tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73367579485802526702024-01-06T04:29:45.676-05:00Drop A Line Outdoors, LLCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-76754275065274126312023-09-13T00:25:00.005-04:002023-09-15T01:15:23.145-04:009/13/23 Southeast, Michigan Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OMFd9ZRZOJlrcSL2m7Wyorm-iDm1DMegwS9xMWH5Xqim3WQ89sbHKKAxAY_zr-PjnN21X7egWuzxCIx0bd7XSxO3bsM_IFlE4iOrkzDZLOjMpxfhWzH4TU3lqDRufsvc1I8mmMwupul5V1DmXBSiSjF_BDVPzHSGPGg2rGQxdXSkwPVN0vQIBjpQ/s400/Crankbaits%20on%20bucktails.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="400" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OMFd9ZRZOJlrcSL2m7Wyorm-iDm1DMegwS9xMWH5Xqim3WQ89sbHKKAxAY_zr-PjnN21X7egWuzxCIx0bd7XSxO3bsM_IFlE4iOrkzDZLOjMpxfhWzH4TU3lqDRufsvc1I8mmMwupul5V1DmXBSiSjF_BDVPzHSGPGg2rGQxdXSkwPVN0vQIBjpQ/w495-h307/Crankbaits%20on%20bucktails.jpeg" width="495" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake Erie:</strong> Yellow perch fishing was slow; however, anglers did catch them near the east buoy on minnow rigs. Walleye fishing was also reported as slow. Anglers caught good-sized smallmouth bass using artificial lures in Breast Bay. </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake St. Clair:</strong> Anglers caught walleye in the north channel while dragging <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DropALineFishing?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1299930767&section_id=39620425" target="_blank">crawler harnesses</a>. Smallmouth bass anglers did well by Grassy Island and the New Baltimore area. They also reported good smallmouth bass fishing near Brandenburg boat launch a mile and a half to 2 miles from shore. Perch anglers had the most success near the St. Clair Lighthouse and buoys 26, 27 and 28 at the mouth of the south channel. A few walleye were caught by these buoys as well. The perch were deep and in at least 20 feet of water. Anglers were starting to catch muskie and northern pike near the mouth of the Clinton River. The south end was very slow for smallmouth bass fishing, although some anglers caught a few in 15 to 20 feet of water near the 400 Club.</span></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: noraml; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span>For a more accurate report on Lake St. Clair I suggest reaching out to the people at <a href="https://sportsmensdirect.com/">Sportsmen's Direct </a> as their weekly LSC fishing report is usually far more in depth. Phone: (586-741-6052)</span></li><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Macomb County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/macomb-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928">Saginaw Bay</a></strong>: Weather limited fishing activity, but those who made it out found a few yellow perch in 8 to 10 feet of water out from Quanicassee. Anglers did, however, have to move around and sort through many small fish to find keeper-sized fish. Anglers fishing for walleye off Quanicassee reported fishing as slow.</span></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com<br /><br /></li><li>Saginaw County Bait Shops:<a href="http://www.dropalineoutdoors.com/p/saginaw-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank"> Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Bayport:</strong> Anglers caught some largemouth bass and northern pike in Wildfowl Bay. Anglers did best when casting various artificial baits in 2 to 7 feet of water.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Sebewaing: </strong>Anglers reported catching a few northern pike in the Sebewaing River while casting artificial baits.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lower Saginaw Bay:</strong> Anglers reported catching yellow perch at the Sparkplug in 23 feet of water using perch rigs. Yellow perch averaged 7 to 10 inches in size. The lower part of the Saginaw River produced yellow perch as well.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Port+Sanilac+Municipal+Harbor/@43.431335,-82.538675,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xcc2c2096d5c38cb6!8m2!3d43.431335!4d-82.538675">Port Sanilac</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Anglers caught a few walleye from the break wall in the evening while casting body baits and spoons. Anglers trolling for salmon and trout were heading out to deep water in around 125 to 145 feet of water. Anglers who used lead core and downriggers caught lake trout and steelhead. A few steelhead were caught in front of the harbor in 40 feet of water while using planer boards and lead core.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Port Austin: </strong>Smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall and along the Bird Creek when anglers were casting a variety of artificial lures.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYXEEJ6AJ6WWYkfLySrdkqhBYDNCIKv3MBX8Jurdl0RS15-jaGAB08jUsDs_HEgE0sNF6WVnwUPNfZcDvE7aVyPTRYnpluZ-K8EGAEMbnT5O-qqpNYWAyHaBqiD1VILKVKuzYK8cIxfsrxMBbIDsQxZsWT0gcH63lz2Tt8bNudBiRYHXvffk6vY90/s200/smallmouth%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="200" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYXEEJ6AJ6WWYkfLySrdkqhBYDNCIKv3MBX8Jurdl0RS15-jaGAB08jUsDs_HEgE0sNF6WVnwUPNfZcDvE7aVyPTRYnpluZ-K8EGAEMbnT5O-qqpNYWAyHaBqiD1VILKVKuzYK8cIxfsrxMBbIDsQxZsWT0gcH63lz2Tt8bNudBiRYHXvffk6vY90/s1600/smallmouth%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Beach,+MI+48441/@43.8477016,-82.6705286,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882669f6d00794d5:0xdea998762e566b86!8m2!3d43.8447369!4d-82.6513186">Harbor Beach</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Anglers reported that fish were scattered in many depths due to changing water temperatures. Smallmouth bass and walleye were caught in 20 to 30 feet of water, with a few cohos caught in that water as well. Anglers who were trolling with lead core and body baits found success. Anglers who were trolling in 100 to 130 feet of water caught some lake trout close to the bottom with downriggers and caught steelhead with a five-color lead core. A few smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall when casting with artificial lures. </span></p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Huron County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/huron-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lexington: </strong>Pike were caught from the beach area and around the docks while casting artificial lures, with an occasional walleye early in the morning while casting body baits.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></li><li>Saginaw County <a href="http://www.dropalineoutdoors.com/p/saginaw-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-38474760151528168062023-08-30T17:54:00.001-04:002023-09-01T18:25:37.500-04:008/30/23 Northwest Lower Peninsula Michigan Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lQNAv1BA2H7tLBJ5Gd4gqNIe2JMrJrV8xXkvtV3b8WDFT4ME-O_WfPJYJv5OmNs-twUjkcf6INKkPiSg1eQ7uAhb4sTgh4YnP96qxcXANpvyIl2VJFTdr64X2VtciDiVuyzab2WEULvxFDM5ThXkGKyJ8SUYQpgJvbN-FGvGRpIzJkQbeBmQiX8m/s413/glow%20salmon%20spoon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="413" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lQNAv1BA2H7tLBJ5Gd4gqNIe2JMrJrV8xXkvtV3b8WDFT4ME-O_WfPJYJv5OmNs-twUjkcf6INKkPiSg1eQ7uAhb4sTgh4YnP96qxcXANpvyIl2VJFTdr64X2VtciDiVuyzab2WEULvxFDM5ThXkGKyJ8SUYQpgJvbN-FGvGRpIzJkQbeBmQiX8m/w587-h174/glow%20salmon%20spoon.jpeg" width="587" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Northwest Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>West Grand Traverse Bay:</strong> The thermocline varied with strong north and south winds; however, it was anywhere from 60 to 100 feet down. Salmon fishing was good in the hole in front of the Boardman River. Fishing near the white walls slowed down, but anglers reported a few salmon caught there. Using plugs, white flasher with flies, meat and spoons all caught fish. Anglers reported catching a few coho. Smallmouth bass fishing was good in 20 to 40 feet of water; bass were still deep. Very few salmon were reported in the Boardman River.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>East Grand Traverse Bay:</strong> Like West Bay, the thermocline varied anywhere from 60 to 100-plus feet down. Salmon fishing was good on the south end of the bay from the <a href="https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-28-033&basid=A-28-033" target="_blank">Center Road Launch</a> to South Bank, and up the east side to Deepwater Point. Flasher fly, meat, spoons and plugs all worked well.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>For more public lakes to fish in Grand Traverse County:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here! </a></span></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></li></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Petoskey/</strong><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Springs,+MI+49740/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4d4a86694b5df059:0x4829bc90f9ae8c25?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG9dr31NbbAhUFDKwKHa5LCBQQ8gEI3wEwDA">Harbor Springs</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Salmon fishing on both the north and south side of Little Traverse Bay was productive depending on the day. Both the mornings and evenings provided success. Trolling anywhere in 75 to 150 feet of water at half the water column landed fish. Chinooks, cohos and lake trout were reported. Trolling green, black and silver spoons and flies was the most successful; however, the plug bite was getting better. Those fishing the Bear River reported the occasional Chinook and coho bite.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Frankfort:</strong> The Chinook numbers were good, with anglers also reporting good sizes. Anglers were in 100 to 150 feet of water and worked the top 50 to 70 feet early in the morning and a bit deeper as the sun moved up. The pier and jigging slowed, with anglers reporting low numbers, but the Chinooks that moved into the bay were not running up the river. Anglers reported coho in the area, and they were hitting on three-color or sliders around 25 to 35 feet down.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of bait and tackle shops in the Frankfort area:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Onekama</strong>: Straight out and heading north, anglers in 90 to 120 feet of water who worked the top 70 feet reported good numbers of Chinook in the early morning and at sunset. Meat rigs landed good numbers, with black and greens working best.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: </span></h3></div><div><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Benzie County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Charlevoix County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Grand Traverse County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">lick Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlevoix County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheboygan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cheboygan-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Lake County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leelanau County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/leelanau-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Mason County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/mason-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Antrim County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/antrim-county-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Otsego County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/otsego-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osceola County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes_19.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></span></span></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-9205095706316065792023-08-30T17:33:00.001-04:002023-09-01T17:53:11.341-04:008/30/23 Northeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomsKdFkilOfE33aIKxErIufQYDZH2s9DrLD_nYpmjKe5MLj4eXChF4VyUsUORYPzyWWe_b85yhSN1ezAH9FKRMIyVzWw7PjU_Y-thSozSZxl79VjQD6SH6DFf5rJ3mj8YvU5KJtgimfxi8T6oA8qZ0teHpucEGYiSi9hU0ggoxgZBKP5Iz8uDR4Hr/s640/59898171_2327106794201617_7983482949863911187_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomsKdFkilOfE33aIKxErIufQYDZH2s9DrLD_nYpmjKe5MLj4eXChF4VyUsUORYPzyWWe_b85yhSN1ezAH9FKRMIyVzWw7PjU_Y-thSozSZxl79VjQD6SH6DFf5rJ3mj8YvU5KJtgimfxi8T6oA8qZ0teHpucEGYiSi9hU0ggoxgZBKP5Iz8uDR4Hr/w423-h423/59898171_2327106794201617_7983482949863911187_n.jpg" width="423" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Northeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Presque Isle:</strong> Anglers reported good trout fishing straight out of the harbor in depths of 90 to 120 feet of water. Spoons and dodgers with spin glows worked well 40 to 60 feet down. A few Chinook and walleyes were caught on lead cores that were run from 20 to 40 feet. North of the lighthouse to Thompson Harbor had decent catches of Chinook, steelhead and trout. With temperatures in the 40s, anglers reported most fish being caught in the top 45 feet of water in depths of 60 to 110 feet. Those targeting walleye reported fishing as slow and scattered. </span></p><ul><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li>For more public lakes in Presque Isle county: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/presque-isle-county-michigan-public.html"><b>Click Here!</b></a></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cheboygan+River/@45.648771,-84.481319,15.22z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d3597d2cb3fe893:0xa5a57f0ff4269c8b!8m2!3d45.6561231!4d-84.4653124">Cheboygan River</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Most boat anglers trolled between the channel buoys and the pier head. Salmon were caught, but not in great numbers. Shore anglers had the most success casting spoons off the pier. Fish were caught at the dam, though numbers were low. Early morning continued to be the time when the salmon were most active. Smallmouth and pike were still available in the lower stretches of river, though few people were targeting them. </span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Rockport:</strong> Anglers going out around Middle Island caught good amounts of walleye, as well as the occasional Chinook, steelhead and lake trout in depths varying from 70 to 100 feet of water. Near Stoneport in 80 to 90 feet of water was the best spot for anglers targeting Chinook. Anglers reported having the best luck using spoons and meat rigs.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Alpena: </strong>Cool water moving into the bay brought in Chinooks. Anglers reported salmon to be scattered across the bay in depths of 25 to 40 feet of water. J-plugs and spoons caught a few fish when run 10 to 20 feet down. Green, blue and silver baits had the most success. Walleye were reported to be scattered, with the most consistent catches coming from 40 to 50 feet of water toward Scarecrow Island and the Thunder Bay Islands. Crankbaits and spoons worked best in the middle of the water column. A few catfish, pike and bass were caught fishing the pier head, Grass Island and the shallows around Sulphur Island. </span></p><ul><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><li>For more Alpena County Lakes: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></strong></li><li>For a list of Alpena County bait and tackle shops: <b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Thunder Bay River:</strong> Anglers targeting Chinook reported slow fishing, with only a few being caught while trolling plugs early and late in the day. A few fish were seen surfacing from the pier head to the 9th Street dam. Walleye and smallmouth bass were caught around Lamar Park floating crawlers late in the evenings. Spinner baits and large spinners were productive on pike along the pier and boat harbor.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tawas+Point+State+Park/@44.2540011,-83.4488158,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2742f9072f54e16e!8m2!3d44.2540011!4d-83.4488158">Tawas</a></strong><strong>/Au Gres</strong>: Both Tawas and Au Gres saw low fishing pressure due to weather. Walleye and perch catches were come and go. Anglers reported that the fish were out there, they just weren’t biting. Some anglers reported seeing a few sheepshead, an occasional bowfin, as well as some catfish. Bluegill and crappie fishing was decent for anglers fishing from the shore of tributaries in the Au Gres area.</span></p><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span>For Bait Shops In Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li>For more Iosco County Lakes: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lake.html">Click Here!</a></strong></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Oscoda/Au Sable</strong>: Due to rough water, fishing pressure was down. Some anglers reported catching a few Chinook off the pier in the morning using spoons and stick baits.</span></p><ul><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>For more Oscoda County Lakes: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></strong></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://rogers%20city/">Rogers City</a></strong><strong>: </strong>Anglers mostly fished Swan Bay as the Chinooks were staging. They were fishing anywhere from inside the bay out to 90 feet of water. Anglers used downriggers, planer boards with lead core and copper, and dipsies, and ran lines throughout the water column for best results. Anglers fished with spoons, J-plugs, flashers with squids and flies, and meat rigs. Good colors to use were greens, oranges, black and white, yellow, and glow stuff early and late. The salmon bite was the best after sunset or in the early morning hours before sunrise. Anglers were heavily focused on fishing salmon, with low fishing pressure for other species.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:</span></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div><div style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span>Alpena County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></li><li>Alcona County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Bay County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Clare County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><span id="goog_474897490"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_474897491"></span></span></li><li>Crawford County<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan.html" target="_blank"> Click Here!</a></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Montmorency County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><li>Ogemaw County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/this-is-ogemaw-county-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Oscoda County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-fishing-bait-tackle.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><span></span><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><span>Alcona County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><div><span><span face="">Alpena County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><span face=""><span>Clare County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><span>Crawford County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Gladwin County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/gladwin-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Iosco County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lake.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><span>Montmorency Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! </a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Ogemaw County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ogemaw-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Oscoda County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Presque Isle County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/presque-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-6884069550795070322023-08-30T17:17:00.001-04:002023-09-01T17:31:42.981-04:008/30/23 Southwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwejxjDD7weniXAbeJpU8AsV1UGdxtNsTosTPoY2QnD5BnfX3Aqfpqeg0kUOaGKvsOnnR15c7Lj2cRxaH-VebYhrKdsh-0NwawSr7enk1cyz0Om2CyS6KuuvEH69rbTaVVeKLp6aMU6_mUPGZ6uW1u3uiclv6vcmnwu8Du_1IjRZceqItUDd34hcL6/s700/dodger%20and%20fly%20salmon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="700" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwejxjDD7weniXAbeJpU8AsV1UGdxtNsTosTPoY2QnD5BnfX3Aqfpqeg0kUOaGKvsOnnR15c7Lj2cRxaH-VebYhrKdsh-0NwawSr7enk1cyz0Om2CyS6KuuvEH69rbTaVVeKLp6aMU6_mUPGZ6uW1u3uiclv6vcmnwu8Du_1IjRZceqItUDd34hcL6/w458-h345/dodger%20and%20fly%20salmon.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 align="start" style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Southwest Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Muskegon:</strong> Boat anglers found the action to be slow for salmon. Anglers had the most success fishing for salmon 55 to 100 feet in 70 to 130 feet of water. Glow spoons, meat rigs and J-plugs seemed to work the best.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>For a more accurate report on the Muskegon Lake & the Muskegon River I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="https://snugharboroutfitters.com/">Snug Harbor Outfitters</a><span>. </span><span>Phone: </span><span>(231-719-0759)</span></span></li></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grand+Haven,+MI/@43.0517821,-86.2578873,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881980de5342762f:0x30bca199e5f67b49!8m2!3d43.0630734!4d-86.2283864" target="_blank">Grand Haven</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Boat anglers reported salmon action as good in 40 to 80 feet of water. Glow or chrome J-plugs worked well, along with white flasher/flies. Pier anglers caught a few salmon while casting spoons in low light conditions.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>South Haven: </strong>Poor weather limited fishing activity. When boat anglers made it out, the salmon fishing was pretty good. The best fishing was in around 100 feet of water. Anglers did well from 90 to 120 feet of water. Using meat rigs, rotators and flies seemed to catch the most fish. Perch fishing was inconsistent. The beginning of the week, anglers were doing well in 30 feet of water, but they struggled toward the end of the week. Pier fishing was slow for all species except sheepshead. Anglers trolling the Black River for salmon also had a very slow week. </span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>St. Joseph: </strong>Due to poor weather, very few anglers made it out salmon fishing. Boat anglers were targeting 90 to 100 feet of water when they made it out. Perch fishing was also slow due to weather. Pier anglers who targeted trout and salmon had slow fishing. There were a few smallmouth bass and sheepshead caught.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Note:</b><span> </span><i>At any time you can view the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&sxsrf=ACYBGNRSDsRZwOvJl2kl0IXo-6yeXclFyQ:1573330406691&ei=cRzHXcefFZKSsAWAoabgBA&q=st%20joseph%27s%20river%20fish%20ladder&oq=st+josephs+river+fish+ladder&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71l8.0.0..1440...0.2..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.EcoNJglhD6o&ved=2ahUKEwis8YTA-N3lAhUMWK0KHRFtD_EQvS4wAHoECAsQGA&uact=5&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=41880621,-86294350,7636&tbm=lcl&rldimm=555917027426851873&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:555917027426851873;mv:[[42.0412702,-86.2499505],[41.804553299999995,-86.4131599]];tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1">Berrien Springs fish ladder</a> cam by go to <a href="https://paddleandpole.com/berrien-springs-fish-cam/">this link </a>or following their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HqP4PJIFjWZ5cPPkk2klA">youtube channel</a>. Subscribing to their channel helps fund the fish ladder cam. </i></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></p><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nearby Bait Shops Include:</b></span> </span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharliesFishinHole/">Fishin Hole</a></b></i> (269) 982-3474</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="http://www.tacklehaven.com/">Tackle Haven</a> </b></i>(269) 925-0341</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://greatlakes-tackle.com/">Great Lakes Tackle</a> </b></i> (269) 208-6178</span></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fishing-Hole-2/152219598153841">Fishing Hole 2</a> </i></b>(269) 468-7522<span> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div><i><b>For more bait shops in the southwest lower peninsula follow the links below:</b></i></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span>Berrien County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/berrien-count-mi-bait-and-tacle.html">Click Here!<br /></a></span><span><span>Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span><span>Ingham County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;">Branch County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/branch-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>Barry County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></span>Montcalm County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montcalm-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br /><span>Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span>Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></span></div></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southwest Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></h3><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span>Allegan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calhoun County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Cass County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cass-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a> <br />Kalamazoo County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Ottawa County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ottawa-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Van Buren County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/van.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></span></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p><br /></span></div></span></span></span></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-6684131354677285672023-08-30T17:08:00.005-04:002023-09-01T17:21:56.615-04:008/30/23 Southeastern, Michigan Fishing Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1308187419/chartreuse-dressed-yellow-perch-rig?click_key=f5a286f764be7869cf9eedd390a0eb613569bc0a%3A1308187419&click_sum=ab29161a&ref=shop_home_active_1&sts=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0eeyROUl-lMBF4qz83qSR8IaScqYxGAffu4XBSD6qxObq9HCIl-7nZzAxtc0DS_FLVdcIDLWL_kn3YAnOs7qhK56WDBOIbEhkigwhhGshcGZjkJU1z-FpbCp8g6_S3rWuAJyWh2Dv4ch3-T5Npfn4_-R9yvaymZwYTij4WZIAO6naGXtVQ9YC_Ui/w431-h287/chart%20dressed%20perch%20rig.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><h2 align="start" style="background-color: ; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="background-color: ; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Lake Erie:</strong> Anglers caught yellow perch out from Stony Point in 27 feet of water on minnow perch rigs, with green being the most successful color. Walleye were few and far between unless fishing Ohio or Canadian waters. Smallmouth bass were caught in 20 feet of water using crawlers. Largemouth bass were caught using soft plastics closer into shore.</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><p style="background-color: ; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Lake St. Clair:</strong> Anglers reported smallmouth bass action as slow, but using dark green baits worked well. Anglers did well in front of the Lake St. Clair Metropark in 12 to 14 feet of water. Perch anglers did fair in the Sny in 13 feet of water while fishing with artificial bait and crawlers. Walleye were caught in deep water in the channel mouths in approximately 26 feet of water. The water was muddy in many areas due to heavy rainfall. Angers who fished near the 30 can and the St. Clair lighthouse caught some walleye and smallmouth bass. Musky anglers did not have much success but did report catching sizable northern pike in the mouth of the middle channel. </p><p style="background-color: ; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928">Saginaw Bay</a></strong>: Heavy wind and rain kept anglers off the bay. Anglers who were able to make it out near Quanicassee struggled fishing for walleye and perch. The Sebewaing to Caseville area was also slow for walleye, with very few anglers out. </p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com<br /><br /></li><li>Saginaw County Bait Shops:<a href="http://www.dropalineoutdoors.com/p/saginaw-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank"> Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="background-color: ; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Lower Saginaw Bay:</strong> Boat anglers fishing in the lower part of the Saginaw River were successful in catching small numbers of yellow perch using perch rigs with minnows.