Ontonagon River: Angling efforts on the river were low to fair over the past week. Walleye were reportedly caught in fair numbers by those jigging with natural baits.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Over the past week, Ontonagon saw a high amount of fishing effort. Effort from Union Bay and Silver City was also relatively high. Recent reports included catches consisting of large numbers of lake trout, along with occasional brown trout, coho salmon, and Chinook salmon. Some anglers reported having success when fishing at depths ranging from 65 to 100 feet.

Black River Harbor: The harbor saw a fair amount of angling effort over the past week. Reported catches consisted primarily of lake trout in good numbers. These catches also included brown trout, coho salmon, and chinook salmon in lesser numbers. Some anglers reported having success when fishing at depths ranging from 80 to 100 feet.

Little Bay de Noc: Anglers targeting yellow perch reported slow days this week. However, some were able to stay on a school long enough to enjoy a decent catch. Bass anglers reported good fishing, with some success on topwater baits as well as along the edges of weed beds. Walleye anglers had the most success during dawn or dusk, trolling crawler harnesses or casting jigs.

Big Bay de Noc: Anglers reported good bass fishing near offshore islands, as well as in areas with rocky bottoms. Some anglers casted lures that imitated gobies, while others had success using baits that resembled bugs or worms.

Fairport: Anglers caught small chinook salmon as well as steelhead. Most anglers are trolling spoons at minimum depths of 110 feet.

Keweenaw Bay/ Huron Bay: Anglers reported that lake trout fishing was fair while targeting them by trolling and jigging. They had success trolling spoons and flasher-fly combinations in waters deeper than 150 feet. Salmon fishing was reported as poor to fair, with coho salmon and Chinook salmon caught, although in low numbers.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: Anglers reported catching fair to good numbers of lake trout while trolling spoons and flasher-fly combinations. These were caught in 70 to 120 feet of water, with most fish taken near the bottom and around structure. Anglers also reported that salmon fishing improved, with more coho salmon and Chinook salmon caught in the past week.

Grand Marais: Lake trout fishing was very good this past week for boat anglers both trolling and jigging for them. A few coho salmon have been picked up by boating anglers trolling east of the breakwall.

St. Ignace: At the Carp River, anglers had a difficult time catching early-run salmon. Overcast days were the best times to fish. There was fishing pressure at Nunns Creek, but no reports of salmon caught yet. Anglers targeting salmon used spoons or spinnerbaits.

Munising: Boat anglers reported a few coho salmon and Chinook salmon in the bay and around Grand Island. The lake trout bite was reported as great, with boat anglers having success trolling and jigging for them West of Grand Island and out on Big Reef.

Marquette: Lake trout were still being caught consistently north of White Rocks in 120 to 200 feet of water. Anglers trolling from northwest of White Rocks out toward north of Granite Island continued doing well in both deep and shallow waters. Most of the fish came into shallow water as the water temperature decreased. Coho salmon were caught from the Upper Harbor Lighthouse out toward Black Rocks and by the Clay Banks west of Granite Island in around 60 feet of water. These fish were caught at various depths from 80 to 180 feet, depending on where anglers were fishing, but 120 feet was the most reported depth this week, especially for lake trout.

Au Train: Most anglers went northwest of Au Train Island out to the flats in around 120 to 160 feet of water. Anglers reported doing well for lake trout last week compared to the previous couple of weeks. Anglers either trolled for lake trout in around 120 to 180 feet of water or jigged off the flats in 80 to 100 feet of water.

Les Cheneaux/DeTour: Anglers in Hessel were waiting for the splake to come in. They caught a few perch off the Hessel marina docks using leeches. Some smallmouth bass were also being caught within the islands. Water temperatures were expected to start changing soon with cooler weather on the way. Anglers in DeTour did well heading north and catching good numbers of walleye, though they had to sort through sizes and throw back a significant number of undersized fish.

UP Counties: Salmon are still around in Lake Michigan and should be making their way inland within the next couple of weeks. Fishing for panfish and walleye was steady on inland lakes.

— Michigan Department of Natural Resources