Ontonagon River: The river saw a fair amount of fishing effort over the past week. Angler reports show that walleye were caught in low to fair numbers. Anglers reportedly had the best luck finding fish when trolling.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Ontonagon saw a fair amount of angling effort over the past week. Union Bay and Silver City experienced lower efforts. Reported catches consisted of lake trout in fair numbers with occasional coho salmon and Chinook salmon also thrown in the mix. Anglers found success when trolling across a variety of water depths.

Black River Harbor: The harbor saw fair amounts of angling efforts over the past week. Anglers reported recent catches consisting of lake trout in low to fair numbers. Catches of coho salmon and Chinook salmon have also been reported on occasion. Anglers reported that fish activity was slow. Successful trips have seemingly been the result of persistence and longer trips on the water.

Little Bay de Noc: Smallmouth bass fishing was good. Anglers cast artificial baits and worms. Yellow perch anglers reported good fishing in deep water. There were some reports of anglers catching salmon from Portage Point south.

Big Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers report good fishing in Ogontz Bay and near Nahma. Some anglers used bobbers baited with night crawlers, while others are casting soft plastics.

Fairport: Anglers report fair to good fishing. Anglers caught fish on spoons and flasher fly combos. Anglers targeted 100 feet of water and deeper. Fish catches were reported near Point Detour and the island chain. Steelhead were common.

Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers reported that lake trout fishing was fair to poor. Anglers have had some success trolling spoons and flasher flies in 100 to 120 feet of water. Anglers reported that salmon fishing was productive, with an occasional splake being caught.

Marquette: Anglers started to see bait balls on their graphs, and the number of lake trout caught was consistent north of White Rocks in 200 to 250 feet of water. Anglers trolling from northwest of White Rocks out toward north of Granite Island did well, but it seemed they had to move into deeper water before they started catching fish. Anglers saw fish all over the water column, but catches came mostly from deeper water. The Clay Banks had been fishing very slowly lately. There were reports of lake trout caught along with a few salmon and steelhead caught during the Veteran’s Derby. Lake trout were caught in depths ranging from 80 to 120 feet.

Au Train: Warm, windy weather pushed lake trout fishing out deeper, but anglers reported catching a few both trolling and jigging. Anglers trolled for lake trout around 150 to 180 feet deep northwest of Au Train Island, out in the flats toward the Clay Banks, or near Wood Island in about 200 feet of water at around 120 feet in the water column. There were reports of a five-pound coho salmon and a couple of lake trout caught in about 70 feet of water southeast of Au Train Island as anglers trolled back into the Brownstone Boat Launch.

Traverse Bay/Portage Entry: Anglers reported catching fair to good amounts of lake trout when trolling spoons and flasher/flies around structure. Anglers also reported that jigging for lake trout was productive over the last week. Very few coho salmon and Chinook salmon were caught. These were caught fishing spoons down 60 to 80 feet in 100 feet of water.

Munising: Boat anglers reported catching lake trout around Grand Island at deeper depths trolling and jigging for them. There were also a few reports of coho salmon and Chinook salmon being caught trolling near Grand Island. Anglers targeting splake did well trolling in the bay.

Grand Marais: Boat anglers had success targeting lake trout trolling and jigging for them at deeper depths. Boat anglers have also reported catching coho salmon with the most success trolling east of the break wall.

UP Counties: On Lake Michigan, salmon were still being caught, but smaller fish were expected. On Indian Lake, some walleye and perch were caught using various methods. Strong inland lake fishing for bass and sunfish continued. Anglers near Munising Bay did well on lake trout, with some reporting occasional Chinook and coho salmon. Walleye and bass were caught at the head of Little Bay de Noc, and both salmon and steelhead were caught on Lake Michigan. Many lake trout were caught this year. Anglers also began to pick up decent numbers of walleye and pike throughout the St. Marys River. However, those targeting Atlantic salmon in Sault Ste. Marie had a difficult time.

– Michigan Department of Natural Resources