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Little Bay de Noc: Mild temperatures during the day and below-freezing temperatures at night made for good travel conditions, even for wheeled vehicles. Perch anglers reported fair fishing, with most successful trip reports coming from the upper bay. Some large perch were reported. Anglers were using set lines baited with wigglers and minnows, as well as jigging with spoons or small jig heads.

Anglers targeting walleye reported slow fishing. They reported very tight-lipped fish, with most marks displaying a reluctance to bite. Anglers fishing the upper bay caught small walleye, with only a few keeper walleye. Northern pike were biting, giving walleye anglers a chance for some fun, as most reported slow action.

Les Cheneaux Islands: Anglers in Cedarville struggled to find good numbers of yellow perch; however, they reported catching pike in Musky Bay using chubs and larger minnows. The majority were undersized, but a few were big enough to keep. In Hessel, anglers struggled to catch or find splake; the perch fishing was hit or miss, with plenty of small perch being seen and caught. Cisco were spotted swimming through holes high in the water column in Hessel Bay. There were good numbers of pike caught in Wilderness Bay.

Munising: The coho salmon bite was on and off this past week but some anglers found success. The splake bite remained steady throughout the bay, with a lot of smaller ones being caught. Anglers targeting whitefish reported a very slow bite with limited success. As for the perch bite, anglers reported doing well when targeting them. Anglers also reported large schools of smelt in the bay. Popular baits were wax worms and minnows.

– By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources