Michigan is well known for fishing and Roscommon is no exception, with the vast fishing lakes of the region during the summer months or ice fishing in the winter. Higgins Lake is home to Pike, Trout, and Perch and Houghton Lake is home to Walleye and Perch. 

The Au Sable River is bountiful and famous for fishing as it has around 476 miles of streams within its system. Most of which hold prime fishing waters. The river's mainstream flows for about 129 miles.

The river itself starts a little north of Grayling and flows for about 100 miles into Lake Huron. The Au Sable River flows southwards, paralleling another famous trout stream, the Manistee River, for about 12 miles. While the Manistee River eventually flows southwest into Lake Michigan, the Au Sable goes East into Lake Huron.

There's a reason that the Au Sable is considered a paradise for trout. This stream offers up a bevy of brown trout, as well as brook trout and some rainbows. But anglers can also expect to run across steelhead and salmon during their spawning runs from Lake Huron.

The trout, salmon, and steelhead are a mix of both wild and stocked fish depending where you are on the river.

The Au Sable is located near Grayling and is a quick jaunt from town. The river just north of Grayling and flows around 100 miles before ending in Lake Huron. It's one of the top trout fishing destinations in the United States.

The upper area of the river near Grayling receives water from the North, South, and East Branches, all of which are excellent trout streams. The Au Sable also offers an excellent salmon and steelhead fishery if you journey below Foote Dam in the last several miles of the river.