunday the 19th off this next wed. the 22nd, and the 26th open. The next three weeks of dry fly fishing will be the best of the year. Come join me for a mayfly frenzy....

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

5-23-11 Fishing Report

2011-05-23T07:07:00.000-07:00

Dry Fly Season is Here!

This fish hit a waking fly

Believe it or not there are still fishable #'s of steelhead

Great fish by Mike

Great fish by Mike C

Mike enjoying the day before the rapture

Great group trip with the Ross Family

George the Animal CPA with his first steelhead on a Fly

Babe Ruth : Brad called his shot on a nice Big MO buck

All the bugs are hatching and I have no more official steelhead trips but there are still quite a few pockets of them around in particular rivers. With the cold weather continuing the bugs will slowly hatch every decent night making a great extended dry fly season.

I have a few openings this week,,,,give us a call and get on some of the best dry fly trout fishing of the year. P.S. saw several big stonefly's (Pteronarcys) on the screens this morning ((Terry Time is Here!!))

See ya on the creek....

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

2011-05-18T04:15:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day with my Daughter visiting my Mom.

Dan with a nice girl

Dave with an old defensive male

This little guy fought great

Nice Pic Danny

Great fish for the Brit

This fish came before the hail

Jason with his first fish of his trip

After the hail from the day before on the big man, the mo was much nicer

Chairman of the steelhead slut fraternity Dr. Bell with a nice big water buck

Jason with a grip and grin

Jason was on his game on the big mo

"Hall of Famer" with another buck

"Prodigy" Nice white shirt

BW with a nice girl

Great day on the Mo with the Woidan bro's

Florida guys know how to fish, First steelhead for Burt

Brian enjoys the warm weather and the hard biting steelhead

Early morning steelhead

Burt strikes with a nice hen

The fish have been fighting great in the warm water

2 bros enjoying a day on the river

Cody senior in high school with his first steelhead

#2 is a very nice fish for Cody

The best graduation gift a kid can have skip school go steelhead fishing,,,,great job Ben with your first steelhead!

Hey guys for s0me reason the steelhead will not end,,,,,,With the warm weather coming be ready for great dry fly fishing on the P.M. I have some open days next week Mon. -Wed 23-25 shoot me a call for my favorite fishing of the year.......

See ya on the creek..

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Mother's Day Fishing Report

2011-05-09T04:42:00.000-07:00

Mr. Dan Corbett with his first male steelhead of his trip

Pretty streamer eating steel....

Nice fish Mr. Tennessee

Chris with on ole Wiley buck

We had another cold week, Mr. Corbett looks like Mini version of me

"Top that"

There is no other steelhead fisherman I know who can drink a 12 pack (pop of course) have literally no-working hip joints and steel slam steelhead.

Chris assaults the Big Man

Finally a warmer day

Dark water makes for aggressive steelhead

After loosing several great fish Dan finally gets an old aggressive male to really rip the fly, also half of a double the other half got knocked off by Captain Mike

Some David Chappelle and chrome steel, nothing is better

We nominated Chris into the steelhead slut fraternity

Big Ugly hex nymph took this hard fighting skipper

Karl swings things off on a nice cloudy day with a big buck steel

Mr. Stearns former school principal puts this girl into detention

The cold weather has keep the steelhead around this year

Karl with a hard fighting buck

Wow the water warmed up and so did the fish, Mikey V and Larry go 2 for the world on Friday, great day had by all, we didn't have to worry about camera batteries!!!

Well we have 2 more weeks of great steelhead fishing left on the Big Man, and MO------The dry-fly trout fishing on the P.M. will take off like a rocket here with this warm weather. I was surprised @ even with the clear water the P.M. streamer fishing is there.....This is why this is my favorite time of year.....

I have this Sunday the 15th open and the 16,17th next week.....

see ya on the creek,,,

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

5-2-11 Fishing Report

2011-05-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

Tom with a great looking male the P.M. had a great year

Brian and Captain Mike with a nice chromer

Tom with a nice chromer

B.W. with a hard fighting girl

Tom enjoying the P.M.

B.W. with a stud male

What a pair

Rick with a nice chromer

Dave with his first steel on a fly what a fight

Rick with a big man empty girl

Karl with a cold weather male

Rick with a foggy morning steel

Chuck and rick with a great fighting female

Mr. Excitement Chuck with a nice steel...

