freestone river · salmon · steelhead · trout

Platte River (Honor)

Live conditions for Platte River (Honor): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

128cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.34 ft

Engine callGO 128 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 04126740. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Platte River (Honor) is a freestone river in Michigan, fished for salmon, steelhead, trout — brown. 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

Platte River State Forest Campground (Goose Road)carry
Veterans Memorial Park (near Platte River State Fish Hatchery, US-31/CR-669)carry
Platte River State Fish Hatchery & Weir accesswalk in
Platte River Park (Honor)carry
Deadstream Road take-outwalk in
Riverside Canoes / M-22 Bridge access (Lower Platte put-in)bridge
Platte River Picnic Area Canoe Launch (Lake Michigan Road)ramp
El Dorado Platte River Accesswalk in

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Platte River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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