St. Ignace: At the Carp and Pine Rivers, shore anglers floated leeches for walleye and perch. Boat anglers targeting walleye on the Pine River either floated leeches or trolled nightcrawler harnesses.

Ontonagon River: Recent rain showers left the river water very dirty. Fishing efforts were fair to low over the past week. Walleye were reportedly caught in low numbers. Anglers seemed to have more success finding fish when jigging.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Ontonagon saw a low angling effort. Effort was even lower in Union Bay and Silver City. Rough weather occasionally limited access to the lake. Recently reported catches consisting of lake trout in low numbers. Coho salmon were also reportedly caught on occasion.

Black River Harbor: Fishing efforts from the harbor remained low. Rough weather conditions occasionally limited access to the lake. Recent catches consisted of lake trout in low numbers. Occasional catches of coho and Chinook salmon were also reported. Fishing activity was described as very slow by anglers.

Little Bay de Noc: Walleye anglers traveled farther south and focused on the outer bay. However, smaller walleye were reported at the bottom of drop-offs in the upper bay. Some anglers targeted walleye feeding on alewives near main lake structures. Anglers cast jigs and snap-jig-style lures. Smallmouth bass fishing was good.

Big Bay de Noc: Anglers reported catching a few large walleye. Anglers also noted that schools of walleye were spread out, making it more challenging to find fish. Smallmouth bass anglers fished near islands and areas with rocky bottoms, casting soft plastics.

Fairport: Chinook salmon fishing was reported as good. Anglers trolled areas near DeTour and deep water near the island chain, using flasher flies and spoons trolled near the thermocline.

Keweenaw Bay/ Huron Bay: Anglers reported catching low numbers of coho salmon as well as very few Chinook salmon in the last week. These were caught trolling crankbaits, spoons, and flasher/flies in 30 to 60 feet of water. Those fishing for lake trout were successful when trolling and jigging both natural and artificial presentations in 100 to 200 feet of water.

Marquette: There was a very limited number of fishermen around Marquette due to heat, wind, and thunderstorms. The coho salmon and Chinook salmon bite around Marquette remained very slow. Lake trout trolling from northeast of White Rocks out toward Granite Island accounted for many reports in Marquette this week, with a total of six lake trout caught.

Au Train: Only two fishermen were reported in Au Train. One angler had his limit of lake trout in two and a half hours. The other angler caught five lake trout in three hours. They were both trolling for lake trout in 150 to 180 feet of water northeast of Au Train Island, out in the flats.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: Anglers reported catching a fair number of lake trout while trolling spoons and flasher/flies around structure, with most fish caught near the bottom in 50 to 130 feet of water. Anglers targeting salmon saw mixed success, with a few coho salmon and Chinook salmon caught. These were taken on spoons fished 30 to 50 feet down.

Les Cheneaux Islands/DeTour: Anglers in Hessel caught good numbers of pike off the pier using live bait. Many were on the smaller side, but some keepers were mixed in. A few splake were caught while trolling out of the west entrance with stick baits. There were a few Atlantic salmon and walleye caught in that same area. Lake trout were caught outside of the middle entrance out of Cedarville while trolling spoons. The DeTour launch had been very busy lately with many walleye tournament pre-fishermen. There were two tournaments in the area last week, with another big one coming up this weekend. Anglers did well casting and trolling for walleye all around the islands north of Drummond. Herring fishing was reported to be very good, using small jigs with wax worms around the islands, including Fairbanks and the harbor. Some lake trout were caught in the flats this past week, but minimal reports of salmon.

Munising: Boat anglers did well when targeting lake trout trolling around Grand Island and out at deeper depths. Boat anglers also reported doing well targeting lake trout out on Big Reef.

Grand Marais: The lake trout bite was steady with boating anglers doing well trolling and jigging at various depths. Boat anglers also reported catching coho salmon while trolling west of the break wall.

– Michigan Department of Natural Resources