Ontonagon River: The river saw a fair amount of fishing effort. Anglers reported that walleye were caught in fair numbers by those trolling and jigging alike. Anglers had the best luck finding fish in the early morning hours.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Angling efforts in Ontonagon were good over the past week. Efforts out of Union Bay and Silver City were slightly lower. Fishing on the lake was productive, with anglers recently reporting good numbers of lake trout. Anglers found success while trolling across a variety of water depths.

Black River Harbor: Angling efforts out of the harbor were fair to low over the past week. Reported catches consisted of lake trout in fair to good numbers. Catches of coho salmon were also reported on fewer occasions. Successful trips appeared to result from spending longer periods on the water.

Little Bay de Noc: There were some reports of successful walleye trips where a few fish were caught. Anglers trolled crawler harnesses and cast jigs with crawlers or reaction-style snap jigs. Overall, fishing was slow for most, and the bites proved hard to come by. Anglers targeting smallmouth bass reported good numbers of catches while casting toward structure or areas with a presence of gobies. Some anglers caught smallmouth bass on nightcrawlers, while others caught fish with soft plastics. Yellow perch anglers reported fair to good fishing.

Big Bay de Noc: Smallmouth bass anglers reported good fishing when going out of Nahma and Ogontz. Anglers using natural-colored artificial baits reported good fishing, as did those fishing with nightcrawlers.

Fairport: Chinook salmon anglers reported catching good numbers of bites. Most of the fish caught were smaller, and anglers generally reported fewer adult fish around the Fairport fishing grounds, suggesting that some of the adult salmon were headed toward river mouths. Steelhead were caught by anglers targeting salmon.

Keweenaw Bay/ Huron Bay: Anglers reported that lake trout fishing was fair. They had success trolling spoons and flasher flies in 100 to 120 feet of water. Anglers also reported that salmon fishing was more productive last week, with coho salmon and Chinook salmon being caught.

Marquette: Lake trout were still being caught consistently north of White Rocks in 200 to 250 feet of water. Anglers trolling from northwest of the White Rocks out toward north of Granite Island were still doing well in deeper waters, but it seemed like most of the fish were suspended at around 120 feet during the week. Anglers were seeing fish throughout the water column, but they were in deeper water before they started catching fish. If baitfish were marked, those areas tended to produce good results.

The Clay Banks fishing was very slow. Lake trout were caught in Marquette this week, with a few coho salmon here and there. The lake trout were caught in depths ranging from 80 to 120 feet, while the coho salmon were found a bit shallower, in 40 to 60 feet of water.

Au Train: Warm, windy weather pushed the lake trout fishing out deeper that week, but anglers caught good sized fish about 10 miles out from the boat launch. Anglers willing to travel a bit farther than the usual flats northwest of Au Train Island found good success. They were either trolling for Lake Trout in around 150 to 180 feet of water northeast between Au Train Island and the Wood Island Reef or in approximately 200 feet of water.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: Anglers reported catching good numbers of lake trout while trolling spoons and flasher flies. These fish were caught in 60 to 150 feet of water, with most being caught near the bottom. Anglers also reported that jigging for lake trout had been productive over the past week. Very few coho and Chinook salmon were caught; these were taken using spoons and flasher flies down 60 to 80 feet in 100 to 120 feet of water.

Munising: Fishing activity was slow due to inclement weather this past weekend, but boating anglers caught lake trout near Grand Island while trolling and jigging. I started to see some Chinook and coho salmon being caught by boating anglers trolling the bay and around Grand Island. The splake bite was also good for boating anglers trolling the bay.

Grand Marais: Fishing activity was slow due to inclement weather this past weekend, but boat anglers did well on lake trout, both trolling and jigging for them at deeper depths.

St. Ignace: Anglers were advised to try trolling spoons, J-plugs, or flasher-fly combinations as the salmon prepared to stage outside of Nunns Creek and the Carp River. There were no reports of walleye from the Carp or Pine rivers.

Les Cheneaux/DeTour: Anglers in Hessel caught lake trout out of the middle entrance in the big waters, as well as a few small Chinook salmon. A few smallmouth bass were caught within the Hessel area as well, but they were tight-lipped. Good numbers of pike were caught and released in both Hessel and Cedarville while casting artificial baits. Perch fishing was non-existent, with very few people having any luck. Water temperatures within the islands seemed to stay between 76 and 81 degrees. In DeTour, anglers caught lake trout in the flats when the weather allowed them to go out that far. A few Atlantic salmon and Chinook salmon were also caught while trolling around the lighthouse.

– By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources