Fishing reports
6 reportsSummary of all reports
Biting
Fish in 6 of 6 reports · Mostly Yellow perch
- 6 with fish
Anglers have logged 6 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Yellow perch, Largemouth bass, Walleye. Peak season: January–April.
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River Rouge (Michigan) — a popular fishing spot. About 76 km long. Nearby towns: Dearborn, Detroit and Sterling Heights. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Nearest towns and cities
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Rouge — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 51 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.03 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +56°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits. The longest river around: all 5 neighbours are shorter.
Michigan: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined. The bottom row counts the catches logged on this water in each month.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak |
| White crappie | active | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | active | peak |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Muskellunge | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Walleye | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| White bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Coho salmon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Burbot | fair | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Catches here | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow perch | 4 | 67% |
| Largemouth bass | 1 | 17% |
| Walleye | 1 | 17% |
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Rouge — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
Biting
Fish in 6 of 6 reports · Mostly Yellow perch
Anglers have logged 6 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Yellow perch, Largemouth bass, Walleye. Peak season: January–April.
Measured river conditions are available for River Rouge: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge RIVER ROUGE AT SOUTHFIELD, MI, 2 mi away · measured 2026-10-21 02:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision