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Ontonagon River: Angling efforts on the river remained extremely low over the past week. Reports suggested that very few fish were being caught. The floating docks in the Ontonagon Marina were removed from the river for the season.

Marquette: This past week’s weather was a bit windier, but anglers had good success both trolling and jigging for lake trout from northwest of the White Rocks out toward north of Granite Island. Anglers did well in both deep waters around 180 feet and shallower waters near 120 feet. Numerous boat anglers caught fish north of White Rocks. Anglers also caught coho salmon at around 60 feet deep while trolling in front of both the Carp and Chocolay Rivers. Steelhead were observed caught at the mouths of some rivers, so they are expected to start moving upriver soon. Lake trout fishing was good.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Angling efforts out of Ontonagon were very low over the past week. Efforts from Union Bay and Silver City were also low. Reported catches consisted of lake trout and coho salmon in low numbers. Anglers reported finding fish while trolling in water depths of approximately 80 to 100 feet of water.

Black River Harbor: The harbor experienced very low fishing efforts over the past week. Recent catches have consisted of lake trout and coho salmon in low numbers. Reports suggested that anglers had the best luck when trolling in water depths of 60 to 80 feet. Anglers fishing at the mouth of the river have had some success in catching coho salmon when casting spoons.

Little Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers reported good fishing. Anglers reported having some success near shallow vegetation and rocks. Perch anglers reported good fishing in the shallows using perch rigs. There were some reports of fish caught deeper, but most success occurred at shallower depths.

Big Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers fished out of Garden Bay’s launch with good success. Most anglers caught numerous large smallmouth bass. Some anglers fished sucker minnows close to the bottom; others used soft plastics.

Keweenaw Bay/ Huron Bay: Anglers reported fair to good numbers of salmon caught. Anglers caught coho salmon and occasionally Chinook salmon while trolling spoons, crankbaits, and flasher/flies in the upper portion of the water column. Shore anglers also reported some success catching coho salmon.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: There was low fishing effort from these ports during the last week. Anglers reported fair to good lake trout fishing. Anglers trolling spoons and flasher/flies reported most fish were caught between 50 and 100 feet of water, while those jigging reported most fish were caught around 100 feet of water.

Grand Marais: There was low fishing activity this past week. However, anglers reported a few coho salmon at the mouth of the Sucker River that were caught when casting spoons and spinners or using spawn.

Munising: Boat anglers reported a steady bite for coho salmon when trolling the bay at shallower depths. Anglers fishing off the Anna River fishing pier did well on coho salmon and splake. There was also a good number of coho salmon in the Anna River. Anglers did well when casting spoons and using spawn.

St. Ignace: At the Carp River mouth, there were no reports of salmon or Steelhead this week. At Nunns Creek, most of the salmon were quite dark in color. Salmon were surfacing just outside of the creek’s mouth. Anglers had success in the early mornings and late evenings while either floating spawn or casting glow lures.

Au Train: There was a decrease in the number of anglers observed this week in Au Train, mostly due to the poor weather. Most anglers went northwest of Au Train Island out to the flats around 120 to 160 feet of water. Both trolling and jigging were found to be effective.

U.P Counties: Salmon were stacked up in the Manistique and Milakokia Rivers getting ready to spawn. Thompson Creek also saw many salmon. Perch and walleye were caught on Indian Lake. Inland lakes are saw mixed reports, with lakes near the northern Alger County/Schoolcraft County line showing more success targeting pike, bass, and panfish. Perch were caught near Kipling. Inland lakes in Luce and Mackinac Counties are produced a mixed bag of perch, walleye and northern pike.

— By the Department of Natural Resources