Bass Fishing at Rifle River
How to catch bass on Rifle River

Grab your rifle and prepare for the hunting adventure of your life. Located in Michigan is the famous Rifle River, which houses a wide selection of species, including rainbow, brown trout, brook trout, carp, suckers, northern pike, walleye, white suckers, Chinook salmon, and the fabulous smallmouth bass? Lake Huron also sent over a group of Silver Bullets.

Along Rifle River, you will stretch across interstates, US Highways, State City Road, surrounding roads, River sites, bridges, rapids, major river sections, and minor creek and river regions. You want to bring along your waders, since in various areas you can cast your hook and line into the water, while standing on low soft flats.
Rifle River extends from Cedar River, Tittabawassee River, and so on. Rifle River moves along Omer near U.S. 23, Greenwood Road, Bishop Road, M-55, Melita Road, State Road, Maple Ridge, and Sage Lake Road. Rifle River is one of Michigan’s shortest, since it only runs 218 miles in each direction. The river however has long shallow medium channel pathways that extend to flat areas. The river also intermingles with deep changing direction holes and rapids. Even when the water is high, you can wade in Rifle River.
Rifle River during heavy rain storms will turn muddy, and during the cold Michigan winter months, the river will freeze. During summer months, canoes run the river, since the waters are clear down the channels. In short, you will not find dams to block your path.
Like many fishing grounds, Rifle River has limitations on size. The first day of October, you can only catch 15-inch salmon and trout, and you are limited to three. The river is accessible all year in specified sections. March 16 has a set limit on northern pike, and walleyes. You must release the fish between the last Saturday in April and on 16 March. On 1 January, you must release bass. You must release brown and brook trout on October 1. The area is restricted around Melita Road Bridge.

Rifle River runs into Saginaw Bay, and begins game area near the opening at Devoe Lake. The lake runs swiftly into Houghton Creek. Along the channel between Devoe and Houghton, and continuing downstream, you can cast your lines, and enjoy fly-fishing.
Michigan waters have a wide selection of fish, including bass, yet most waters contain trout. Some of the best largemouth bass fishing areas is around Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, and Lake Michigan. Actually, if you change the lake settings, to Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior you have spelled HOMES.

Michigan is the land of the Great Lakes. The history of Michigan is amazing, yet in the waters around California, one of the largest bass was missed, since the digital scale was not certified. The bass weighed around 25 pounds and 1 ounce, three counts higher than the World’s Record bass caught in Georgia. The bass caught at Montgomery Lake weighed 22 pounds and 4 ounces.
How to find bass: You will find bass at Devoe Lake, Lodge Lake, Grebe Lake, Grousehaven Lake, Pintail Pond, Millard Pond, etc. Around Devil’s Wash Basin and Lost Lake, you will find minnows, which you can use to catch the Rifle bass. NOTE: Get your permit to fish at the Park Headquarters.

After you finish a day,’s fishing you can use your rifle and hunt grouse, geese, ducks, woodcocks, turkey, rabbits, raccoons, squirrel, deer, beavers, mink, otters, muskrats, etc. Check with the state park headquarters to learn more about regulations.
Rifle River has bass, yet you must learn the hot spots to catch the species. Otherwise, you can cruise over to Black Lake where the smallmouth swims in abundance.