</p><div><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></li><li>Saginaw County <a href="http://www.dropalineoutdoors.com/p/saginaw-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></h3></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-56940811358277162072023-08-19T05:01:00.002-04:002023-08-19T05:03:20.966-04:008/16/23 Southeast Lower Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4IT0TJQsVqfFGAmR7YjWrUloY-Kt4yFCelnYuujqaK_d4DkD4sY8eYSiRhxtOZj8Zk493P8dLkahccYJ6D0icKmQ5RBlsHsPc9PNluyxohJtdgmR6MxyQO_jhsZT0UxR58PXviHQ7jIk7-L2j8dyzfuaGOzKx8TPOqiOjcBKBHtBQIKtLAZ4CKzPL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="400" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4IT0TJQsVqfFGAmR7YjWrUloY-Kt4yFCelnYuujqaK_d4DkD4sY8eYSiRhxtOZj8Zk493P8dLkahccYJ6D0icKmQ5RBlsHsPc9PNluyxohJtdgmR6MxyQO_jhsZT0UxR58PXviHQ7jIk7-L2j8dyzfuaGOzKx8TPOqiOjcBKBHtBQIKtLAZ4CKzPL=w533-h249" width="533" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="color: #442158; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: left;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake Erie:</strong><span> Yellow perch fishing was decent out in the dumping grounds on the northwest side in around 17 feet of water. Anglers were catching yellow perch anchored using minnows around a foot off the bottom. Walleye were reported to have somewhat come back in deeper waters near the Michigan-Ohio line straight out from the Sterling State Park boat launch. Anglers were having success trolling crawler harnesses. Smallmouth bass were elusive lately, but largemouth bass were caught on artificial lures in the channels out of Bolles Harbor and at the hot ponds.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><p style="color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake St. Clair:</strong><span> Walleye were caught while trolling crawler harnesses or using swim jigs. Some locations were producing walleye near Anchor Bay, New Baltimore, Strawberry Island, and straight out from the Clinton River. Depths to target were in 10 to14 feet of water and some walleye were even caught in 8 feet of water. Large smallmouth were caught on dropshot baits, tubes, and live minnows near the St. Clair lighthouse and along the metro flats straight out from the St. Clair Metro Park. Yellow perch were also caught near the St. Clair lighthouse in 18 to 20 feet of water using live minnows or while trolling using crawler harnesses at a slow speed.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com</li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928" target="_blank">Saginaw Bay</a></strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c;">: Yellow perch were caught in 10 to 12 feet of water out in front of Gambill’s Marina. A few yellow perch were starting to bite on both worms and minnows while using perch rigs. Bass anglers were catching some smallmouth bass in the lower part of the Saginaw River. There was little activity on the east side of the bay due to the wind and rain. An occasional walleye was caught out in the slot around 14 to 15 feet of water on both body baits and crawlers. Only a few boat anglers tried for perch from Quanicassee to Sebewaing and reported slow fishing. </span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font size="3"><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;">Port Sanilac:</strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c;"> A few walleye were caught in Port Sanilac while trolling straight out in 90 feet of water and fishing deep. Anglers reported that they could not find a temperature break anywhere which made fishing difficult.</span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font size="3"><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;">Port Austin:</strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c;"> Walleye were caught in a little deeper water, 50 to 60 feet with mostly lures.</span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font size="3"><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Beach,+MI+48441/@43.8477016,-82.6705286,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882669f6d00794d5:0xdea998762e566b86!8m2!3d43.8447369!4d-82.6513186" target="_blank">Harbor Beach</a>:</strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c3c3c;"> A few anglers were heading out to 160 to 170 feet of water for salmon and trout using downriggers with spoons. Anglers reported bringing in a good mix of lake trout, steelhead, coho and a few Chinook salmon. Walleye were scattered with most caught in 60 to 80 feet trolling with artificial lures. Smallmouth bass were caught inside the harbor from boat anglers casting lures; tubes were used a lot.</span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font size="3"><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Huron County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/huron-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font size="3"><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><br /></li></span></span></span></span></span></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-40864538702373950302023-08-18T14:42:00.005-04:002023-08-22T00:04:35.274-04:00Alaska Fisherman Catches Record Sized Rockfish in 1,000 Feet of Water<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_eP1VOQ8zwBs6UUjk_bcN9vYEdAHKDSAoM0jErffzeJqmRjTtdCyMoBROvzOqbOhvhknDykv1Oort9ZtsvQA7I1X3nnJMVBO2TSIWF4MABwHOFmBOlL_E-5pSO0x_hZRQEiaHk9cElDve2A_Y3EMP2_npPN2qNxRlCJ97-H_V-dOYbNQo09vv9SV/s1440/record-rockfish.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_eP1VOQ8zwBs6UUjk_bcN9vYEdAHKDSAoM0jErffzeJqmRjTtdCyMoBROvzOqbOhvhknDykv1Oort9ZtsvQA7I1X3nnJMVBO2TSIWF4MABwHOFmBOlL_E-5pSO0x_hZRQEiaHk9cElDve2A_Y3EMP2_npPN2qNxRlCJ97-H_V-dOYbNQo09vv9SV/w508-h338/record-rockfish.webp" width="508" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photo & Source Credit: <a href="https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/record-rockfish-alaska/?fbclid=IwAR1oPWPjW8Je_JiZy405AZJCY_pazAFa7RcEWGQ3libCRs_0EvHQTMVovnA" target="_blank">Field & Stream </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On July 28th charter captain Kieth Degraff, while fishing in 1,000 feet of water within Alaskas Prince William Sound, landed a huge shortraker rockfish that could've been the new IGFA world record. The giant rockfish unofficially outweighed the current IGFA world record, set by Angelo Sciubba in 2017 at 44.1 pounds, by 4 pounds weighing in at 48 pounds when weighed lodge where the angler was staying. Furthermore having bled the fish out, three days later the fish weighed in at 42.4. pounds on an IGFA certified scale. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Captain Degraff was fishing with his fiancee, Betsey Wilson, and some other friends on the day he landed the rockfish when he thought he'd hooked in to a halibut. For this reason captain Degraff says, "<span style="color: #212529; font-size: 17px;">Because I thought it was a halibut, I didn’t want to fight it out of the rod holder" and "</span><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 17px;">As soon as I threw it in the rod holder, that immediately disqualified it from setting a world record." I think most anglers would care less about the IGFA rules as this is still the catch and memory of a lifetime. Besides, once the paperwork is filed captain Degraff's rockfish is still likely to overtake the current Alaska state record set by Henry Liebmann at 39.1 pounds.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 17px;">Congratulations Captain Degraff and tight lines! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-88405151616345249052023-08-17T15:02:00.001-04:002023-08-20T13:46:35.750-04:008/17/23 Northwestern, Michigan Fishing Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuvrT2CvaLKBCtN0hCsbcLK73UZUFW54N2Eb81M8HMQuff1XvrDwlGV4ZXWA-Os4QhspqxQbr0cQhhRWitnI2EXzIN_kro95QSic27ZY5XdObqr-VOSh4s4GYLlwkxMRK6aLiVC7661eRkyXqi1k6OF1NHO6_9fTdVkHBKusHlOv8xwqckCypZOvH/s1024/meat%20for%20rig.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuvrT2CvaLKBCtN0hCsbcLK73UZUFW54N2Eb81M8HMQuff1XvrDwlGV4ZXWA-Os4QhspqxQbr0cQhhRWitnI2EXzIN_kro95QSic27ZY5XdObqr-VOSh4s4GYLlwkxMRK6aLiVC7661eRkyXqi1k6OF1NHO6_9fTdVkHBKusHlOv8xwqckCypZOvH/w412-h309/meat%20for%20rig.jpeg" width="412" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h2 style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Northwest Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Leland:</strong> Anglers were starting to see more Chinook salmon and a handful of coho filter into the harbor. They were also seeing a lot of mature Chinook salmon this summer already. Water temperatures were sitting at about 70 degrees at the surface. Meat rigs and deep divers were very successful while trolling in 150 to 200 feet of water. Anglers who fished very early or at dusk were seeing the best results.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>West Grand Traverse Bay:</strong> Anglers were reporting successful lake trout fishing with the occasional Chinook salmon coming in as well. Not much for bait fish being reported in the bay and a lot of fish sampled had empty stomachs. Some anglers were catch and releasing steelhead on the bay as well. Most anglers were fishing north of Old Mission peninsula and were having great luck. Bloody nose and Happee Meal were hot colors for catching lake trout.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charlevoix,+MI+49720/@45.3241158,-85.2604333,13.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d4aec9c45c1b151:0x3283d7d75cdc5e39!8m2!3d45.3180632!4d-85.2584004" target="_blank">Charlevoix</a></strong>: Anglers targeting salmon had successful bites in both the morning and the evening hours. Trolling in 75 to 125 feet of water anywhere around Fisherman's Island to North Point was showing results. Flies, spoons, and the occasional meat bite produced Chinook salmon and a few coho bites. Anglers fishing the Charlevoix piers continued their success targeting smallmouth with natural bait including wrigglers, leeches and minnows.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Petoskey/Harbor Springs:</strong> Salmon anglers fishing Little Traverse Bay reported hit or miss on both the evening and morning bites. Water temperatures in the past week dropped steadily to 45 degrees roughly 60 feet down with surface temperatures still in the low 70s. Trolling artificial lures along the north and south side of Little Traverse Bay produced slow but steady results. Chinook salmon, lake trout, and some coho were all reported in the bay. Anglers fishing the Bear River reported the occasional Chinook salmon, rainbow trout and brown trout.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Frankfort:</strong> The Chinook salmon were biting well. The early morning bite out front was producing very good numbers and sizes on plugs, flies and spoons. Anglers were targeting 25 feet down. Pier anglers reported great activity from 3 a.m. to daylight on glow spoons. Coho were also getting picked up in the same areas on mostly spoons.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Onekama</strong>: Anglers were heading straight out from the pier heads to 80 to 100 feet of water and trolling the top 35 to 45 feet down to land some nice Chinook salmon on flies and spoons. The early morning bite was landing more but the evening bite was not bad.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Portage Lake:</strong> Bass anglers were reporting low numbers of largemouth bass in deeper waters as water temperatures were still moving up.</p><div><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE07bI4h8nK0KJbTd3cTRpM2PB2kQ72eWyIYUKM_Boo4MWi58NcMP5ls_GXsTgPtrLVGvgfuQ_o8M_U4pMBXSdNfgMYq74JpyznIqhg2FR-XHpRMrXWC40n1WfhYBWHMPrsupxP8m4w/s960/bass+on+beetle+spin.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE07bI4h8nK0KJbTd3cTRpM2PB2kQ72eWyIYUKM_Boo4MWi58NcMP5ls_GXsTgPtrLVGvgfuQ_o8M_U4pMBXSdNfgMYq74JpyznIqhg2FR-XHpRMrXWC40n1WfhYBWHMPrsupxP8m4w/w147-h262/bass+on+beetle+spin.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><br /></span></h3></div><div><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Benzie County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlevoix County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">lick Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlevoix County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheboygan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cheboygan-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Kalkaska County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalkaska-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Lake County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leelanau County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/leelanau-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Manistee County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/manistee.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Mason County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/mason-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Antrim County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/antrim-county-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Otsego County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/otsego-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osceola County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes_19.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></ul></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-82869344563657006072023-08-17T14:44:00.003-04:002023-08-19T14:55:27.003-04:008/17/23 Northeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpI7QlKr1HGYkLdR2e1F-gWdbjbRSB92LyPgAerHO2Hjyantoczbqx-WVtDLegO_dzW24xRjQ7_HYj3YWoBZzEQ2pIyLfjybDGpConxctSK0uBxpJNMXDLVFyHAmeDw-eoEcBWwLChJiM5FJNSIpfRUiV_6taLLelQzxWaYBIJ-8rWEsemuPXHo8-/s640/57577130_2345120362198567_6644816739043717857_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpI7QlKr1HGYkLdR2e1F-gWdbjbRSB92LyPgAerHO2Hjyantoczbqx-WVtDLegO_dzW24xRjQ7_HYj3YWoBZzEQ2pIyLfjybDGpConxctSK0uBxpJNMXDLVFyHAmeDw-eoEcBWwLChJiM5FJNSIpfRUiV_6taLLelQzxWaYBIJ-8rWEsemuPXHo8-/w384-h384/57577130_2345120362198567_6644816739043717857_n.