USFS Manistee River – Rainbow Bend Access Site

On the banks of the Manistee River at the U.S. Forest Service Rainbow Bend Access Site, two universally accessible fishing piers provide people with physical limitations the opportunity to experience the world-renowned fishery. Concrete walkways and barrier-free...

USFS Bear Creek Access on Manistee River

Bear Creek, the largest tributary of the Manistee River below Tippy Dam, boasts a bountiful fishery in its own right, so the U.S. Forest Service site where Bear Creek flows in the Manistee River provides access to the best of both worlds. The Bear Creek access...

Stronach Boat Launch & Fishing Pier

Whether you’re watching your rod lodged in a sand spike or simply wandering the shores, the Bar Lake beach offers a year-round opportunity to enjoy the serenity of a still, waveless morning or the windswept breakers of a Great Lakes storm. Bar Lake, and its outflow,...

Little Manistee Weir

The Little Manistee River weir plays a significant role in ensuring the multi-billion dollar per year industry that is sport fishing in the Great Lakes region.The Little Manistee River weir in the summer, before the grates are put in This is the only steelhead...

First Street Beach Fish Cleaning Station

The fish have been caught, the boat is docked and everyone is getting hungry for dinner. But first, someone needs to clean the fish. People using the fish cleaning facilities at the First Street Beach cleaning station in Manistee, MIA station for just such purposes...