michiganborn 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2012 Spent a day on the Maple River in Northern Michigan, rated as a blue-ribbon stream. I fished a section of river located approx. 1 mile from the river's dam, the tailwaters of which being the blue-ribbon rated section. Despite not having the prestigious rating of it's downstream section, the stretch I fished was a brook trout heaven. I caught 18-20 fish, I lost count after around 16. All of these brookies were caught on a single parachute adams fly! The thing got so beat up that I ended up applying floatant after every hit, which were almost on every cast. I fished ripples around evening. I only managed, or tried, to take a picture of one fish... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2012 that is some great brookie area one of my favorite creek and river is just east of it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michiganborn 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2012 East? I can't think of and named rivers east of it. Well, unless you mean the east branch of the Maple. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2012 no I mean the Black river and Canada creek they both are top notch fisheries for brookies and they are just east of Cheboygan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michiganborn 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2012 Ohhhhh ok. I was fishing about 2 miles West of burt lake, a bit farther than I thought from your areas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutguy 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2012 Someday I have go fish Michigan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2012 one of these days we should hook up and hit them brookies hard my wife got a 17 1/2 inch brookie out of the black river and I have caught many over 14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michiganborn 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2012 The one near Alpena? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2012 well its the same one but we fish the area near Onaway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites