Michigan Brown Trout Festival

The longest-running fishing tournament in the Great Lakes has taken over Alpena's boat harbor every July since 1975, ten days of anglers working the waters of Thunder Bay for brown trout, walleye, steelhead, salmon, and lake trout - with the closing Super Tournament carrying a $10,000 top prize. It's run entirely by volunteers, and they take the water personally: after realizing the festival was burning through 25,000 plastic cups a year, they scrapped them altogether to protect the bay that makes the whole thing possible.

Dates

Mid July (2027 dates TBA)

Town

Alpena, Michigan

Venue

Alpena Boat Harbor, Alpena, MI

Price

Free (tournament entry fees vary)

Type

Fishing / Food