Wayne with a muddy water bute!

Red checked bucks are the best

This guy hit on the strip back,,,what a windy day on the big river

Wayne proudly with a male

Wayne with a nice chromer in his new stealth!

Browns are feasting on the egg bonanza

Here is Mr. Brownie from a far

Wow lots of water Sunday on the MO

120 Pounds is needed to hold in the heavy water of the Big MO

Life Jacket's anyone

High muddy/sometimes warm water has made big eats on stupidly large fly's fun

Sorry about my blog miscue's things have been busy around here. Amazingly there are still some steel around the P.M. and the tailwater's are just starting. We will have steelhead around with these cool nights for a while. Great season Pere Marquette!! And the surrounding tribs are still going, I saw heny's, some B.W.O's etc. Dry fly season is almost here......

I have a few open dates for this Saturday 5-7-11/and Monday-Tuesday 5-9,10 Open.

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Happy Easter Fishing Report

2011-04-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was Very Cold and so was the Fuson Boys but this fish warmed everyone

Roger with a Nice Steel on a bitter April Sunday

Big R. always catches the big males

Proclaimed Apple Aficionado Roger Anthony with another aggressive male.

Al due with a new baby soon lands a great female at the end of the day

Dr. Bill with a nice male steel

Dr. Bob with a streamer steel

Chris with a slob on a white streamer

We call these trout Jenny Craig's

Too much McMaster's whisky will keep your eyes closed all day

Chicago Tom with a nice steel

Tom loves to pick on the girls

T-Mac with a nice buck

Vet. of big fish Terry picks on another male!

T-Mac with a nice double striper

Tom with a very pretty fish

Tom with a rod ripping long fighting male!

Well folks last week was rough with the cold weather the fish kind of slowed down a hair, the tailwater's to our north and south really haven't even started yet and the P.M., Little Man, is still squeaking out a few fish here and there.......

If your worried that you may have missed your steelhead opportunity this year don't be sad we will have double digit fish days on the tailwater's until the middle of May, unless it turns 80 degrees for a week strait and I don't see that in our future...

I had this Saturday, Sunday opener of trout cancel April 30, May 1st,

other open dates May 5th, May 7th

See you on the creek

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

4-15-11 Fishing Report

2011-04-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

For some reason my blog is possessed so I cannot accurately word photos great job fishing this week, Doc Bell 2 day steelhead bender, Joe Reed great warm day on the water until the rain, Tomey family great job on your steelhead revenge, Henry the 8th nice brownie, Jim Dunn nice day steel fishing with you, Randy great job this year, Jim nice hat!, Steve H a forever pro. Hey guys I still have the cancelled days April 26-30 off these should be great tailwater steelhead dates. See ya on the creek, Captain Mike 231-745-4401 mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

4-9-11 (Spring is Here)

2011-04-09T05:54:00.000-07:00

Hi there the water is coming down but I don't know for how long, we are supposed to get some rain Sunday. The fishing has been fun of late and it is good to get out with some friends that have been fishing with me for an awful long time..... Lee still striking at a young age Lee has been fishing with me for more than 15 years and the big brown has always avoided him... Red headed stones have been working well Ms. Reeves Detroit Public Schools Veteran Teacher scores with her first brown The 20" mark has been a tough one for Mr. Duhaime 2 great friends on the river together Ms. Reeves with her first steelhead ever! She was a great student of the game Clouds and Rain perfect steelhead conditions Marky Mark with his biggest steel to date Low light conditions have been producing great fishing Big Fly's and High water makes fishing fun! Marky with first steel to the net on a great trip! Royal Oak Policeman of many years and great friend Dave with a nice brownie Great fish marky Rick James was in the house this date Dave with a face only a cop can make, but by far the nicest looking fish of the year Fish have been fighting very hard in this high water Davey had his best fishing Day in a long time yesterday, he had the hot hand We have had some openings come up because of different work schedules (government threatening to shut down etc.) I have Tuesday the 12th off, and the 18th,19th, then 26th-30th, all of these are very good steelhead dates. The weather is nice get out and enjoy the fishing!! See ya on the creek,,,, Captain Mike mike@baldwincreeklodge.com 231-745-4401

4-5-11 Fishing Report

2011-04-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hi guys the water has come up a bunch making for somewhat tough wading. Be careful and use some sensibility I don't want to lose anybody this year. Well last year we were begging for water and this year well I am happy fish fight hard and eat ugly fly's. We are also walking in on some of the northern rivers the little man opened April 1, the river should be wadeable for this weekend I think? Hammer with a couple nice blizzard steel

Stevo with a nice brownie at the end of the day

The Center's enjoying there new 16' Power Drifter

Nice Steelhead young lady!

