Family wedding mid-August. Type of fishing suggested. Some river, lake or the big lake. Thanks for any leads

No idea about fishing, but western Michigan is a nice place. Wife and I got married up there. Holland is neat town. There's a great grill your own steak place just south of Allegan. Also Salt of the Earth in Fennville is good too.

go fish the Pere' Marquette up in Baldwin. I think it is 2 hrs north of Grand Rapids.

The better fishing is up north in the LP.

I live twenty minutes south of Grand Rapids.

I enjoy Lake Michigan charters for lake trout and (allegedly) salmon. Salmon might already be moving into the rivers to spawn in southern MI in August. They are more likely to be out in the big lake the further north you go. Lake trout are always available in the big lake and plenty of folks offer charters out of all the lakeside towns: saugatuck, Holland, grand haven, pen****er and ludington are all within reasonable distance from GR to book a charter.

As mentioned, pere Marquette river is a good option for rainbows, Browns, and maybe salmon by August, but there's lots of small stream fishing for trout if that's your thing. Hell, I have a trout stream in my backyard.

The Lookinglass river a little further east is reputed to be 'world class ' smallmouth fishing but I've never fished it.

You are never more than about 3 miles from a navigable body of water, so there's just too much to mention it all. Reply back with what you really would like to fish for, and I'll get you some more detailed info.

My cousin runs Hot Spot Sport Fishing Charter out of Grand Haven.