Lake when the season turns
The cottages empty after Labor Day, the color lands over the water by mid-October, and the panfish keep biting into the cold.
Tag: Fall
Sears when the season turns
The crowds book July and leave by Labor Day. The river, the color, and the quiet all arrive after.
The Pere Marquette State Trail near Hersey
Paved rail-trail from Reed City through Hersey to Evart, past the settlement that founded a county.
Hersey when the river cools
Everyone floats the Muskegon in July. October gives you the cold river, the color along the banks, and a village with the lights off.
Staying in Merritt
A dot in Missaukee County where the young Muskegon River pools behind a 1940 dam. Fishing, a dirt track, and deep quiet.
Merritt when the season turns
The Dead Stream Flooding turns cold, the maples come in October, the fishing holds, and the speedway closes for the year.
The Marsh They Built: Haymarsh State Game Area
A 6,700-acre state game area outside Barryton — a made lake, four flooded impoundments, pike and panfish, and birds worth the cold.
Barryton when the season turns
What October and November bring to the marshes, hardwoods, and river branches around Barryton — and what to pack for it.
Chippewa Lake when the season turns
The boats come off after Labor Day, the color runs the hardwoods in mid-October, and the walleye keep biting into the cold.
Where the Hersey meets the Muskegon
The Hersey River, thirteen and a half miles of cold trout water, empties into the Muskegon at the village that shares its name.