Leo with a great steelhead at the bottom of the 9th of a very cold day

Dr. Bob with his first steelhead

Mr. Pearson with his final steelhead of the evening

Nice Hat Steve

Leo with a bottom of the 9th last swing steel

Nice brown Cynthia

Stephen with a great steelhead

Hammer like's the cold rain steelhead fishing (no one is on the river!)

I have had a few last minute cancellations: 4-12,13,19 (Great steelhead Dates!) then I am full until middle of may.....

Be careful out there the river's will descend and the steelhead will ascend!!!

See ya on the river

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

3-26-11 Fishing Report

2011-03-24T04:39:00.000-07:00

The fishing has went from very good in the warmer weather to a hair tougher with the colder water temps. Fish are starting to get use to the colder weather and are finding there normal haunts. This is good because our run was going to be over to quickly and this will make the steelhead in the river stick around for a while.

Hamid with his first permit on the fly, with famous guide Roger Merine, he landed that one on a 5 weight very impressive.

If your already wasting time in your office here is an awsome flick on fishing with our friends the Merine family on Amerguis Cay http://www.currentsofbelize.com/

Ella's first St. Patty's Day

She like's her Kiss me I'm Irish Shirt

My new stealthcraft model

A very questionable 75 dollar ticket considering car spotters have parked here for years

Although I was 15 feet from the No Parking Sign I still got a sign for parking to close to a no-parking sign, some confusion on a complex crowded situation at Gleason's

Dr. Sprague with a nice brownie in the March blizzard

Nice snow male was a fun fight

Maverick from Top Gun was in my boat Saturday-Nice fish Kev.

Dr. Bell works had for this male

Jason with another nice male-he had a hot 2 days of fishing

Brown #3 for the trout slayer

Nice fish from the 2 chairman of the steelhead slut fraternity

Nice Corn Cob Jason

Casey with an impressive first steelhead

Jason and Doc Bell enjoying some time on the P.M.

Doc. Bell with his packer hat wore proudly

Trout Slayer with #1 trout of the trip

Captain Mike was Casey's best friend when we finally got a steel to the net great job fighting this grumpy male

Belize Picks: Landing a nice permit with friends casting to more in the background

Permit are the hardest fish to land on a fly in the world

This bird had good pemit karma

I miss that 85degree weather

I like my racoon eyes from the sun

My favorite fish to go after

I had a couple lucky days fishing in San Pedro

Nice big eye landed in front of scary kay - Leonardo Di Capario owns it 1k a night to stay there

My first of the trip caught on foot

Andy with a nice fish

Backwater Bone

Emailed pics are distorted sometimes

Big Permit Andy

Nice Bone Aaron

Another big bone from Aaron

I have had some cancellations for the next month or so: I do have a few open dates: March 29-30, Sun. April 3-4. Then it's fairly tied up until middle of May. Give us a call if your looking to hook into some chrome.....

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

3-1-11 Fishing Report

2011-03-01T08:28:00.000-08:00

Fishing at home was starting to heat up right before I left,,,,,,,,,thought I would leave the Baldwin Fish Porn out being I am not even there..........but we are having a blast in Belize wish you were here,,,,I have internet access every three days or so,,,if you need something shoot me an email,,,,,I did have some cancelations for April so I have a couple days that opened up.......

