Manistee River - Lower (below Bear Creek)
Manistee County · Michigan
The lower Manistee below Bear Creek to Manistee Lake is navigable by boat and produces excellent salmon, steelhead, and brown trout fishing with plank-boat trolling and drifting.
Water Info
- River Miles
- 25
- Type
- river
Special Regulations
Standard river trout/salmon regs.
Species Present
Access Points (10)
- Bear Creekboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- Blacksmith Bayouboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- Bridge Streetboat launchBoat Ramp
- High Bridgeboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- Manistee Riverboat launch
- Old US-131 SFCGboat launchBoat Ramp Parking Restroom Accessible
- Rainbow Bendboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- Red Bridgeboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- US-131 Roadside Parkboat launchBoat Ramp Parking
- West Sharon Roadcanoe launchBoat Ramp Parking Restroom Accessible
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