freestone river · trout
Manistee River (Sherman)
Live conditions for Manistee River (Sherman): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
1,020cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp52.5°F
Stage12.02 ft
Engine callGO 1020 cfs in the wade band · 53°F
The water
Manistee River (Sherman) is a freestone river in Michigan, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Deward Access (Fayette Road)walk in
- Cameron Bridge Roadbridge
- County Road 612 Bridgeramp
- M-72 State Forest Campground Boat Launchramp
- Hole in the Fencecarry
- Hole in the Wall Landingcarry
- Tree Farm Landingcarry
- Burnt Cabin Landingcarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.