See you March 10th

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

2-3-11 Fishing Report

2011-02-03T09:37:00.000-08:00

Big lake guru's Mike and Dave joined me for a great day on the river

Skippers seem to hit harder than adults,,,

The river conditions are different daily,,,shelf ice, boat ramps etc are a constant in your brain but if you get out and enjoy the snow it can be well worth the time. Come get the cabin fever out of your veins......We did get the 10-18" of snow so be careful two-tracking I got the avalanche reallllly stuck the other day putting the boat with a big ego.........It is supposed to warm up this weekend I have it open should be some fun fishing

See ya on the creek

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

1-14-11 New Year Fishing Report

2011-01-14T09:00:00.000-08:00

James Jr. with a nice chromer

If you like to be the only person on the river,,,now is the time

Get out and see some white and chrome stuff. I will be at the Ultimate Fishing Show this Weekend in Novi, we are bringing a flat's boat and a drift boat looking forward to seeing you there.

http://www.showspan.com/UFD/Home.aspx

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldiwncreeklodge.com

Happy New Year Fishing Report

2011-01-02T07:27:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year from Everyone @ Baldwin Creek Lodge!!!!!!

Ella brings in the new year

Josh would say she needs to fish the mo-hawk

Winston introducing the 16' Power Drifter

I like our new stickers! So do trout

Plenty of Dog Room

New Tunnel Hull

Steve's first strike with chrome

The rod rip of hardware hit is always fun

Over cast, 32, misty and cloudy perfect steelhead conditions

Nice Winter Buck

Steve really deserved this great day of fishing he has earned his stripes!

For sure hat of the year!

Epic Fight

This male was a great memory, Great way to end the Day

Hamid breaks in his new boat with a nice Buck

Hamid's boat has good fish catching charma!!!!

Not much rain but we did have snow melt to move all the fish around. The fish in the lower river have moved and we can actually probably see some fish in the fly water. It was amazing not to be able to see every inch of the river,,,,,,Look for new chrome to replenish the old......

see ya on the creek,

Thanks for a Great Year----and let's make 2011 our Best!

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.om

Merry Christmas Fishing Report

2010-12-24T11:45:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas from everyone @ Baldwin Creek Lodge
Thanks for a great year!

LSSU Freshman Ryan lands his first fish of the day a great fighter!

Todd with Christmas Double stripe Male

Nephew Ryan goes out with Uncle Todd and lands his biggest. Great looking female

This buck sealed up a great winter day,

Skippers spread holiday cheer!

We had some fun with some traditional fly fishing methods, it helps when the guides unfreeze and you can cast some line!

Brandyn with a nice fish taken on green headed leach

A great fighter taken on a swung bug with one of Eumer's tube fly's with the cool washer head

Merry Christmas

If your looking to have some fun next week on the river the weather looks to be holding up give us a call.

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

12-21 Fishing Report

2010-12-21T05:09:00.000-08:00

Things have chilled up a bit since my last report. Shelf Ice, Slush etc. The boat ramps have become a bit of a pain and the winter extra effort is there but if your looking to have a break in your Chirstmas Vacation on the river your time will play fruitful with a adrenaline rush of the Almighty steel.

Debra comes through in the 9th inning for a landed steel

Duane all the way from California with a nice brown

Today was a bit colder than California weather but this helped the heat level in the boat

Been spending some time float hunting for whitetail with good friend W.C.

The deer yard up feeding on the cedar brows in the winter

I have some open dates around your chirstmas vacation give us a call.

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

231-745-4401

12-13-10 Winter Fishing Report

2010-12-13T06:01:00.000-08:00

Winter is here, yesterday we got a good push of snow and we have some cold weather ahead. Any day over 25 degrees should be worth a slide -literally into the river and a shot at some wild steelhead. The scenery is great and a visit from the eagles may be all you see for the day. Bill and I had a fun day before the snow came,,,,,,,,never getting the giant to the net but having a fun day in solitude.

Bill from the east side of the state is spoiled by our blessed splendor of migratory fish

The fish and the people have red cheeks in this weather

Captain Mike keeps the rust off with a splendid silver salmon

Bill with a fish that fought harder than it's size

Hooking a fish on a very long drift is a bunch of fun!

The fish were on the bite the day before the storm hit us....

Skips are fun to get the juices flowing

I have some open dates from now until Christmas,,,,

Looking forward to seeing you

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

12-6-10 Fishing Report

2010-12-06T05:46:00.000-08:00

Cold weather is here, along with some snow, (around 4-6 and still snowing) the winter blanket is very beautiful and the rain we got last week has brought some fresh fun fish in the system. Bring some gloves, hat and a camera----- things are really pretty this time of year

Jason with a bent rod to start the great two days of fishing. Secret d-icing guide systems are shared quietly this time of year.

Fresh winter fish are a bunch of fun this time of year

Two eagles small black spots click to enlarge try to kill a steelhead, do these guys have a bag limit?

1inch of ice accumulating on the tackle tray, it's amazing we still had good fishing considering how cold the outside temps were.

Here is the fresh steelhead the Eagles got-or tried to get before we saved him, believe it or not I was checking the inside mouth of this fish to see if it was a Coho or a steel(Kind of dark for a fall steel) ((It was a fall steel)) anyway when It came alive flipped off the log next to the river and swam away, Mr. Bald Eagle is mad,,,It is great this time of year when an eagle is the only competitor you have on the river.

Dr. Bell with a great fish in a winter back drop

Nice Coho, I wish this was our most populas salmon

You never know what your rod may be bent for

That will warm the hands up

One of the few males in a huge batch of hens

That was worth the drive from WI

First steel of the morning for the president and founder of the steelhead slut club

This red cheeked bute was a great way to end a great winter day on the water

Almost routine for the Dr.

Fresh fish can be aggressive even when it's cold

Jason was on a conference call and I decided to make sure the rust was still off

Fresh chrome is very addictive

If you look close you will see a smallish orange egg pattern these fish were getting kind of picky, although they didn't fight like the were that cold, the line from the weekend "Daddy can Fish"

This fish hit in the most obscure spot

Winter time fun

Steelhead Slut team in action, every hobby needs a hat, and a magazine

Winston is also a lifetime member

Jason say's "I don't even set the hook on fish that size"

Any day over 27degrees should make for some heart stopping action

This fish jumped way to many times considering how cold the water is!

Looks like an AK leopard rainbow

Low light is the time to converge on winter steel

This fish has not been in the system very long

2 friends enjoying a great day on the water!

Saturday was the drive to WI and Sunday started early with some of the best tailgating in the world, Go Pack Go,,,,Dr. Bell has the tailgate down to a fine science

We slummed it in the warm confines of the sky box, who says Green Bay is cold this time of year

I have some open days from now until Christmas, sh0ot me an email or call.

Guide trips are cool gifts and you don't have to go battle holiday traffic, Catie makes a nice Gift Cert.

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

12-1-10 Fishing Report

2010-12-01T03:55:00.000-08:00

This weekend I took the long trip to Arkansas on the white river. Dropped off this new 16'SuperFly to Lee we had a fun trip and turned a few of the famous huge browns that the White is known for. It was really nice fishing in a t-shirt.

James Jr. and Sr. http://www.naknekrivercamp.com/ and I went for a last day of rifle season float hunt and we decided to scout a bit for some of my upcoming guide trips. Needless to say there were a bunch more steelhead around than shooter bucks. By the way the water we got yesterday and the snow that is coming down is helping the low river conditions, look for steelhead to be on the move up river.......

Nice Hat James!!

That is a new fish!

It was fun to have a bent rod Tuesday, perfect conditions warm, cloudy

Here is a wierd find, a small king, not sexually mature coming up river feeding

I have some open day's next week Tue Dec.7th, 9th, and 11-12

Let's have some fun chasing steel, maybe a late season grouse shoot-should be good with the little snow we have

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Turkey Day 2010 Fishing Report

2010-11-24T16:12:00.000-08:00

Well the rain didn't do much in the coloration of the water but it seemed to move the fish around and considering the bitter cold a shot of chrome in the arm can really help. Covering lot's of water and keep swinging for the fences will get you a bent rod. If you have only experienced spring steelhead you should come up and feel the tranquil of this time of year, it's fun not being able to see the fish.......

That's a great father and son shot!!!

As you may know or not:::: Tony is the best Autistic Steelhead Fisherman in the country and one great friend

Father and son having a blast on the P.M.

Tony says "that's two"

Tony says "That's 3",,,he is really good with #'s

Dad (Vince) last of a great day

T.T with an epic battle,,,if you are in a 2 mile radius you will be sure to hear Tony when he lands a big steel.

