Fishing guides on the Big Manistee River.

The Big Manistee River is fished by 8 guides in the Driftline directory in Michigan. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

8 guides · Michigan

The Big Manistee River is fished by 8 guides in the Driftline directory. They are based in Frankfort, MI, Branch, MI, and Manistee, MI, plus 4 other towns. Trips run as drift boat, jet boat, walk and wade, and nearshore for salmon, steelhead, trout, walleye, and northern pike. The guided season on the Big Manistee River runs year round. You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

On the Big Manistee River, photographed by Chromeseekers SportfishingChromeseekers Sportfishing, MI
On the Big Manistee River
8 guides on the Big Manistee River
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Which guides fish the Big Manistee River?

Chromeseekers Sportfishing, Indigo Guide Service, Manistee River Fishing Charter, Northern Rivers Outfitters, Red Beard Guide Service, and Rippin Drag Charters, and 2 more listed below. Every listing links straight to that operation, with their own water, phone number, and booking page.

What fish can you catch on the Big Manistee River?

Guides here run trips for salmon, steelhead, trout, walleye, northern pike, brown trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout. What is biting shifts through the year, so the guide sets the day around what is fishing best.

What kind of trips run on the Big Manistee River?

drift boat, jet boat, walk and wade, and nearshore trips. Trip lengths, group sizes, and what is included are set by each guide directly.

When can you fish the Big Manistee River with a guide?

The guided season on the Big Manistee River runs year round.

Where is the Big Manistee River fished from?

The guides listed here work out of Frankfort, MI, Branch, MI, Manistee, MI, Bitely, MI, Grant, MI, and Mesick, MI, plus 1 other towns.

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes: everyone fishing Michigan waters needs a valid Michigan fishing licence, bought in your own name from Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Guides do not sell it for you.

How do you book a guide on the Big Manistee River?

You book directly with the guide, from their own listing. Driftline takes no commission and no booking fee, so the price you get is the guide's own.

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