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="main-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Verdana, arial, Geneva, Helvetica, Century; font-size: 13.6px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td data-govdstyle="all" data-govdtitle="NELP" id="gd_nelp" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 15px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%"><h2 style="color: #d08e25; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Northeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Presque Isle:</strong> Weather conditions limited the amount of activity. Anglers who made it out caught lake trout and salmon straight out of the harbor in 70 to 150 feet of water. Fish were scattered throughout the water column so running lines at different depths worked best. The waters from the lighthouse to black point were giving up trout, Chinook salmon, steelhead and a few Atlantic salmon. Bright colored spoons ran high were taking steelhead and Atlantic salmon while watermelon-colored spoons worked well on trout and Chinook salmon lower in the water column. Walleye were reported to be scattered 20 to 35 feet down in 50 to 100 feet of water.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Cheboygan River/Lake Huron:</strong> Smallmouth bass and pike were caught in the river with most of the pike being around or downstream of the foot bridge. Freshwater drum were still around and the first numbers of salmon should begin to enter the river soon (1-2 weeks most likely).</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Rockport:</strong> Anglers reported decent numbers of lake trout, Chinook salmon, coho and Atlantic salmon near Stoneport south to Middle Island. A wide variety of spoons and flasher/fly combos were catching fish 30 to 70 feet down in depths of 60 to 120 feet. Walleye were found suspended along the reefs and were caught on spoons and deep diving crankbaits. </span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Alpena: </strong>Anglers who fought the winds reported slow fishing as in the bay. A few walleye were caught on crankbaits in the late evenings near North Point and south near Scarecrow Island. Anglers using jigs and leaches found a few fish along the shipping channel to the mouth of the Thunder Bay. Pier anglers reported catfish and bass were caught while using crawlers and a few northern pike were caught while using crankbaits and spinnerbaits.</span></p><ul style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><li>For more Alpena County Lakes: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></strong></li><li>For a list of Alpena County bait and tackle shops: <b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Thunder Bay River: </strong>Anglers reported low fishing pressure on the river. Several anglers targeting catfish had success near <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=558423985&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:1&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=AB5stBguSDoeB79t2l6PkaTeyMM6JvvlXg:1692470946354&q=mill+island+park+michigan&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=15594450764989966544&ved=2ahUKEwiu5bLMsemAAxXhoFsKHeyxDRIQu9QIegQIExAL" target="_blank">Mill Island Park</a> and below the 9th Street Bridge. Crawlers and minnows worked the best. A few were caught throughout the river on crawlers and tube jigs.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tawas+Point+State+Park/@44.2540011,-83.4488158,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2742f9072f54e16e!8m2!3d44.2540011!4d-83.4488158" target="_blank">Tawas</a>: </strong>Anglers were targeting 60 to 65 feet of water and catching walleye, just not as many. Harvests were essentially cut in half as anglers were coming in with 3 or 4 walleye. Shore fishing at Gateway Park was producing catfish for the few anglers out there. Later in the evening, anglers were catching a walleye or two when fishing off the pier.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Oscoda/Au Sable</strong>: Fishing pressure was low but the anglers that did make it out were fishing around 140 feet of water. Anglers were catching a couple walleye and steelhead. Anglers fishing off the pier in the early morning had the occasional luck of a walleye, but mainly caught smallmouth bass. More anglers were taking boats in the river and catching smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pike, and at times got lucky with a walleye. Most of the catches in the river occurred in the early morning.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><a href="http://rogers%20city/">Rogers City</a>: </strong>Anglers were mostly fishing south between Calcite and Adams Point. The Chinook salmon were there but getting them to bite was difficult. The water was warm top to bottom. Anglers reported that the best fishing occurred very early or very late. Anglers were using a variety of lures from spoons to J-Plugs to attractors with flys, squids and meat rigs. Meat was starting to be very effective now with the adult salmon starting to show up. Anglers were deploying downriggers, lead core, dipseys, and copper to spread lines throughout the water column. Good colors were greens, blues, black and white, glow stuff early and late.<strong> </strong></span></p><div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:</span></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><div style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Alpena County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></li><li>Alcona County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Bay County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><span id="goog_474897490"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_474897491"></span></span></li><li>Crawford County<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan.html" target="_blank"> Click Here!</a></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Montmorency County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><li>Ogemaw County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/this-is-ogemaw-county-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Oscoda County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-fishing-bait-tackle.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul></div></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</b></span></span></span></div><div><br /><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span>Alcona County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span><span face="">Alpena County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crawford County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gladwin County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/gladwin-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Iosco County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lake.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montmorency Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! </a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Ogemaw County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ogemaw-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Oscoda County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Presque Isle County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/presque-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-72110764823641095472023-08-17T05:06:00.023-04:002023-08-19T14:41:30.367-04:008/17/23 Southwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjVLMXXYe8MPdJ4NRlCCNp3zLx5KRnBcA5U4VXNgSyZ7X6f2OFHcg6wCryQebpfFY5W1ZTSAk0Sh5SmWFFesuKHSdhceB7Oni8z9VxKEkS3JLANnOjcMRyH6l5-6pbzeGbDJzLGWsy0lBaoytIlNd_RQ0CLbhGTv6BDgdYhW8zFZLFI11aqJEKd-X/s640/salmon%20flasher%20&%20fly.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjVLMXXYe8MPdJ4NRlCCNp3zLx5KRnBcA5U4VXNgSyZ7X6f2OFHcg6wCryQebpfFY5W1ZTSAk0Sh5SmWFFesuKHSdhceB7Oni8z9VxKEkS3JLANnOjcMRyH6l5-6pbzeGbDJzLGWsy0lBaoytIlNd_RQ0CLbhGTv6BDgdYhW8zFZLFI11aqJEKd-X/w351-h469/salmon%20flasher%20&%20fly.jpeg" width="351" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p></p><h2 align="start" style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Southwest Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>South Haven:</strong> Boat anglers had another successful week of fishing. Salmon and trout were caught in 80 to 100 feet of water. Rotators and flies along with meat rigs were performing very well. Perch anglers had some decent catches. The most productive depth was around 30 feet of water. Pier fishing was a little slow for all species. </p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>St. Joseph:</strong> Perch were caught in 35 feet of water. Most of the fishing pressure was south of the piers. Salmon anglers had rough conditions. There were some trout caught and a few salmon inside of 80 feet of water. Pier fishing was also compromised by the rough waves. Fishing for all species was slow.<strong> </strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Note:</b><span> </span><i>At any time you can view the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&sxsrf=ACYBGNRSDsRZwOvJl2kl0IXo-6yeXclFyQ:1573330406691&ei=cRzHXcefFZKSsAWAoabgBA&q=st%20joseph%27s%20river%20fish%20ladder&oq=st+josephs+river+fish+ladder&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71l8.0.0..1440...0.2..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.EcoNJglhD6o&ved=2ahUKEwis8YTA-N3lAhUMWK0KHRFtD_EQvS4wAHoECAsQGA&uact=5&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=41880621,-86294350,7636&tbm=lcl&rldimm=555917027426851873&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:555917027426851873;mv:[[42.0412702,-86.2499505],[41.804553299999995,-86.4131599]];tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1">Berrien Springs fish ladder</a> cam by go to <a href="https://paddleandpole.com/berrien-springs-fish-cam/">this link </a>or following their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HqP4PJIFjWZ5cPPkk2klA">youtube channel</a>. Subscribing to their channel helps fund the fish ladder cam. </i></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></p><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nearby Bait Shops Include:</b></span> </span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharliesFishinHole/">Fishin Hole</a></b></i> (269) 982-3474</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="http://www.tacklehaven.com/">Tackle Haven</a> </b></i>(269) 925-0341</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://greatlakes-tackle.com/">Great Lakes Tackle</a> </b></i> (269) 208-6178</span></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fishing-Hole-2/152219598153841">Fishing Hole 2</a> </i></b>(269) 468-7522<span> </span></div></span></span></span></h3><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Muskegon:</strong> Boat anglers were catching a good mix of Chinook and coho salmon 30 to 80 down in 50 to 120 feet of water. Glow plugs and glow spoons have performed well.</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>For a more accurate report on the Muskegon Lake & the Muskegon River I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="https://snugharboroutfitters.com/">Snug Harbor Outfitters</a><span>. </span><span>Phone: </span><span>(231-719-0759)</span></span></li></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grand+Haven,+MI/@43.0517821,-86.2578873,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881980de5342762f:0x30bca199e5f67b49!8m2!3d43.0630734!4d-86.2283864" target="_blank">Grand Haven</a>:</strong> Boat anglers were finding the salmon to be scattered but good catches were reported. The best action was 40 to 90 down in 70 to 150 feet of water. Pier anglers who were casting spoons found the freshwater drum and salmon bite to be slow. Glow spoons and plugs worked well. The best bites occurred in the early morning and late evenings.</p><div><br /></div><div><div><i><b>For more bait shops in the southwest lower peninsula follow the links below:</b></i></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span>Berrien County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/berrien-count-mi-bait-and-tacle.html">Click Here!<br /></a></span><span><span>Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span><span>Ingham County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Branch County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/branch-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>Barry County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></span>Montcalm County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montcalm-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br /><span>Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span>Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southwest Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></h3><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span>Allegan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calhoun County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Cass County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cass-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a> <br />Kalamazoo County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Ottawa County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ottawa-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Van Buren County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/van.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></span></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-28507257434584841092022-09-18T19:17:00.002-04:002022-09-18T19:17:50.552-04:0009/14/22 Southeast Lower Peninsula Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSttriUscRU1sUvIfBrAUIexyScEhqNvc-7gSGpPFLMoCZJCdj5kTjT8d-fFONw8oPFkLoOEZ8C1WQUsH_lwe2xbRD3Ou29ejX_-cX2iyc68pafkxpD1tAPteCKf7XldcTTAJu3Oc3pnzIyJp8AVVg9wdIRjxSCydaO48xHxpj5QPkU_FGe-3VRw/s3308/bolles%20harbor.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="3308" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSttriUscRU1sUvIfBrAUIexyScEhqNvc-7gSGpPFLMoCZJCdj5kTjT8d-fFONw8oPFkLoOEZ8C1WQUsH_lwe2xbRD3Ou29ejX_-cX2iyc68pafkxpD1tAPteCKf7XldcTTAJu3Oc3pnzIyJp8AVVg9wdIRjxSCydaO48xHxpj5QPkU_FGe-3VRw/w400-h188/bolles%20harbor.