Big Tony with his first of the day

Tony put's the hurts to a skipper

Vince with a great male,,,getting close to the wood is important this time of year

Joe. Swantek still landing big steel, at the young age of: (he says no comment) (Green nuke egg was the fly of choice),,,,,Boy this was a cold morning after the 65degree weather we had Monday, it was 28 and windy,,,,Joe really warmed up when his indicator went way dowwwwwnnnnn...... This fished jumped 5 times

Finally!!!! We said...........Sandro with a great Steelhead after going like 0 for the world

Mike with day 2 of Steelhead fury

Mr. Chicago gets the afternoon going

I hate when I forget my normal camera Nice fish Mike

Big Mike with a swung steel

The Steelhead ambassador Big Joe with the best fight of the year, fish fight good when the water warms up.......We had 65 degree outside temps, Monday

Captain Mike open guide dates: Nov.30th, Dec. 2, 3rd

From my Golden Winston, Daughter Ella, Captain Mike and Wife Catie

Happy Thanksgiving

Get Outside

See ya on the creek!!

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

11-20-10 Fishing Report

2010-11-20T17:42:00.001-08:00

No Rain as of yet but we are still having fun chasing silver. Stealth and persistence pays off!!! We are still enjoying decent fishing considering the tough water conditions. Steelhead have to eat, and they know that winter is setting in,,,,each one of these rod rippers is memorable

John Kluesing puts Hamid on a great chromer, It's winter hat weather!

Mike and Captain Mike converge on a fall steel....

Mike with a nice early morning skip

Mikey with a hard fighting chromer

Mr. Chicago with a great looking buck

Sorry about the smaller shots, the program would not format the pics correctly. Mr. November Joe Reed has a great fall after-n0on.

These fish really rip line, send that back to Chicago young man

A bit sunnier than I would like but we connected throughout the day

Mack with a huge coho, along with a giant early morning steelhead,,,Big fish missed the camera this day for Mack, great day previously grouse hunting Doc.

Opening day steel on the steelhead bugger for Mr. November--- What a fight---Why go fish for Tarpon this fish was out of the water more than in.

Captain Jack with Captain Mike. This is my Wiley father he got me hooked on fishing at a very young age.

I have some good fall steelhead dates opening up: Nov.29-30

See ya on the creek,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

11-8-10 Fishing Report

2010-11-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

Hi been a while since the last post. Things are low and clear but with proper presentation and a little Stealth we have been getting some fish to the net. Fall Steelhead are really the king of the fresh water when it comes to a fight. Small egg patterns, some nymphs, instinct bites like big streamers and of course a bit of hardware sprinkled in. This time of year fly's can keep up with bait.

Mark with a nice fall coho

Steve with a really nice king landed for Nov. 7th caught on the swing

Marky Mark with a nice skip

Great shirt Im Rick James!!!!

Cold Fingers hot steel

Fall rod rippers there is nothing better,,,,this guy came on a very bright flashy streamer

Great fight for Officer Mac---taz him dog

Skips love egg patterns

My favorite way to end the day after a long day on the water

The clocks have went back so less time on the river

16'SuperFly on it's way to a new proud owner

16' Mossy Oak Superfly

Fall Chr0me is king,,,,Great job Kevin

Vern finally connects with the net after a couple heartbreakers

I wish we had more silver salmon,,,they are so aggressive

Kevin likes when the indi goes dowwnnnn

Indi fishing with fat lines is a great technique this time of year

Mr. Reed with a hot fish

The tug is the drug with a swung streamer

Twilight Steel says Joe

Bald Eagle sitings are on the rise

Hardware is a fun way to cover water this time of year

Big E with a great fish

Big E with one of many from this great day

Big or small ho's and bows are my favorite

Early Chrome

One of many great kings we got last week

Dustin and Josh salmon slayers

Doubles it is!!1

Browns love eggs this time of year

Dustin the king stud

Tony one great salmon fisherman with his proud dad Vince

That is a smile that is contagious

Big T with his second King ever, this young man has had a rocky road health wise,,,, but his great attitude is so much fun to be with on the river!!!!

Finally we got it to the net! What a great bud Tony is to fish with

I have this Sunday 11-14, next wed. 11-17,18,22 open come feel the thrill of fresh fall Steelhead.

Maybe come cast and blast with us nothing like floating the river with a rod in your hand and a gun/bow close to the other.

