River · Chippewa, Michigan
Saint Marys River
At a glance
Who lives here
- Atlantic salmon Salmo salarStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisStocked · 2017 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Brown trout Salmo truttaStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Lake trout Salvelinus namaycushStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformisStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Walleye Sander vitreusStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database)
- Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordaxReported · 2022 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
- Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatusReported · 2022 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | Lake trout | 24,887 | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Lake trout | 25,324 | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Lake trout | 33,746 | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Lake trout | 16,318 | |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Atlantic salmon | 21,433 | |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Atlantic salmon | 26,290 | |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Atlantic salmon | 11,582 | |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Atlantic salmon | 11,904 | |
| May 19, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 9,150 | |
| May 19, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 9,149 | |
| May 13, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 800 | |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Lake whitefish | 8,288 | |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Lake whitefish | 15,164 | |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Walleye | 69,670 | |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Walleye | 141,295 | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Walleye | 24,888 | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Walleye | 24,572 | |
| May 29, 2025 | Atlantic salmon | 25,258 | |
| May 29, 2025 | Atlantic salmon | 23,378 | |
| May 29, 2025 | Atlantic salmon | 12,295 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 122.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
What's biting
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
- Fish stocking: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Fish Stocking Database) · State of Michigan open data terms (https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=fc7739be5f5247e7bf7f2c6bc9471140, read 2026-10-19): "This dataset is a public record and, as more fully described below, there are no restrictions on the use, reproduction, or distribution of this dataset." The terms also carry a release of claims and an unlimited indemnity, accepted under the owner's 2026-10-19 rule. Credit the agency; remove the layer if the agency asks.
- Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0) · CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, checked 2026-10-18): the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database is published through GBIF as "no copyright" — "The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law". GBIF dataset d6cc311c-c5ab-4f23-9a20-10514f9eb9c4, licence CC0_1_0; cite U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database.
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Great Lakes bathymetry) · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105; NCEI: "not subject to copyright protection"; data.gov: CC0 1.0)
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.