Little Bay de Noc: Walleye fishing was reported as fair. Anglers trolled crankbaits or crawler harnesses, while some reported catching walleye on jigs with live bait or soft plastics. Smallmouth bass anglers reported good fishing. Anglers observed fish on beds but also reported catching fish around shallow vegetation and areas of sandy rock.

Munising: Boat anglers trolling reported a fair coho salmon bite outside the bay and around Grand Island, with a few good-sized Chinook salmon. Boat anglers targeting lake trout did well while trolling or jigging. Anglers fishing off the Anna River mouth did well targeting splake, with spawn or casting spoons working the best.

Keweenaw Bay: Anglers reported fair numbers of coho salmon, with an occasional brown trout caught while trolling stickbaits, spoons, and flasher-flies in the upper portion of the water column. Anglers jigging for lake trout seen some success, along with whitefish anglers who had reported a fair bite. Shore anglers reported catching a few coho salmon and splake.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: Anglers trolling nearshore reported fair numbers of lake trout, coho salmon and steelhead when using stick baits and spoons. Anglers also reported the occasional brown trout and steelhead being caught. Anglers targeting lake trout had some success when jigging artificial lures and natural baits.

Ontonagon River: Fishing efforts on the river increased greatly as anglers hit the water in search of walleye. Reports suggested a good start to the season, as walleye were caught in fair numbers. Following the first few days of fishing, rain showers had muddied the river water and slightly deterred angling efforts. Anglers fishing from boats seemingly had the most success when trolling. Shore anglers also had luck fishing with live bait.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Angling efforts from these ports were low. Weather made it difficult for anglers. Reports consisted of coho salmon, chinook salmon, brown trout, and occasional lake trout. Trolling in shallow waters resulted in the best yields for boat anglers. Reports from shore anglers fishing these ports consisted of coho salmon and brown trout.

Black River Harbor: Angling efforts from the harbor were low over the past week as weather made it difficult. Reports from boat anglers consisted of catches of coho salmon, brown trout, chinook salmon, and lake trout in low numbers. Anglers within the harbor and fishing from the breakwalls reported catches of coho salmon and brown trout in low numbers.

St. Ignace: Those targeting walleye from shore had been floating jigs and leeches, while boat anglers had been trolling nightcrawler harnesses.

Grand Marais: Boat anglers trolling east of the break wall reported a good coho salmon bite, with a few rainbow trout mixed in. Anglers fishing off the break wall did fairly well on coho salmon and lake whitefish, with some round whitefish also caught. Spawn and worms were the most popular baits.

Les Cheneaux Islands/DeTour: Perch fishing at the marina slowed down, but there were still good numbers of smaller perch being caught using crawlers, minnows, and wigglers. Pike anglers had a slower opener than usual, but there were still a few nice pike caught. Smallmouth fishing was reported to be very good all week. Surface temperatures averaged around 53 degrees. Atlantic salmon were reported at the Hessel marina.

Manistique: Steelhead anglers reported good fishing in the river. Most anglers drifted beads under a float. Some anglers elected to use a fly rod in very shallow areas of the river. Orange, pink, and chartreuse were popular bead colors.

Marquette: Steelhead fishing was reported slow in both the rivers and the harbor. Brown trout continued to be caught by both boat and river anglers in the Chocolay River. In the lower harbor, the coho salmon bite remained consistent, with a few Chinook salmon caught as well.

Au Train: Coho salmon and brown trout were caught by boat anglers. Good size chinook salmon were caught in Au Train in around 40 feet of water. Anglers targeted Lake Trout with good success.

— By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources