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Menominee River Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

A Wisconsin-Michigan boundary river that reaches Green Bay at Marinette, with spring walleye runs, fall brown trout and a catch-and-release sturgeon season.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Flow
1,520 cfs
Air / High
58 / 63 F
Wind
SSW 7 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 04067500, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Menominee River feels the season turning: shorter days, grouping fish. The river is running 1,520 cfs, on the rise. Today brings cloud cover, wind SSW around 7 mph, steady pressure near 1025 hPa and a high of 63. Water sits around 62 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:25 AM-11:25 AM and 9:56 PM-11:56 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Brown troutExcellent

Close to Vermont's 53-66Β°F optimum, browns feed more freely; in fall, pre-spawn fish move toward tributaries and gravel, so fish streamers and keep off the redds.

WalleyeGood

Spring: post-spawn fish scatter and can be slow for a couple of weeks. Fall: one of the best windows, with minnows on jigs and three-way rigs as the water cools toward ice-up.

Tomorrow: Similar at 67 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Wisconsin requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $20.00 for residents. What a Wisconsin licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing walleye here? Check the size and bag limits with WI DNR before you keep anything. The season dates for Wisconsin, read off the agency, are on the Wisconsin seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from Menominee River near McAllister.

Flow, last 30 days

USGS gauge 04067500.

1,2611,5601,8591,520 cfs09/2310/0310/1310/23

Today’s flow against 56 years of October 23

At 1,520 cfs, the flow at USGS gauge 04067500 (Menominee River near McAllister) is at the 20th percentile for the date: below normal. In half of the 56 years of approved record the daily mean on October 23 was below 1,970 cfs; the highest was 8,450 cfs and the lowest 1,090 cfs.

p10 1,388median 1,970p90 5,953

Percentiles of the daily mean flow for this date, from the USGS Water Data Statistics API for gauge 04067500; today’s reading is the latest instantaneous value. Classes follow the ones the USGS used on its WaterWatch maps (retired at the end of 2025): below 10th, much below normal; 10th–24th, below; 25th–75th, normal; 76th–90th, above; over 90th, much above.

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp58 F
High / Low63 / 47 F
WindSSW 7-15 mph
Pressure1025.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain62% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:17 / 17:51
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~62 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Menominee River this week

The best day on Menominee River this week looks like Saturday Oct 24, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Saturday, Oct 24 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
9:25 AM-11:25 AM and 9:56 PM-11:56 PM
Minor period
3:48 AM-4:48 AM
Sun
07:17 to 17:51
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Showers, 7 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Menominee River: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Walleye illustration

Walleye

Best: spring and late fall, around dawn, dusk and night

A cool-water perch of large lakes, reservoirs and rivers whose reflective eyes are built for low light, so it feeds most at night and in murky water. The Missouri Department of Conservation ranks it among the continent's most important freshwater game fish. Spring: post-spawn fish scatter and can be slow for a couple of weeks. Fall: one of the best windows, with minnows on jigs and three-way rigs as the water cools toward ice-up.

Brown trout illustration

Brown trout

Spring along Great Lakes shorelines; low light and overcast days in rivers; fall spawning runs

A European trout first stocked in the US in 1883 and now fished in rivers and lakes nationwide; it tolerates warmer water than other trout, and mature stream fish feed mostly at night. Close to Vermont's 53-66Β°F optimum, browns feed more freely; in fall, pre-spawn fish move toward tributaries and gravel, so fish streamers and keep off the redds.

When to come: the Menominee River calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Walleye
Brown trout
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 62 F (estimated, not a reading).

4050607080JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~62 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Menominee River today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Brown trout led the card at excellent. High of 55 F, wind to 6 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Walleye led the card at excellent. High of 69 F, wind to 9 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Walleye led the card at excellent. High of 65 F, wind to 8 mph.

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Before you go

License

Wisconsin requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Boundary water: check the Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters section of the WDNR regulations and the Michigan Fishing Regulations for license and limit rules. Lake sturgeon below Grand Rapids Dam: catch and release only, first Saturday in September through September 30 (WDNR).

Access

Shore fishing and launches shown on the WDNR's Lake Michigan tributary access maps; Marinette and Menominee at the mouth.

About this water

A Wisconsin-Michigan boundary river bordering Florence and Marinette counties, Wisconsin, that flows into Green Bay at Marinette.

Fishing Menominee River: the full guide

A boundary water

Wisconsin's fishing rules list the Menominee River as Wisconsin-Michigan boundary water, bordering Florence and Marinette counties in Wisconsin and Menominee, Dickinson and Iron counties in Michigan. It enters Green Bay between Marinette and Menominee. Because it is shared, read the Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters section of the Wisconsin regulations and the Michigan Fishing Regulations before you go.

Walleye and the Green Bay system

The WDNR counts the Menominee among the four major walleye spawning tributaries of Green Bay. In its spring 2024 electrofishing survey of those rivers and the bay, crews caught 4,949 walleye averaging 21.7 inches, at 103.1 fish per hour of effort. The agency says shore fishing spots exist on all four tributaries and maps them in its Lake Michigan tributary access pages.

Fall brown trout

Wisconsin stocks Seeforellen-strain brown trout in Lake Michigan, and the WDNR says browns run into the Menominee, Peshtigo and Oconto rivers from late September into the winter, when shore anglers can find them in these tributaries.

Lake sturgeon

On the Menominee below the Grand Rapids Dam, Wisconsin opens lake sturgeon fishing from the first Saturday in September through September 30, catch and release only.

Common questions

Which license do I need?

The Menominee is listed as Wisconsin-Michigan boundary water, so read the boundary-water sections of both states' regulations before fishing.

Can I fish for sturgeon?

Below the Grand Rapids Dam, Wisconsin allows catch-and-release lake sturgeon fishing from the first Saturday in September through September 30.

When do brown trout run?

The WDNR says browns move into the Menominee from late September into the winter.

Is fishing good at Menominee River right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Oconto River30 miFord River39 miLittle Bay de Noc44 miEscanaba River47 miShawano Lake54 miGreen Bay55 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 04067500 β€” Menominee River near McAllister
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 17:00 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 45.3000, -87.7000 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 5, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 5, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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