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span><p></p><h2 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake Erie: </strong>Yellow perch fishing was adequate in the western basin. Many anglers catching yellow perch had success with minnows near the River Raisin buoys just a few miles south of Sterling State Park in 22 feet of water or less. Yellow perch were also caught near E buoy which is 2 to 3 miles south of Bolles Harbor while using minnows on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1308187419/chartreuse-dressed-yellow-perch-rig?click_key=6fd818bb4a55aa4cec0078295a67092f535b6116%3A1308187419&click_sum=7bcc4bfe&ref=shop_home_active_1&sts=1" target="_blank">perch spreaders</a>. There were many small undersized perch caught, so large keepers were hard to come by. Walleye were caught outside of Breast Bay in 23 to 25 feet of water a few miles east of Sterling State Park, but harvest limits for walleye were scarce. Anglers were trolling while using <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1308183065/blue-chartreuse-crawler-harness?click_key=673d25b5b6be4a8f9ae193cb25dadfe5f8348b66%3A1308183065&click_sum=450f7303&ref=shop_home_active_1&sts=1" target="_blank">crawler harnesses</a> or artificial lures that reached the bottom of the lake.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Detroit River:</strong> The best fishing was near the mouth of Lake Erie and around Grosse Isle. A few anglers caught some walleye around Sugar Island. Jigging with crawlers seemed to work best. Small numbers of perch were coming in from anglers still fishing and drifting with minnows near Gross Isle and very close to the mouth of Lake Erie. As temperatures fall a little expect perch action to pick up. The smallmouth bass action was picking up. Anglers did very well with catching smallmouth bass off Stoney Island.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>For more public lakes to fish in Wayne County:</span><b> </b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-weight: 700;">Click Here! </a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoHEzfUHe9MV-GhTDhUDuXfgjHeMBhPeOEPH4a6zdjbwPcoSRNUfi4KhZLkUVX4ruHM-VpZrcFtauSkM_J52svmz_6RFpoBR02Agpqh_cHRvN2mqGLz-pTTC87J0DBbMLNzhGKCEY0bH_m-HmufqSY08pl4RXnOTkDytYwjkqXsxZdFDS-Xaakg/s453/YellowPerch.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="453" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoHEzfUHe9MV-GhTDhUDuXfgjHeMBhPeOEPH4a6zdjbwPcoSRNUfi4KhZLkUVX4ruHM-VpZrcFtauSkM_J52svmz_6RFpoBR02Agpqh_cHRvN2mqGLz-pTTC87J0DBbMLNzhGKCEY0bH_m-HmufqSY08pl4RXnOTkDytYwjkqXsxZdFDS-Xaakg/w200-h157/YellowPerch.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">Wayne County Bait Shops: Click Here</span></a></strong></li></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928">Saginaw Bay</a></strong>: Yellow perch were caught at buoys 1 and 2 in 26 feet of water. Yellow perch were also caught one to two miles northeast of Spoils Island in 14 feet of water and at the mouth of the Saginaw River. Walleye were caught while trolling crankbaits in 14 to 16 feet of water just north of Callahan Reef. On the east side of Saginaw Bay, multiple days of windy weather kept angler activity low this past week. Those fishing for walleye reported slow to fair catches. Some walleye were caught out from Sebewaing and towards Sunset in 10 to 13 feet, and also out in the slot around 15 feet of water. A few walleye were also caught between Caseville and Oak Point. Crawler harnesses did best, while body baits caught a few walleye as well. Those fishing for yellow perch around the Sebewaing area reported slow fishing.</span></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com</li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Quanicassee:</strong> Anglers caught a few walleye while trolling night crawler harnesses in the slot in 15 feet of water. Fishing was fairly slow as anglers fished half a day to keep four fish. Shore anglers fishing worms caught a few pumpkinseeds and bluegills and an occasional largemouth bass.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Grindstone:</strong> Boat anglers caught some salmon and trout while trolling in 100 to 110 feet of water fishing close to the bottom north of the harbor using downriggers and spoons.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Beach,+MI+48441/@43.8477016,-82.6705286,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882669f6d00794d5:0xdea998762e566b86!8m2!3d43.8447369!4d-82.6513186">Harbor Beach</a></strong><strong>:</strong> A few rock bass and smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall while casting body baits and jigging with nightcrawlers. Anglers trolling for salmon and trout were catching a mix of lake trout, coho, a few Atlantic salmon and walleye in 80 to 110 feet of water while using downriggers and lead core. Walleye were scattered in all different depths.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2mU-dSNgP1qYGo85pPcPW-hO2KMalGM9W78703PlXotzJ8MEnrjuFX8mclcFBCb3-Fir1W8BBBWFDtZymvrN4cKhMDQqRFGE-Vicjn11iAVELhwv7bcBoNsArnVDwE2Sef7nlGmaSgN9p38APetoyXYUTTVNB4sDq1wVS-8GSdOfi5Bm90-rqQ/s4160/rock%20bass.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2mU-dSNgP1qYGo85pPcPW-hO2KMalGM9W78703PlXotzJ8MEnrjuFX8mclcFBCb3-Fir1W8BBBWFDtZymvrN4cKhMDQqRFGE-Vicjn11iAVELhwv7bcBoNsArnVDwE2Sef7nlGmaSgN9p38APetoyXYUTTVNB4sDq1wVS-8GSdOfi5Bm90-rqQ/w200-h150/rock%20bass.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Huron County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/huron-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Port Sanilac:</strong> Trolling for salmon and trout slowed down a little but anglers caught a mix of a few steelhead, coho, Atlantic salmon and an occasional Chinook salmon and walleye were also caught using planer boards, downriggers, lead core in 90 to 115 feet of water.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lexington:</strong> A few boat anglers were trolling for salmon and trout north towards Port Sanilac.</span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><div><span>Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></div></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-9719551447925442192022-06-17T11:54:00.001-04:002022-09-03T00:16:24.145-04:00Understanding the Natural Forage of Walleye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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For many anglers walleye fishing presents itself as a bit of an enigma. The fish seem to be tucked away deep in the lakes they inhabit and those that are not easily tempted. As a result many anglers only fish for walleye during the spring when walleye return to their usual spawning grounds making them easy to find. However walleye fishing, just any puzzle, gets easier when you have all of the pieces. Understanding the walleyes forage base is the first piece of this puzzle.<br />
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Just like any other fish there are two major things that impact a walleye's movements and behaviors. The first is food and the second is mating. As a result this post will focus on the first and most consistent of these two things, food. Why? Because food determines seasonal behavioral patterns as well as matching the hatch for correct bait choice.<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Insects, Larva & Crustaceans</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0h6IEU77sjTLs2PjuuHnMHp_aPdOVzEiQWLFS5WmYVBieGg5gVMJWQj_1EWX0UR_hR-VjjGqF3Zvh6_cZlsgd68k6iHKaQ37plSZMs7-K4xz1IFEOMNWIGfpBrAl-09M9ol5ZOf_xg/s1600/mayfly+nymph.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="260" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0h6IEU77sjTLs2PjuuHnMHp_aPdOVzEiQWLFS5WmYVBieGg5gVMJWQj_1EWX0UR_hR-VjjGqF3Zvh6_cZlsgd68k6iHKaQ37plSZMs7-K4xz1IFEOMNWIGfpBrAl-09M9ol5ZOf_xg/s200/mayfly+nymph.jpeg" width="200" /></a><b>Nymphs (Spring): </b> The first forage species is one we don't normally associate with walleye, we definitely associate them with trout but never walleye. That food source is nymphs or insect larva. Nymphs are widespread throughout all walleye waters. As a result a large insect hatch can pretty much shut down a walleye bite for more than a week on certain waters.<br />
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For example the yearly mayfly hatch on the Detroit River can last upwards of 3 weeks. During which millions of mayflies hatch signaling the end of the silver bass run and the immediate slow down of the walleye bite. During the mayfly hatch it is not uncommon to catch walleye whose stomachs are full of a mayfly larva.<br />
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During these times catching fish of any species can get difficult. In fact many anglers stay off of the water during this time as they bite gets tough. However if you know what to do you'll still put your share of walleye in the boat. During major hatches you'll want to down size your baits whenever possible and suspend your baits just below the hatching insects. So slip bobber rigs with small leeches, half of a worm or buggy hair jigs like wooly bugger jigs are ideal for tempting bug eating walleye. Another tactic is to run your troll spoons like Michigan stinger spoons directly below the hatch so walleye will see the spoon as a baitfish feeding on easy to catching insects. Normal jigging tactics will catch a few walleye but watch your electronics as they'll show you where the walleye are suspending within and below the hatch.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIP-jle2ER7ICYaaKM-6aSKLMfmbzOW093s6AwMeydbQu4mjh4IOqil6tmIk2cZdDL95slohA9g_rS1GdhuQWwhDHSBesyEJsFkoqaj7LPqEMov47du8LIwkr-6J8WOB29WOOxaKp-Q/s1600/night+crawler.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIP-jle2ER7ICYaaKM-6aSKLMfmbzOW093s6AwMeydbQu4mjh4IOqil6tmIk2cZdDL95slohA9g_rS1GdhuQWwhDHSBesyEJsFkoqaj7LPqEMov47du8LIwkr-6J8WOB29WOOxaKp-Q/s200/night+crawler.jpeg" width="200" /></a><b>Worms </b>(year round): Earthworms have been the quintessential fishing bait since the beginning of time. As a result earthworms are one of the most commonly used baits for walleye.<br />
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Nightcrawler rigging options are pretty numerous and all very simple. For just about every worm or crawler rigging option the worms are hooked as though being hooked to a crawler harness. This is because most crawler rigs, whether to a spoon or a jig, have a crawler harness attached to them in order to use the full worm as bait. Below is a picture of a worm burner spoon which is a perfect example of this.<br />
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Fishing with nightcrawlers have a couple of huge benefits. The first being that they are widely accessible and imitated. For example most gas stations in close proximity to lakes or rivers will sell night crawlers. If that doesn't work a quick dig in the yard will have you overflowing with walleye bait for free.<br />
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The second benefit is that nightcrawlers are pretty hardy. All you have to do is keep them in a cool dark place and you'll have lively bait for quite a while. For me when I'm trolling for walleye from the kayak, I keep my crawlers in a collapsable cooler with a frozen water bottle in it to keep them cool on hot days.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUBT8Gw40FbTLo3maH12_E1kq9W_II2gJ9Yemf_PO4xFNOOZ2eKshNnm-h5QybSDoNcwBGJhyGOk4rPFI65FbvoE6RsRzExxmpqXnwuzUEgc0pAdvaSLMngqnyE0I49HWaFFLPfH2wQ/s1600/ribbon+leech.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="900" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUBT8Gw40FbTLo3maH12_E1kq9W_II2gJ9Yemf_PO4xFNOOZ2eKshNnm-h5QybSDoNcwBGJhyGOk4rPFI65FbvoE6RsRzExxmpqXnwuzUEgc0pAdvaSLMngqnyE0I49HWaFFLPfH2wQ/s200/ribbon+leech.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Leeches: </b></span>Leeches and walleye fishing go together like kids and candy. I don't know a walleye fisherman that does not recommend using leeches as bait at one point in the season or another. Leeches are hardy and stay active on the hook for a long time attracting bites even when you're not trolling. <div><br /></div><div>Leeches can be rigged in multiple ways, all of which will produce under the right circumstances. During times when walleye are found suspended leeches can be suspended below a slip bobber on jig heads to entice upward looking walleyes to bite. </div><div><br /></div><div>Leeches can be trolled on bladed harnesses above bottom bouncers, dragged above weeds with light inline weights and trolled on live bait or Lindy rigs with light weights in shallow weeds. In deeper water a common way to fish with leeches is with a 3 way rig with the leech being trolled above twister tails or hair jigs keeping the leech trolling at desired depths.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQbGo8br01Xuvr70QzDQYtddtf9y1pPxPo9AohYeBB47KBgn0kHAVtDlS0ah0SZLZIbsBSU-HmRWYIHrZrj04n0bYQqXDow2Seu3MiMWwPp5TQi-Jz2zC9P20qRILUcOriOxIdBKHoQ/s1600/crayfish.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="255" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQbGo8br01Xuvr70QzDQYtddtf9y1pPxPo9AohYeBB47KBgn0kHAVtDlS0ah0SZLZIbsBSU-HmRWYIHrZrj04n0bYQqXDow2Seu3MiMWwPp5TQi-Jz2zC9P20qRILUcOriOxIdBKHoQ/s200/crayfish.jpeg" width="200" /></a><br /></div><b>Crayfish (Year Around):</b> When fishermen think of crayfish their minds often go straight to smallmouth bass, which are known for their love of crayfish. However walleye have an affinity for crayfish as well, especially in smaller rocky river systems where the crustaceans are abundant. If you're gonna be mimicking crayfish I suggest using brown twister tails on the lightest jig head you can get away with or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/847123099/2-pk-brown-yellow-bucktail-jigs?click_key=4f1997cd035d2ea64232833842af03e1617a567f%3A847123099&click_sum=57265b1c&ref=shop_home_active_43&crt=1" target="_blank">brown and yellow bucktail jig</a>. Simply jigging either of these along the bottom is often enough to entice wary walleye to bite. If you're not too keen on jigging for walleye the rebel craw series will always but a walleye or two in the bag. </div><div>
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<b>Salamander</b> (Spring): Every spring something special happens in every lake and pond across the globe. Amphibians decide its time to do the mating dance. Normally when you think of amphibians mating you thinking of the hordes of toads and frogs that sing in the shallows every spring to attract a mate. However just like frogs and toads, salamanders line the edges of lakes and ponds dancing for a mate as well.<br />
