Muskegon & Oceana Counties
White River
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Current Conditions
No one has reported from the White recently.
Live Flow Conditions
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Flow only — no temperature sensor at Whitehall.
Public Access Points
Salmon & Steelhead on the White
Run status is rebuilt twice a day from the live gauge and the DNR's own run windows. The windows are typical timing, not a forecast — what actually moves fish is water temperature and a rise, and the run tracker carries both for every river at once.
Kings Chinook Salmon
Tailing off
Typical: Aug 26 – Oct 26, peak Sep 16 – Oct 6
Coho Coho Salmon
Building
Typical: Sep 11 – Nov 13, peak Sep 29 – Oct 26
Steelhead Steelhead
First fish
Typical: Sep 25 – Apr 15, peak Oct 25 – Dec 20
Upstream limit
Hesperia Dam Hesperia has a fish ladder, so some fish continue above it, but the dam pool is where the fishing is.
Access
Hesperia Dam, Pines Point, Diamond Point, Sischo Bayou. Both. Wade at Hesperia and Pines Point; float the middle river.
Crowding
Moderate. The White is the quiet alternative to the Muskegon and it stays that way most years.
Regulations
Standard Lake Michigan tributary regulations; check for gear-restricted sections.
What to throw
Same as the Muskegon, scaled down.
More: the salmon run tracker for where every river stands today, and steelhead rivers for whose fish these are and what you may keep.
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