Little Bay de Noc: Fishing pressure out on the bay greatly reduced. However, some perch anglers continued to venture out and reported fair numbers of perch being caught. Anglers out of Kipling were fishing in 40 to 45 feet of water. The cove near the bridge at Aronson Island was also producing fish. Anglers were using minnows and wigglers.

Keweenaw Bay: Anglers were beginning to report more fish near river mouths and in shallower water. Coho, lake trout and herring were seen in near shore waters from 40 feet of water all the way to around 8 feet of water. Some anglers continued to have success out in 140 feet and deeper when fishing for lake trout, but pressure largely shifted to near shore. Casting open waters from safe locations resulted in some occasional catches but expect more as the weather warms back up. Anglers had the most luck with natural baits in shallow depths, but fish were biting on a variety of natural baits. Anglers should try sight fishing while on the ice.

Munising Bay: Ice conditions were at two feet or more in areas due to shove ice although there were a few pressure cracks showing up by Grand Island. Fishing pressure in general was very low. There were anglers out who had success for coho with some limits reported. A few lake trout anglers were out and reported fair action, but nice eaters were around 3 lbs. The splake action was picking up with most averaging around 17 inches. The smelt action was good, but they appear to be moving around but in general there were large schools present with coho gorging themselves on smelt. Burbot anglers did good with some fish reported to be spawned out.

— The Michigan Department of Natural Resources