Always a great stop for all your fishing needs. A great source for gossip and tips on the local…read moresystems.

Very rude salesman. My son is an experienced fly fisherman and wanted to pick up new flies as we…read moreare from out of town, for his birthday today. We asked for help and the man couldn't have been less helpful or less kind.

We go up to the Wellston area 5-6 times a year to visit my wife's parents and finding Schmdt…read moreOuutfitters was an answered prayer. There are plenty of small rental cabins and motel style lodging but Scmidt's tops all other that we have stayed at. Schmidt's may be a few more dollars then the rest in the area($85 / night) but well worth it, things are clean, well maintained, no musty moldy smell, a great place to come back to after a long day kayaking, mountain biking, beach ect.. We always stay in one of the standard cabins, mini kitchen, full size fridge, micro, coffee maker & coffee

The Manistee River is one of my favorite places to wet a fly. I caught my first trout on its…read moreheadwaters, my first steelhead in the tail water. And Schmidts Outfitters has always been there anytime I needed something. This little shop has everything you could possibly need for a fly fishing outing. Need a place to stay? Reserve one of there cabins. Trust me you will not be disappointed. By far the best place to stay in Wellston. The rooms are clean, and modern. And the price isn't to bad either. Need an experienced guide? Schmidt's has the best guides in the area.

Great service, and good variety of products. The guy working filled my propane tank and put it…read moreback in my truck so I didn't need to struggle with it. I'll stop here again!

From the owner: We specialize in outdoor cookware, camping gear, propane filling service, gourmet BBQ sauces and…read morerubs, and campfire grilling smoking accessories. Authorized dealer with a large selection of Lodge cast iron cookware, Bayou Classics cookers and stockpots, and Billy Bones BBQ sauces and rubs. Located North of Baldwin on M37 near Wolf Lake, stop by and see us, we're eager to serve you

Great people and great atmosphere! What a fun place with a creative menu! The outdoor patio is…read moreprobably fantastic in the summer and indoor arcade is such a fun added experience. Definitely a great place to stop when in Manistee!

The service has been great and the burgers are perhaps the best in the area. The loaded fries are a…read moremust have. The indoor and outdoor dining options are great.

I'm a new fly fisher woman so I'm not informed enough to fairly critic an outfitter but I will say…read morethat D-Loop was a-okay. The motel is your typical northern Michigan low-slung type building. It's very plain, very brown, very simple and quite comfortable and clean. The guides accurately told us to expect the hex hatch to occur between 10-11 PM. Right around 10:45 when we thought it just wasn't going to happen it did. We were fishing the Pine that day and night. The D-Loop is a small but tidy operation and I will return. Next time maybe I'll land my first brown:).

From the owner: Service is our name! From a one night stay with us to a week long fishing package, you'll be in…read moregood hands at D-Loop!

So, I come to Glen Lake in October thinking that I'll spend a couple of weeks, shut the cottage…read moredown, and not see it again until Feb/Mar, right? Ahhh...how easily the most simple plans go awry. In this case, I couldn't tear myself away from off-season Glen Lake and then got trapped here by the weather - it's December and I'm still here, sans appropriate outdoor gear. I did not pack for winter - I packed for fall and now I'm paying for it. We're talking plastic bags over my sneakers just to go outside due to the snow and the pipes freezing in the washing machine after I'd loaded 75% of our clothes in with soap. I'll go ahead and answer that question that is running through your mind even as I type; yes, I AM a complete idiot. What to do? Head into the Sportsman Shop in Glen Arbor. Although quite small, they have a great selection of high quality mens and womens coats, sweaters, shirts, long underwear, socks, foot gear, etc. at very reasonable prices. I've purchased a lovely, well made and much needed pair of boots for myself, some jammies & pants for the fella and we're set to go until the roads are safe to head back to Chicago. Good variety of Woolrich, Columbia, etc. in clothing and sporting gear for fishing and hunting and they even offer chartered fishing trips. Look for significant discounts after Thanksgiving - there are bargains to be had. Very friendly and helpful staff (I went in not knowing the fellas pants size and the incredibly nice saleslady helped me find a pair that fit him perfectly) and open year round to save dumb asses like myself from their ill conceived follies - I highly recommend this incredibly useful store.

From the owner: Charter fishing trips aboard the Mariah and Pierpressureread more

The store itself is wonderful. Everything you'd need for all your sporting avocations…read more On a recent visit to purchase a handgun, the store clerk commented on the .22 caliber not being good for self protection. I agreed and said I'd just be using it to plink or target shoot. I commented that its small caliber would probably be easy for my wife to shoot as well. At that moment almost gleefully ( not exaggerating) she said "I can't sell you this gun because you're buying it for your wife". I was stunned. I said I wasn't buying it for my wife and said "I felt it was something my wife could handle as it was a small caliber" . She then said " What I heard is you're buying it for your wife". I was so shocked by the rudeness, brusque, way that she responded. I said thank you, grabbed my license and left. I'm 64, have been a FOID card from Illinois for over 30 years. I understand gun laws, and even saw the sign on the counter regarding the illegality of buying a firearm for someone else. Her attitude was unprofessional, irresponsible, and contemptible. What could have easily resulted in a 400. Sale resulted in nothing. When I returned home and told my wife we decided to check Yelp. Low and behold, what did we find? Check out Yelp when you can. Suffice it to say, we, and the dozens of friends and family members we tell will not patronize that store again. As a former carpenter we had a phrase fir someone not quite right in the head "a bubble off". This store should really consider keeping this individual, who was identified by another Yelp commenter, away from the public.

I went looking for ammo, targets, and earplugs. I found everything I needed the prices were good…read morevery nice selection. Will go back again.

Love this store - the best Ludington and Hamlin merch! Highly recommend when you're in the…read moreLudington area.

After a little bit of searching, we found that Provisions seems to be the only game in town for…read morerenting cross country ski equipment. Once we found that out however, we were all set. We went to the store, got all fitted by a knowledgeable staff person and we were set to go. Prices were very affordable and the equipment seemed to be of pretty good quality. They had lots of other stuff in stock. If you plan a summer trip and realize that you need another swimsuit or your forgot yours, provisions is a couple of blocks from the lake and will have you in the water in no time. The only reason I deducted a star was because we had a little bit of trouble returning our equipment: we were told to return them on Sunday, however, when we went to the store there was a sign that said they were closed on sundays. They really opened at noon, but we had no idea. They were nice enough to take them back after we left them next door, but it would have been nice if they were a little more clear.