Upper Peninsula
Lake Gogebic: Fishing slowed to a crawl. Northern bays were producing limit catches of panfish on live bait by marking schools of fish in deeper water.
Menominee River: Some walleye and smallmouth bass were caught, mainly from Stephenson Island up to the dam at Hattie Street. Chinook were observed jumping at the same dam.
Little Bay De Noc: Walleye catches were slow but picked up by last weekend. Best spots were just south of the Narrows trolling or drifting crawlers with harnesses in and around 30 feet. South of Black Bottom anglers were in 18 to 30 feet. Good northern pike catches were reported throughout the bay with Kipling area by the coal pikes, Escanaba ship docks and Escanaba beach producing well. Most trolled spoons or crank baits in 8 to 16 feet in early morning. Smallmouth bass fishing was slow and salmon have entered the Escanaba yacht harbor but no catches were reported.
Manistique River: Hot weather really slowed down salmon catches. Anglers did report pink, Chinook and coho up by the dam gates. Most used spawn or flies. The rest of the river was trolled or casted with j-body rapalas, mag lips, spoons or spawn. A wave of steelhead did show up with catches reported along the upper dam. Fair to good walleye catches were reported in the Bass Hole area while casting cranks or using crawlers from shore.
Marquette: Near limits of coho were caught near White Rocks and from the Chocolay River mouth to shot point. Flasher/fly and j-plugs worked best in 40 to 60 feet. A few steelhead and brown trout were also caught. Lake trout were caught between White Rocks and Granite Island.
Au Train: Good numbers of lake trout were caught within a few miles of Au Train Island. Those targeting coho had varied results.
Munising: Anglers trolling within Munising and Trout bays had mixed results with only a few coho caught. Shore and pier anglers at the Anna River reported very few splake.
Grand Marais: A few coho and steelhead were reported last weekend with boaters trolling east in depths less than 25 feet towards the Sucker River. A few lake trout were reported from those fishing straight out from the breaks near the shipping lanes.
Tahquamenon River: Some muskie were caught from boats while casting. Anglers also caught pike while casting crankbaits and while fly fishing. Panfish and bass were caught off the Dollarville Dam where anglers floated a bobber with crawlers.
St. Marys River: On the upper river, salmon fishing behind the Cloverland Powerhouse continued to be hit or miss. Perch and walleye fishing was slow in this area as well but some fish were found in the shipping channel in 30 to 32 feet. Pike anglers were successful while using gold or silver inline spinners or spinner baits. On the lower river, all fishing activity was slow. Few walleye were taken while trolling and drifting crawler harnesses over deep weeds and rock piles out front of the Raber piers and on both north and south sides of Lime Island. Yellow perch action was light.
Detour: Most lake trout anglers bagged their limits with fish hitting on 3 to 4 inch hammered spoons in colors of gray or silver. They trolled over the 90 foot flat, located 2 miles straight south of the Detour Lighthouse. A few Chinook were caught in the area as well. They were also found while trolling from the red buoy on the Drummond Island side of the St. Marys River out to the lighthouse.
Drummond Island: Record heat drove the water temps in Potagannissing Bay above 70 degrees. Decent yellow perch catches were reported. Colors to try include green, red and pearl white.
Cedarville and Hessel: Perch fishing was sporadic, but some were reported off Connors Point and the north end of Government Island in 8 feet off weed beds. Snows Channel was popular with pike anglers who trolled with chrome red eye spoons. Others still fished with chubs in 8 to 10 feet just off the current at the south end of Government Island. Largemouth bass were reported by anglers casting surface lures and spinner baits throughout the Les Cheneaux Islands. A few splake were caught off the Hessel fishing pier and finger docks. Some pike were reported by those fishing with chubs or casting chrome colored spoons in the early morning hours. Success was seen at Cube Point, straight out from the Hessel Pier, the inside of Wilderness Bay, and on the west side of Marquette Island.
Carp River: Some pink salmon were reported farther up river. Most anglers couldn’t get anything to bite.
Fishing Tips from Michigan DNR
Fishing Tip: Is your outdoor first-aid kit ready to go?
Do you carry a first-aid kit with you while you’re out fishing? You never know what can happen in the midst of an outing so it never hurts to be prepared. If you’re interested in putting together a kit be sure to include the following:
• Rubber gloves
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Thermometer
• Hemostat
• Compresses
• Adhesive bandages
• Medical tape
• Compression bandage
• Antibiotic ointment
• Hydrocortisone cream
• Antibiotic wipes
• Eye-wash fluid
• Aspirin/ibuprofen
Don’t forget to regularly check your first-aid kit’s inventory and replenish as needed!
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