See ya on the creek Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldiwncreeklodge.com

10-21-10 Fishing Report

2010-10-21T06:05:00.000-07:00

Hi guys amazinly still a bunch of fresh kings around the P.M. Steel are slowly creeping in more in the tailwaters but the p.m. has a few around. The rain last night did not do much but more is coming. We could use about 3 inches. Trout are starting to spawn alongside the big kings.....

thanks for a great salmon season guys,,,and we are coming into a decent steelhead season considering we have no water.....

I have some good dates starting to open up 10-28,29, Nov. 3,4
Grouse hunting, Late Salmon, Steelhead fall is fun
Mike

Big River--- Big Swung Steel, Sorry about the phone photo

Nice trout Larry

Nice Bird Day with Bob and Wes

Peter with a nice king

Jerry with a freshy

As you can see a very cold morning

Jim with a nice king

Top That! Chris

Dan with many over the 3 day salmon fest

Osprey in action

Father and son duel

Tenn. in the house

Dan with a epic fight

Egg eating king

Tom M with a nice fish

Nice egg eating brown

3 woodpeckers in one tree!

See ya on the creek!

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

10-10-10 Fishing Report

2010-10-10T04:50:00.000-07:00

Wow the fall colors are something else this year!!!!! 0-4 for fall steelhead to my net this year so far. The Big Man is picking a few more on the steel side but mostly skippers as of right now. As you can see my prediction of a late run is right on track with peak like numbers coming in staging for a drink of higher water. Lots of nice looking trout rustling behind spawning fish. If you think you missed the salmon run it is still here in full force, with a rumbling of steelhead soon after a nice rain.

MSU Forestry Prof. (Larry) had a great day on the P.M. Go Spartans

Kathrin was one of my best first time anglers ever in my boat

Kathrin is also a MSU student, yesterday was a good day for the green and white

Kathrin with a big head shaking female, well done!

Great father - daughter day

Fall colors are post card like

Craig karate chopped this nice male! (he is a karate instructer)

Former principal Tom got his groove going nicely the other day in the lower p.m.

Nice group of friends enjoying there salmon week, Mike V, Tom, and Craig

Lee is as young as ever,, had a great couple day's hooking kings with me

The blue bird day's have been great but we could use some liquid from the skies

As Lee would say he is lucky that only the good die young!

Dr. Nash and Arnold join me for a late float and Arnold hooks up with his first king

John and Big Bill have a day off from the office and tee off on some high end king fishing

2nd of 3 landed doubles of the day

Kings have been liking Green Caddis

The Federated Boys put up some numbers on a cold Oct. morning

Les represents MSU with a nice king

Les and Al enjoying a great day on the P.M.

Al with a smallish king.....

Roger with a head shaking male

Finally Bill Says, actually one to the net,,,fresh kings are hard to land

Jon Kolehouse from www,riversbendguideservice.com. enjoying his new StealthCraft

Dean and dad cash in on some fun kings

Peach was the yarn of choice a couple days ago

Mark and Justin on a great trip fishing

Marky is dialed in on kings

Not bad for your first time salmon fishing

I have a few clutch October dates open: Oct 20,24,29-31

See ya on the creek

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

9-30-10 Fishing Report

2010-09-30T05:01:00.000-07:00

Hi guys fishing is still as I said earlier int the last report about 2-weeks behind the norm. Believe it or not with the flooding just west in Wisconsin we never really got much of that rain, we are still low and clear and in need of H20 to really get the run rocking like the old days. But overall there are plenty of fish around and enough for everyone to have some fun. We hooked a nice chrome steel in the lower river yesterday and there should be more to come. If your looking for some fall steel , or some late king- coho (on our secret river) fishing my schedule does not open back up until Oct.20,21,28,29
Captain Mike
231-745-4401
mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Doc Bell with a lower river rod-ripper, I love making kings BITE

Doc Bell with his first lower river king of the morning!

Jerry with one of his many of his trip

Fall colors and sunset's,,,Nature's Splendor

Wife and husband team

Cris with her first king landed on a fly rod

Salmon will eat fly's

Cris with a nice male Chinook

Fall colors are here

Big Bill lands a nice king

Tim lands a nice king and takes a pic with his son's blue fish toy, you always have to remember the little one's!

John with a small king

Tom with a nice fish

Who says people from Ohio can't fish

See ya on the creek

9-19-10 Fishing Report

2010-09-19T20:20:00.000-07:00

As far as a fishing report goes, if your pretend that that it is 2 weeks early the salmon run makes complete sense. We are still fishing the lower river and finding sporadic fish some days better than the others, depending on rain weather etc. Just remember the 2 week rule on planing on areas to fish and you will be in good shape. There will be a ton of kings around well into the middle of October.

See ya on the creek,
Captain Mike
231-745-4401
mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

Hamid and boys with a rod ripper today

The boys are getting dialed in on fishing for salmon

Pike are always fun!

Greg with his first king....

Pro. Kevin with his first king fishing this way

Matt finally breaks his no-king slump

Matt and I enjoying a fun day in the lower river

Matt and dad with a chromer

Mike V with his first chromer of the day

Matt with his first king

Joe Reed celebrating a day on the lower p.m with me and the Sweet Lynnie II

Joe with a chrome king on his favorite color PERCH

Dan with his first chrome king

Joe with a dandy fly rod king

Dan with his second king of the morning

Caution all lures kings are mean!!!Hearbreak hotel for that angler

Jeff P. with a nice lower river king

Jeff with his first king of the morning

See ya on the river
Captain Mike

Ella Has Come in With the Kings!!!

2010-09-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

If I would have measured here she would have been 20" but we could only squeeze 19" out of her!

There is mom with a drug free natural labor,,Well done Babe!

Thank God Dr. Gentry is a Packers Fan!!!! Nice Pull Dr. G.

Smaller for being almost 4 days late, She was born 9-8-10 @ 11:19p.m.

Dad with my future fisherwoman Ella Catherine Batcke

Back to fishing we have been hitting some fish in the lower river on plugs and big streamers

Joe lands this smaller chromer after loosing a real giant

Browns are starting to hit Eggs, Creston lands a couple nice browns fly fishing for Kings on the Big Man...

This fish was a great payback from a very windy weekend, nuke egg eating king....

Creston gets his king groove on finally after going 0-25 last year

Dave W, Dad and Sister fish with me in the rain but we had a great sendoff to CA. Love you guys,, Best luck to you guys in California

Steve W. lands his second mouse fish last week

Steve lands his first mouse fish

Big Dan lands a great Bow on a mouse...

Whatever you want to do this is a great time to do it......

I have a couple open days this month,,, I just had the weekend of the 18-19 cancel and I still have the 14-15 open from Dan R. days canceling.....

Hope to see you guys this fall

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com

8-28-10 Report

2010-08-28T17:45:00.000-07:00

John April's Cool 13' Sniper (Winston spots a feeding fish)

Off to the Rockies goes another StealthCraft!

My wife Glowing with a future fly fisherman: Home stretch is here!!

Toledo based Brian having fun throwing small attractors on the P.M.

Just a couple more day's of trim (4 layers of carpet and viola hardwood floors)

A team building day for StealthCraft employees; me on the oars and Brett on the Rod

Well done Brett on his first King on a CrankBait!!!!

Pro photographer Nicole posing with Captain Mike on a Nice Summer Day

Early morning aggressive kings,,,that hit is addictive!!!!

Hi guys sorry for the biggest lapse ever for me on reports but I have been super busy. As many of you many already know I am going to be a father in a than a week so I have been busy remodeling our home, guiding some and building boats. Needless to say no spare time for much of anything that starts with the word F. Fun, Fishing Etc. if you catch my drift,,,,

As far as a fishing report--- Here it Goes: I have been trout fishing on the upper P.M. (small mayfly's, trico's) in the morning,,,,hoppers as the warmth of the day comes----Trout fishing on the Pine- (hoppers, nymphs) ((this river is fishing better each year after the 08 flood))---The Little Man. also surprised me on the trout fishing last week.

The big fish are at least 3 weeks behind from last year and probably a good week from normal. The rivers to our north have had a few more fish in the them the P.M. is just getting started.

I have a few key dates open from cancellations. These are actually all dates that should be after the baby is due. (Sep. 5th)

Here is what I have open for this fall. Sep. 7-8th, and the 15-16 of Sep. then I am all sewed up until Oct. 16th.

Hope to see you guys soon

See ya on the creek,,,

Captain Mike

231-745-4401

mike@baldwincreeklodge.com