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Tip<\/h3>\n
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North of M-55 is best for brown trout, while south of M-55 is best for steelhead.<\/p>\n
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Area Spotlight: Rifle River Recreation Area<\/h2>\n
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So many great fishing spots!<\/h4>\n
The Rifle provides fair to good brown trout fishing during the spring until about the last week of June, and again from about Labor Day until the end of the trout season. At these times, spin casting with hardware and streamer fly-fishing are productive methods. The slack fishing period which occurs during the summer appears to be the result of high water temperatures coupled with low stream flow.<\/p>\n
Except for Skunk Creek and Ammond Creek, most tributaries north of Selkirk can be described as good to excellent trout streams. Of these, Klacking, Houghton, Gamble, and Wilkins creeks are the best. Clacking Creek has an excellent population of brown trout with many fish larger than 14 inches and with some going over 20. Fishing is usually a challenge on this stream due to its extreme clarity.<\/p>\n
Gamble Creek is a good brown trout tributary and enters the Rifle via a diversion ditch around the northwest end of Devoe Lake.<\/p>\n
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Houghton Creek is an excellent feeder stream to the Rifle River and is large enough to support fly-fishing, after it is joined by Wilkins Creek. A previous state record brown trout of 36 5\/8 inches, weighing 17 pounds five ounces, was taken from this stream in 1952. Although brown trout typically predominate in the tributaries of the Rifle, some fine brook trout are also present.<\/p>\n
Of the tributaries which center below Selkirk in Ogemaw County, only Eddy Creek can be considered a good trout stream. The West Branch of the Rifle, a sizable tributary, supports fair to good trout populations above Flowage Lake. From Flowage Lake to its confluence with the mainstream, the West Branch is considered nontrout. At this point, the West Branch represents about a third of the Rifle\u2019s drainage area.<\/p>\n
Each spring, the Rifle supports a tremendous sucker run from Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron. While most of the excitement and activity relative to this sucker run takes place in the lower Rifle near Omer, the run extends to nearly all the waters in the system. For example, both Klacking and Prior creeks receive heavy runs.<\/p>\n
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Find bait at these locations!<\/h2>\n
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