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For us this may not seem very important but for walleye this "hatch" is very important because of when it occurs. Walleye spawn typically right after ice out on their home bodies of water which for the Detroit River and surrounding lakes is usually late March to early April. The end of this spawn typically overlaps with beginning of the amphibian spawn which usually takes place from mid April to May. So on bodies of water like Belleville Lake where there are decent amphibian hatches in spring. In evening egg laying salamanders become easy pray for walleye hunting in the weeds just outside of the brush where the salamanders normally mate and attache their egg clusters.<br />
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I've only really experienced this personally once as this isn't a major hatch but it is one that predator fish, including walleye, will take advantage of. For me I was ending a day of kayak fishing on a local lake when I saw fish swirling on something just outside of the shallow reed line. The first thing i threw in that area was a <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/search?q=slug-go" target="_blank">black slug-go</a> which immediately got gulped down the by the weirdest fighting bass I'd ever caught. What I initially thought was a bass was a 16 inch walleye feeding on salamanders who ventured too far out from the reeds. After catching that first walleye I ended up catching two more and six bass to add to the night.<br />
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Due to the fact that i had never caught walleye this shallow I decided to see what the heck drew the walleye to this spot. I paddled over and started looking around in the reeds with my head lamp. That's when I saw them, small black and blue salamanders swimming within the reeds or just floating on top of the water. It was one of the coolest things ever but it also let me know that walleye are very much in tuned with their surroundings and they know where to find an easy late night snack.</div><div><br /></div><div>**If you are a person who plans on using any amphibians as bait. Be sure to check the regulations for your state prior to doing so as there are quite a few amphibians on the threatened list and are protected as a result**<br />
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Frogs (Fall and Spring):</b> Just like every other predator fish, walleye are opportunistic feeders. In lakes with shallow bays and lilly pad flats walleye will eat frogs whenever easily accessible. While not a primary food source, frogs particularly in the fall often fall prey to walleye as they lounge or swim through weed edges a bit too close to deeper water. <br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Baitfish</b></span><br />
<br />Every die hard walleye fisherman knows that walleye and baitfish go together like peanut butter and jelly. However what many of us miss is the differences in bait fish that will make walleye key on them over another baitfish. So when considering baitfish we need to lump them into two primary categories: Soft rayed baitfish and hard rayed baitfish. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Soft Rayed Baitfish</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Soft rayed baitfish are pretty much any baitfish that whose fins have soft rays like minnows, shad and gobies. It is believed that due to this most gamefish will key on soft rayed bait before those with hard rayed dorsal fins. </span></div><div><br /><b><br />Creek Chubs</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJmGRK4sqV-NztaDfmH5XnBlG3HB-IHRlwxsIHJGBHHVDxErj8dYu-YIUGB2FtBSsZDawXPWLELhGMv2xTSe_iud2zetrJbgYrvG9ULzslumz2LLLv-fmJ4UJBe5UA5ip9l5dbXXZzRUTXEW8v4_o1zbSaiUgjNP2SX9rrBIqC11c28E0c1fK-g/s800/creek%20chub.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="800" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJmGRK4sqV-NztaDfmH5XnBlG3HB-IHRlwxsIHJGBHHVDxErj8dYu-YIUGB2FtBSsZDawXPWLELhGMv2xTSe_iud2zetrJbgYrvG9ULzslumz2LLLv-fmJ4UJBe5UA5ip9l5dbXXZzRUTXEW8v4_o1zbSaiUgjNP2SX9rrBIqC11c28E0c1fK-g/w200-h95/creek%20chub.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div>Creek chubs are often thought of as great pike bait. However, since creek chubs occupy the same home waters as walleye, chubs make up a substantial food base for resident walleye. At a max size of 12 inches chubs and having no hard spines, chubs make a substantial, easy to swallow meal for large walleye. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b> Minnows</b><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsmnCaAzeKieI4AQtBH6CKlLB5_dOFQtkxepaUO4dnQTyn0LFeYwPOVLp6br4dDEk_0Xf24c8AtiYDHsBx0A16xwZkUqx0sSuvdbv_dPxeXgXo-hyClGbSUAMN5A-cv2vmfci-j_4vQ/s1600/Emerald+shiner.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsmnCaAzeKieI4AQtBH6CKlLB5_dOFQtkxepaUO4dnQTyn0LFeYwPOVLp6br4dDEk_0Xf24c8AtiYDHsBx0A16xwZkUqx0sSuvdbv_dPxeXgXo-hyClGbSUAMN5A-cv2vmfci-j_4vQ/s200/Emerald+shiner.jpeg" width="200" /></a>A minnow by any other name is just a same. Not true, the name minnow is often a general term thrown out there to explain any small fish that can be used as bait. For that reason we are gonna keep with that definition. Pretty much any small baitfish including but not limited to actual minnows and shiners are at the top of the walleyes meal list. </div><div><br /></div><div>Due to this, just about every walleye bait has a way to either use live minnows or mimic minnows in order to tempt hungry walleye. </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn9utC6JiopvXL3xKLKPpVnbToT_lSezEVTmNQVXf2L6zYg3ob6qAO8H7o7Fxq5OzNacBMADSTzOwhQN-0kAhXQx0oSd5fqAR-3L1TL2fmneS1jC9jlaZb_98vbYXrwvK4XX46HQMWg/s1600/rainbow+smelt.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1200" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn9utC6JiopvXL3xKLKPpVnbToT_lSezEVTmNQVXf2L6zYg3ob6qAO8H7o7Fxq5OzNacBMADSTzOwhQN-0kAhXQx0oSd5fqAR-3L1TL2fmneS1jC9jlaZb_98vbYXrwvK4XX46HQMWg/s200/rainbow+smelt.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><b>Rainbow Smelt</b></div><div>This non indigenous species intentionally introduced to the great lakes in 1912 has made itself at home in many walleye waters across the country. As result walleye have gladly taken on the smelt as an easy addition to their diet. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QdwIe3vOkvuPeQBEZ02yD_lYRmEpK0xlQvsj1d0ULIMyRQkOLno0p_pdgIdcAXrqcOt7gvgNRQ5BA8k8O3RtAbIR1oiuX3KEw-rHlMTV4iAwEqOboCTMYuPcEZYYfNoNHRpJ8In29Q/s1600/round+goby.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QdwIe3vOkvuPeQBEZ02yD_lYRmEpK0xlQvsj1d0ULIMyRQkOLno0p_pdgIdcAXrqcOt7gvgNRQ5BA8k8O3RtAbIR1oiuX3KEw-rHlMTV4iAwEqOboCTMYuPcEZYYfNoNHRpJ8In29Q/s200/round+goby.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Round Gobies</b> (year around): If you live anywhere in the great lakes. you are aware of the round goby. An invasive fish native to Europe and the Baltic Sea introduced into the great lakes in 1990 by sea going ships traveling through inland waters. The round goby has quickly established itself as public enemy number one of the DNR and anglers who fish the Great Lakes water shed due to their nasty desire to eat the eggs of native fish species. However in the last few years anglers have begun to notice that large gamefish species, like walleye, have learned that gobies are definitely on the menu. </div><div><br /></div><div>Gobies are bottom dwellers that prefer hard bottom areas where they can easily hide between rocks on in wholes when predators are around. This fact has not gong unnoticed by great lakes walleye who don't hesitate to make an unwary goby a snack. </div><div><br /></div><div>In areas where gobies inhabit the great lakes water shed it is illegal to fish with gobies as live bait. In fact it is highly encouraged that if caught, round gobies are immediately dispatched. However, this doesn't mean that there are not good options for imitating round gobies when fishing for walleye. Something as simple as an olive or brown twister tail on a jig is a great lure to tempt walleye hungry for gobies. If twister tails aren't your thing then tubes, paddle tail baits, bucktail jigs and the Megabass Dark sleeper are all great goby imitations. No matter what you choose to use, when you're fishing for great lakes walleye keep in mind they they're always hungry for gobies.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ymEikYpqJSvUxvnsgfLyk5alhKt_BSAq1lz7ZnlWDA82O3kdtn0IXKioMm5kKxUSMPFkTJ6niezQ6XKx0oC3ODzRilACSUUmI49R1VJieEpInefDD7GwQk3qv_o8B18IY6arNdegrw/s1600/lake+herring.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="639" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ymEikYpqJSvUxvnsgfLyk5alhKt_BSAq1lz7ZnlWDA82O3kdtn0IXKioMm5kKxUSMPFkTJ6niezQ6XKx0oC3ODzRilACSUUmI49R1VJieEpInefDD7GwQk3qv_o8B18IY6arNdegrw/s200/lake+herring.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Northern Lake Herring (Cisco or Tullibee):</b> With a range starting at the lower great lakes flowing north into northern Canada, cisco are a staple for northern walleye. In the north country they are the quintessential gamefish food as they get to a relatively large size and are soft rayed making them easy to swallow. In areas where cisco are a part of the ecosystem anglers troll large minnow shaped crankbaits in order to match the hatch. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1hJs23049dxO3WVPqMzOxq_Dh5TaBUfI473eV5bFWJsLSzThnukRpzRcqwew1cq2-i4waFGL71hmidoZAMV12e5S2IFTe_lUCt6RYJvU6ZfKNH70owWDXG-LkZX7AKRBUoVNT908Sg/s1600/gizzard+shad+.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="680" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1hJs23049dxO3WVPqMzOxq_Dh5TaBUfI473eV5bFWJsLSzThnukRpzRcqwew1cq2-i4waFGL71hmidoZAMV12e5S2IFTe_lUCt6RYJvU6ZfKNH70owWDXG-LkZX7AKRBUoVNT908Sg/s200/gizzard+shad+.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Gizzard Shad:</b> With a range covering more than 60 percent of the united states, shad are one of the most widespread baitfish species. For this reason they are a forage for walleye and other gamefish in most U.S. When using shad to find walleye, seek out dams with a decent flow as the shad will ofter gather there and hungry walleye will undoubtedly be close by. Another way to catch walleye on the shad bite is by trolling shadraps or flicker shads just below large schools of shad in open water. Lastly the spring shad spawning runs, often coinciding with walleye runs, will always keep predator fish of all species close by gorging on the abundant shad. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hard Rayed Baitfish</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDuW4uGY6kMVAKccSKfB92HxqchWjEJpsV_v7Mm8oaNGcL1WZiQKW4atx6TJlrdfr_Qfx2zDfYn21lKfSJPWaNwBt9G3q-LNOcAeTI6xeJt_JSW6FVJb3FvqKJRcgssIcNEZqo8J1gw/s1600/YellowPerch.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="453" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDuW4uGY6kMVAKccSKfB92HxqchWjEJpsV_v7Mm8oaNGcL1WZiQKW4atx6TJlrdfr_Qfx2zDfYn21lKfSJPWaNwBt9G3q-LNOcAeTI6xeJt_JSW6FVJb3FvqKJRcgssIcNEZqo8J1gw/s200/YellowPerch.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b>Yellow Perch:</b> When I think of hard rayed baitfish for walleye, the first fish that pops into my head is the yellow perch. Widely considered to be walleye candy it is not uncommon to catch walleye full of young of the year perch. In many ecosystems this close cousin of the walleye are the primary food source for walleye. For this reason every bait shop has baits that mimic perch. As perch are schooling fish it's very common to find walleye close by eager to get a quick bite of perch. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3RWliP8b3ifW5KVWa-Yg1OVRgsYN7PP7prhX_S3hrmZsrl0ZgKqx80oyyZFsiXe4sBgpNv_ftjoVLOMBQ9doGH-t3oj-X7zGek7tQfskC3eGvgeVBPKLG1G-2kNhPpvXnL4M-1YtUHdmyw_Uimnkc1wVA0nH6q4hYZmsSq6OOVUbNMClsB1ICw/s3323/Bluegill_(fish).jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="3323" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3RWliP8b3ifW5KVWa-Yg1OVRgsYN7PP7prhX_S3hrmZsrl0ZgKqx80oyyZFsiXe4sBgpNv_ftjoVLOMBQ9doGH-t3oj-X7zGek7tQfskC3eGvgeVBPKLG1G-2kNhPpvXnL4M-1YtUHdmyw_Uimnkc1wVA0nH6q4hYZmsSq6OOVUbNMClsB1ICw/w200-h133/Bluegill_(fish).jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Bluegill:</b> In lake systems with abundant bluegill, walleye readily feed on bluegill when available. As bluegill are often shallow weedy water dwelling fish, walleye often dine on them in the fall and early winter as the weeds on shallow flats and shoals die back leaving the bluegill more vulnerable to attack. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-84859247324812204262022-06-14T19:50:00.001-04:002022-06-15T19:14:23.807-04:00Outdoor News: Michigan Flathead Catfish Record By 53+ Pound Catfish<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1hzEW5am37jb4vxoYhn6ejO_r0WbSxQFeIjdAofdy7kdMJpZH-8B8xFYHgvszrDUcOxXuJZlFtem1n53kDMsQSAirjJgVMieH3lKfTJ6ePQe154DTDVVOWKqqAyigs941fAMRbx_3JBcUIKjZ8Fti3PMnx7IHSd05EjL-cNqNSUfcNIo4bbUuw/s350/staterecordflathead.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1hzEW5am37jb4vxoYhn6ejO_r0WbSxQFeIjdAofdy7kdMJpZH-8B8xFYHgvszrDUcOxXuJZlFtem1n53kDMsQSAirjJgVMieH3lKfTJ6ePQe154DTDVVOWKqqAyigs941fAMRbx_3JBcUIKjZ8Fti3PMnx7IHSd05EjL-cNqNSUfcNIo4bbUuw/w400-h300/staterecordflathead.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>When thinking of Michigan fishing the average angler thinks of things like Detroit river walleye, Lake St. Clair muskie or great lakes salmon fishing. What you do not think about are flathead catfish. </p><p>However I'm happy to say that for one Indiana angler congrats are due as that's exactly what he thinks of. Lloyd Tanner of Indiana states, "I've been fishing in Michigan for almost 30 years. What draws me to Michigan is the fishing for big catfish." Apparently Lloyd knows something that many of us do not, big flathead catfish roam Michigan waters.</p><p>As a result of his drive to chase Michigan flatheads we all need to congratulate Mr. Tanner on braking the Michigan state record for flathead catfish. His fish weighed in at 53lbs with a length of 48 inches, knocking out the previous record of 52 lbs, 46 inches. Mr. Tanner landed his fish while fishing with cutbait on the St. Joseph river, a tributary of Lake Michigan. </p><p>So our hats are off to you today Lloyd Tanner, congrats on breaking the state record and tight lines. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-43232775397750035852022-06-08T17:24:00.014-04:002022-06-12T17:40:54.023-04:006/8/2018 Northwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQjZWyzWp-Mnrt2y8Avbe3pH6Yl6nLmDcpSJCVI8hpeHa6LTp-7L_2rUFccoklBi8XRlsv-B2cJ3IbaMZrslYn7J3xrdJq9byZ6FT_F9LGkbOIbsNQvvMtY4hfUVLDZyDj8a3pNMbQpMABUccHCqiFgF2TgfT525A-6BOQ5pZKfXW0OT_atWgyw/s3300/ludington%20state%20park.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQjZWyzWp-Mnrt2y8Avbe3pH6Yl6nLmDcpSJCVI8hpeHa6LTp-7L_2rUFccoklBi8XRlsv-B2cJ3IbaMZrslYn7J3xrdJq9byZ6FT_F9LGkbOIbsNQvvMtY4hfUVLDZyDj8a3pNMbQpMABUccHCqiFgF2TgfT525A-6BOQ5pZKfXW0OT_atWgyw/w400-h309/ludington%20state%20park.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Northwest Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ludington:</strong> Chinook were caught at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Big+Sable+Point+Lighthouse/@44.0575723,-86.5142888,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x31964040946df334!8m2!3d44.0575723!4d-86.5142888" target="_blank">Big Sable Point</a> and straight out in 80 to 190 feet of water when fishing 30 to 80 feet down. Green and blue spoons and flies worked best. In the mix came a few lake trout. Pier fishing was slow.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>West Grand Traverse Bay</strong>: Lake trout were caught jigging and trolling off of the red buoy on the west side of Marion Island and also off of Stony Point. Smallmouth bass fishing was very slow.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>East Grand Traverse Bay</strong>: Smallmouth bass fishing started to pick up, with some anglers catching 10 to 20 bass per trip. No bedding activity was reported yet. A few cisco were caught in front of Yuba and Deepwater Point in 30 to 60 feet of water. Jigging or casting worked best.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>For more public lakes to fish in Grand Traverse County:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here! </a></span></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></li></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Manistee,+MI+49660/@44.2453197,-86.360101,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881c29133d992cd9:0x1beb1266db9c5b36!8m2!3d44.2444473!4d-86.324253">Manistee</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Anglers caught some Chinook straight out along the shelf and south towards Big Sable</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5u65GhlcvfTp9OMgf0t0X7JOkgesg95VHSrCVLUIPNhFBBw0hTx8cJkQKc2A_-eSBB8mtxpT7UyyA-9xqQWBY9gsKEPEQtXoceLapUMOQ5z32sPFVPUrUvVM-844RT0f5dDfvZ0Zvy0aj8e2eqSpbgaUsFEUCDPDujxq7MVL0LKAbBJWdDGLhkg/s640/SalmonMoonshine.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5u65GhlcvfTp9OMgf0t0X7JOkgesg95VHSrCVLUIPNhFBBw0hTx8cJkQKc2A_-eSBB8mtxpT7UyyA-9xqQWBY9gsKEPEQtXoceLapUMOQ5z32sPFVPUrUvVM-844RT0f5dDfvZ0Zvy0aj8e2eqSpbgaUsFEUCDPDujxq7MVL0LKAbBJWdDGLhkg/w200-h150/SalmonMoonshine.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Point. Depths ranged from 130 to 225 feet of water while fishing 30 to 80 feet down. A few steelhead were caught as well. Green and blue spoons and flies work well. Pier fishing remained slow.</span><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For more public lakes to fish in Manistee County: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/manistee.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Onekama:</strong> Anglers in the barrel were reporting small Chinook around 80 down and lake trout near the bottom on Spin-n-Glos.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Frankfort:</strong> Anglers were reporting Chinook in the area with majority of them being young ones. Anglers were trolling out front in 180 to 220 feet of water and working 80 to 100 down. Blue and green spoons were working best. A couple steelhead were also reported near the surface. Water temperatures were slow to rise but the numbers of alewife were still high in all areas.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For a list of bait and tackle shops in the Frankfort area:</span><b style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:</span></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Benzie County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Charlevoix County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Grand Traverse County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">lick Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><ul><li><span>Charlevoix County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Cheboygan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cheboygan-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Grand Traverse County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Kalkaska County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalkaska-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><li>Lake County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span>Leelanau County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/leelanau-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Manistee County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/manistee.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><li>Mason County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/mason-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span>Antrim County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/antrim-county-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Otsego County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/otsego-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><li><span>Osceola County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes_19.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></ul></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-15587841297256667032022-06-08T16:00:00.016-04:002022-06-12T17:17:49.036-04:006/8/20 Northeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbyOj7ozbbvhh3ALsmn2NLz7gKAaKR1-Y-Rtv8eSop-_WjYiIv2hXW_C7V6zgWH_JH2LQaZIf8aqEpdxvdOCUTYPlOoI2xvs8WRXNR5nYqhaMDvKhcwivRyRvxEd0SSL5Ip2z6G4n5AhwAoYlPwJeHujy1nf2Mmv5jr1mt35B68yZ-Czm-dGR6g/s4160/rock%20bass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbyOj7ozbbvhh3ALsmn2NLz7gKAaKR1-Y-Rtv8eSop-_WjYiIv2hXW_C7V6zgWH_JH2LQaZIf8aqEpdxvdOCUTYPlOoI2xvs8WRXNR5nYqhaMDvKhcwivRyRvxEd0SSL5Ip2z6G4n5AhwAoYlPwJeHujy1nf2Mmv5jr1mt35B68yZ-Czm-dGR6g/w400-h300/rock%20bass.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Northeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: normal;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-31b5425?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></span><span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2"> </a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tawas+Point+State+Park/@44.2540011,-83.4488158,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2742f9072f54e16e!8m2!3d44.2540011!4d-83.4488158">Tawas</a></strong><strong>: </strong>Some smallmouth bass and rock bass were caught on the pier while casting body baits, crawlers and plastics. There were some lake trout, walleye and Chinook salmon caught outside of buoy #2 in 50 to 70 feet of water while trolling spoons and body baits. At Gateway Park on the Tawas River, there were some smallmouth bass, and pike caught while casting spinners, body baits and crawlers. There was a lot of bass fishing activity with anglers catching and releasing smallmouth and largemouth bass, while casting spinners, body baits and plastics near shore as well as out near the rocks on Tawas Point. </span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Alpena:</strong> Lake trout anglers were catching limits mostly in 30 to 70 feet of water. Lake trout were found throughout the water column. They were running a couple of lines near the bottom with flasher and Spin-n-Glos then spoons in the water column. Atlantic salmon should be starting. Anglers wanting to target them should fish the top half of the water column focusing on the top 30 feet or so. Try running smaller spoons in bright colors. Walleye fishing was slow out in the bay.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><ul><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><li>For more Alpena County Lakes: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></strong></li><li>For a list of Alpena County bait and tackle shops: <b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></li></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLYvgYm18ksOsunWH2uLHIFeoWKBMNS6BB7UfWxfE9571n7pbnRHz03rCIH50306VzRgvfOeYNnefHRTCokigjpkfsZROJT6m6fAJmTdSNnU_eLZCqvXhNVq-roDAYvYXcgX59aQr88C4P9il9BzKcHxGc5xHfodUj_9tq_zPA_JG3lrsH8v6kg/s1540/Walleye-on-a-Leech.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1540" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLYvgYm18ksOsunWH2uLHIFeoWKBMNS6BB7UfWxfE9571n7pbnRHz03rCIH50306VzRgvfOeYNnefHRTCokigjpkfsZROJT6m6fAJmTdSNnU_eLZCqvXhNVq-roDAYvYXcgX59aQr88C4P9il9BzKcHxGc5xHfodUj_9tq_zPA_JG3lrsH8v6kg/w200-h120/Walleye-on-a-Leech.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Thunder Bay River:</strong> A few walleye were caught at night off the Ninth Street bridge while drifting<br /> leeches. A few were caught while trolling in the river with crawler harnesses as well. Anglers were also catching a mix of smallmouth bass, rock bass, bowfin and sunfish. Anglers were casting with body baits and using live bait. </span><p></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Au Gres: </strong>There was some good walleye fishing with some limits caught in 25 to 30 feet out near Point Au Gres and south, while trolling crawlers and body baits. There were some limits of walleye caught in 10 to 15 feet down near the Pine River and south toward the Pinconning and Saganing bars. There was a lot of bass anglers catching and releasing smallmouth and largemouth bass near shore as well as out near the Charity Islands, while casting spinners body baits and plastics.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Bait Shops In Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Presque Isle:</strong> Anglers have done well fishing for Atlantic salmon in the top 50 feet of water on smaller spoons. Bright colors seemed to be the best - oranges, silver, bright greens, golden yellow or any of these combos. Anglers should fish structured areas for best results for lake trout. The lake trout were caught on dodgers and Spin-n-Glos along with brightly colored spoons with lots of green on them. </span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://rogers%20city/">Rogers City</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Lake trout fishing was descent with limits caught. Anglers were still having some days where they have to work harder for them than others. Lake trout love gobies and they were eating them heavily. Anglers should fish areas that have rocky bottoms or areas of structure. Best depths have been 35 to 60 feet of water. Lake trout were all over the water column as well. Anglers were using green, lime, blue or chartreuse spoons as well as cow bells with Spin-n-Glos or dodgers with Spin-n-Glos. Atlantic salmon should be around, fish the top part of the water column with smaller spoons. </span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8SVyVidcvHO7a4d1qpO_eGUMaMH9cwm5GFcQvFEFNX7a_bJppepachv1XVbmEO5JVxpU-2Bg5Sm82ycTZNWrLAWkvjQuyPyo4QMGvn5OgbVz-oJyAhxW_uj3gnO2uXwufVPLFPTzF4duiwKoAFh6zTs06o1Q2xu7P50idvBMv4NCFGl-WLpcgg/s747/crawler%20harness.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="747" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8SVyVidcvHO7a4d1qpO_eGUMaMH9cwm5GFcQvFEFNX7a_bJppepachv1XVbmEO5JVxpU-2Bg5Sm82ycTZNWrLAWkvjQuyPyo4QMGvn5OgbVz-oJyAhxW_uj3gnO2uXwufVPLFPTzF4duiwKoAFh6zTs06o1Q2xu7P50idvBMv4NCFGl-WLpcgg/w200-h200/crawler%20harness.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Cheboygan River & Lake Huron out of Cheboygan</strong>: Walleye fishing was on the upswing, boat and shore anglers were having more success than in the previous weeks. Many anglers launching out of Cheboygan were finding limits of lake trout with most fish caught at one of the offshore reefs. Crawlers were used more than leeches in this river with most anglers drifting their bait with some split shot near the bottom. Jigging can be effective once the fish are located.</span><p></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:</span></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div><div style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Alpena County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></li><li>Alcona County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Bay County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><span id="goog_474897490"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_474897491"></span></span></li><li>Crawford County<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan.html" target="_blank"> Click Here!</a></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Montmorency County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><li>Ogemaw County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/this-is-ogemaw-county-fishing-bait.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li><li>Oscoda County <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-fishing-bait-tackle.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</b></span></span></span></div><div><br /><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span>Alcona County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span><span face="">Alpena County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crawford County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gladwin County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/gladwin-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Iosco County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lake.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montmorency Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! </a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Ogemaw County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ogemaw-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Oscoda County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Presque Isle County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/presque-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-70134679208375458902022-06-08T15:13:00.045-04:002022-06-12T15:59:42.453-04:006/8/22 Southwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8QpntrQqc3AVEVgixJkhsTUJx77d98xbJ2Feh0dyNgOZmNeKkL1-WBq9PdiBTIqK0PLsEb9SB3g-_pgmVpv3tt9jlSMtI_4UCx02kgpHNPLvpPcH7yIlZUGJQgY_L3OeC_xIpCogkGNxVF9zn4ESrCB2IJnHGQ8bo4SZ1WJaAMOC99jGo6N8eg/s640/salmon%20flasher%20&%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8QpntrQqc3AVEVgixJkhsTUJx77d98xbJ2Feh0dyNgOZmNeKkL1-WBq9PdiBTIqK0PLsEb9SB3g-_pgmVpv3tt9jlSMtI_4UCx02kgpHNPLvpPcH7yIlZUGJQgY_L3OeC_xIpCogkGNxVF9zn4ESrCB2IJnHGQ8bo4SZ1WJaAMOC99jGo6N8eg/w480-h640/salmon%20flasher%20&%20fly.