Guide - Baldwin, Michigan
Year Round Guide on the Pere Marquette, Manistee, Muskegon, and White Rivers

Ed is a great edition to our lodge. He graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in both Fisheries & Wildlife and Zoology. While attending MSU he worked on several graduate research projects studying stream ecology and fish biology throughout Northern Michigan. "I was very fortunate to be able to study (and play) on some of our more notable rivers such as the Pine River, Manistee River, and the Au Sable River while I was at Michigan State University". Ed was also involved in graduate research at the University of Michigan studying salmonid recruitment in the Muskegon River. Through this education and wealth of experience Ed has acquired a deeper understanding of trout/steelhead/salmon behavior, life histories, ecology, and fish habitat preferences. Ed has also logged over 100 - 150 rod-days per year since 1992. His fishing experience includes distinguished rivers such as: the Upper Manistee River for trout; the Au Sable River for trout; the Big Manistee River for steelhead, salmon, smallmouth bass and pike; the Betsie River for trout, steelhead and salmon; and of course our home water here on the Pere Marquette River for trout, steelhead, and salmon. His favorite types of fishing are for trout on the Upper Manistee River during the summer months, and fall steelhead on the Pere Marquette River. "I enjoy every aspect of fly fishing whether pulling streamers for large aggressive fish, casting dry flies for surface feeding trout, or nymphing the endless pools and runs on the PM in search of trout and steelhead". He is available year round to take you fishing on some of his favorite water found throughout Northern Michigan. He is an accomplished fly fisherman and a very talented guide who is willing to share his extensive knowledge with you. Fishing with Ed is truly an educational experience!

Ed enjoys trout fishing the most. His favorite trout fishing water is Upper Manistee River.

Fisheries Management, Population Analysis and Management, Wildlife Biometry, Human Dimensions Fish and Wildlife Management, Ecology, Ichthyology, Stream ecology, Limnoloty, Invertebrate ecology, Aquatic entomology.

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