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h2 align="start" style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Southwest Lower Peninsula</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: normal;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-31b5425?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></span><span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2"> </a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>St. Joseph:</strong> Pier fishing continued to be decent. Anglers were catching freshwater drum and catfish while using night crawlers and casting lures. There were also a few steelhead caught while using shrimp fished under bobbers. Boat anglers continued to have decent fishing. The most productive water was well beyond 100 feet of water. Anglers were doing pretty decent in 90 feet of water also. Most of these fish were caught on a mix of rotators and flies as well as on spoons. The catch was a mix of coho and Chinook.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Note:</b><span> </span><i>At any time you can view the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&sxsrf=ACYBGNRSDsRZwOvJl2kl0IXo-6yeXclFyQ:1573330406691&ei=cRzHXcefFZKSsAWAoabgBA&q=st%20joseph%27s%20river%20fish%20ladder&oq=st+josephs+river+fish+ladder&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71l8.0.0..1440...0.2..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.EcoNJglhD6o&ved=2ahUKEwis8YTA-N3lAhUMWK0KHRFtD_EQvS4wAHoECAsQGA&uact=5&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=41880621,-86294350,7636&tbm=lcl&rldimm=555917027426851873&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:555917027426851873;mv:[[42.0412702,-86.2499505],[41.804553299999995,-86.4131599]];tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1">Berrien Springs fish ladder</a> cam by go to <a href="https://paddleandpole.com/berrien-springs-fish-cam/">this link </a>or following their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HqP4PJIFjWZ5cPPkk2klA">youtube channel</a>. Subscribing to their channel helps fund the fish ladder cam. </i></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></p><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nearby Bait Shops Include:</b></span> </span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharliesFishinHole/">Fishin Hole</a></b></i> (269) 982-3474</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="http://www.tacklehaven.com/">Tackle Haven</a> </b></i>(269) 925-0341</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://greatlakes-tackle.com/">Great Lakes Tackle</a> </b></i> (269) 208-6178</span></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fishing-Hole-2/152219598153841">Fishing Hole 2</a> </i></b>(269) 468-7522<span> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div></span></span></span></h3><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6lY5D-lyuxyxlrEXXr0_7xn7Dh1KieDBG19ozrkAJJ1TRMJK96z1mXrUKhmW562YCKxbiypjAfNCZKn59rmNhOfAYMSFbu5SppxnmS8u1rZg_9qNXgtkWX2JTUbnRKah4t0orP_4xdAipapAQmpdkM_Ucd_VRW3Mx8NgamaCjt794Irqr3pBsA/s3072/steelhead%20in%20reeds.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6lY5D-lyuxyxlrEXXr0_7xn7Dh1KieDBG19ozrkAJJ1TRMJK96z1mXrUKhmW562YCKxbiypjAfNCZKn59rmNhOfAYMSFbu5SppxnmS8u1rZg_9qNXgtkWX2JTUbnRKah4t0orP_4xdAipapAQmpdkM_Ucd_VRW3Mx8NgamaCjt794Irqr3pBsA/w200-h150/steelhead%20in%20reeds.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>South Haven:</strong> Pier anglers continued to catch a few steelhead and freshwater drum. The fish<br /> were caught on shrimp and alewife fished under bobbers. There were also a few fish caught while casting spoons. Boat anglers had pretty good fishing this week. The best fishing was well beyond 100 feet of water. There were also a few fish caught in 80 to 100 feet of water. Most of the fish were caught on spoons. The catch was a mixed bag of coho, Chinook and a few <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/815045830/2-pk-black-and-red-rabbit-hair-steelhead?click_key=eef6672008cb7ce26bc53d702cce169c8985b14d%3A815045830&click_sum=d741caec&ref=shop_home_active_10" target="_blank">steelhead</a>.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Muskegon:</strong> Anglers were reporting good numbers of salmon along with a few steelhead 30 to 90 feet down in 120 to 200 feet of water. Pier anglers were catching freshwater drum while casting silver spoons. Green and blue spoons continued to work well.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>For a more accurate report on the Muskegon Lake & the Muskegon River I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="https://snugharboroutfitters.com/">Snug Harbor Outfitters</a><span>. </span><span>Phone: </span><span>(231-719-0759)</span></span></li></ul><h2 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grand+Haven,+MI/@43.0517821,-86.2578873,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881980de5342762f:0x30bca199e5f67b49!8m2!3d43.0630734!4d-86.2283864">Grand Haven</a></strong></span><strong>:</strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Boat anglers were finding decent numbers of salmon 25 to 100 feet down in 120 to 220 feet of water. Pier anglers were catching freshwater drum while casting spoons or with alewives on bottom. A few steelhead were caught using shrimp under bobbers. Salmon were caught using green and blue spoons. White flashers and white flies worked well deeper in the water column.</span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">For more bait shops in the southwest lower peninsula follow the links below:</span></b></i></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span>Berrien County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/berrien-count-mi-bait-and-tacle.html">Click Here!<br /></a></span><span><span>Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span><span>Ingham County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Branch County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/branch-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>Barry County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><br /></span></span>Montcalm County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montcalm-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br /><span>Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span>Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southwest Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></h3><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span>Allegan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calhoun County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Cass County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cass-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a> <br />Kalamazoo County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Ottawa County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ottawa-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Van Buren County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/van.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></span></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-12494094979234679312022-06-08T14:38:00.000-04:002022-06-12T15:16:20.235-04:006/8/22 Southeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPMzm18FpAMEvReLAhizB_Bb74V07YJy8A4MltY4jCqsr7232CQC81ER0sBBC1KA-V3-1WawrYI7F5P4UAr9CizjoqLPNGEFxZIjL-3uxwmNvPzvuJbEqVxb7UGUpoNTuOGCg2yFLIY15jNw-Ko7yQJ_R1BVmO6pL7CWOcjqQaIpa51NEf7pC-w/s4961/chart%20worm%20harness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2997" data-original-width="4961" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPMzm18FpAMEvReLAhizB_Bb74V07YJy8A4MltY4jCqsr7232CQC81ER0sBBC1KA-V3-1WawrYI7F5P4UAr9CizjoqLPNGEFxZIjL-3uxwmNvPzvuJbEqVxb7UGUpoNTuOGCg2yFLIY15jNw-Ko7yQJ_R1BVmO6pL7CWOcjqQaIpa51NEf7pC-w/w400-h241/chart%20worm%20harness.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 align="start" style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-31b5425?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></div><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Lake Erie: </strong>Walleye were running deep, 23 to 24 feet of water. Chartreuse crawler harnesses were doing well on planer boards. Give your leaders some length, about 8 inches plus the length of the leader to give the walleye time to turn around to hit your worm. Add a colorful bead to get their attention 8 inches from the harness. This draws them in and gets them in position to strike. Good trolling speeds were at 2 to 2.5 mph with lines running 25 feet back. Walleye were caught on the shore at <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:1&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALiCzsYn8DdGMOXa_5Zp_XBeAQlHgXMcfg:1655057182729&q=luna+pier+pier&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=12956611082112842781#rlfi=hd:;si:8638005477444832079;mv:[[41.8216489,-83.4310093],[41.8027686,-83.44979359999999]]" target="_blank">Luna Pier</a> at nighttime when the moon was bright.</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.<br /><br /></span></span></li></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Detroit River:</strong> Walleye fishing slowed down considerably but there were still fish being caught. There were some anglers coming in with limits, but others were unable to track them down. The upper river was slow this week and successful anglers were trolling toward Ecorse. Water near Mud Island continued to be a good spot in front of the BASF plant in Wyndotte to the refuge on Grassy Island. Anglers were trolling with crawlers and bottom bouncers in 35 to 40 feet of water. The Trenton Channel to the mouth of Lake Erie provided some decent white bass fishing. Artificial jig and live bait combos produced decidedly better results. Purple and gold were hot colors.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For more public lakes to fish in Wayne County:</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Click Here! </a><br /></p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: normal;">Wayne County Bait Shops: Click Here</span></a></strong></li></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHy5nUIk3e6LYdWJiwP0rogwBxC0IMm9HF6jMRlWICLB4h5vg5fXyX-_3X215xfvxqTunMgovencMT7SPOETLer4tVjEawdX_DS7FDhogIcNsIO_h-POyHso73-M8svHCInyWx3Z_2LdYH_KlPzY5HCOLsUJO4Q7RRPny2go9mi5mYb5ZBKcQ2Q/s1600/catfish%20net.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHy5nUIk3e6LYdWJiwP0rogwBxC0IMm9HF6jMRlWICLB4h5vg5fXyX-_3X215xfvxqTunMgovencMT7SPOETLer4tVjEawdX_DS7FDhogIcNsIO_h-POyHso73-M8svHCInyWx3Z_2LdYH_KlPzY5HCOLsUJO4Q7RRPny2go9mi5mYb5ZBKcQ2Q/s320/catfish%20net.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><strong style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928">Saginaw Bay</a></strong>: Walleye were caught at Linwood in 17 to 18 feet of water, at sailboat buoys<br /> B-H in 18 to 20 feet of water and at the old dumping grounds in 20 feet of water. Walleye were caught while trolling night crawler harnesses and flicker shads. Channel catfish were caught while shore fishing at the Wirt Stone Docks. <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/2018/05/gamefish-profile-channel-catfish.html" target="_blank">Channel catfish</a> and white bass were caught on worms. Anglers fishing on the east side of Saginaw Bay had very good fishing for walleye. The slot from Sunset up towards the islands past Sebewaing was great for walleye from the shallower edges and into the center of the slot. Walleye were also caught in shallower water off Quanicassee and the Sebewaing area. Numerous walleye were caught in shallow water by bass anglers. Crawler harnesses caught most walleye while body baits produced as well. Bass anglers were catching bass all up along the east side on a variety of artificial baits.<p></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com</li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Port Sanilac:</strong> Angler reported trolling in 40 to 50 feet with planer boards and body baits and downriggers with spoons worked well for lake trout, cohos and a few Atlantic salmon. Pier fishing was slow.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Beach,+MI+48441/@43.8477016,-82.6705286,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882669f6d00794d5:0xdea998762e566b86!8m2!3d43.8447369!4d-82.6513186">Harbor Beach</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Some lake trout and coho were caught while trolling straight out and north in 60 to 140 feet of water. Smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall, wading along the shoreline and from boats inside the harbor casting a variety of artificial lures.</p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Huron County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/huron-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Grindstone:</strong> Smallmouth bass were caught from shore while casting tubes and spinners. Lake trout and cohos were caught in 40 to 70 feet with downriggers, leadcore and spoons.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Port Austin:</strong> Smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall, docks and boats outside the harbor in about 20 feet of water while casting crankbaits and spinners.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="arial" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="arial" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><div style="font-size: 18.72px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html" style="font-size: medium;">Click Here!</a></div></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-48370297534997347742022-05-18T23:21:00.002-04:002022-05-18T23:21:24.657-04:005/18/22 Southeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><h2 align="start" style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-3186585?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong></strong></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CCkT_nwOG3V9-x31wBSxeGbMEK6CkCXpGevG3wZMrLLOvsEqQY43BSJAOcDv9tHqkMPHFqPDbJf_aIoL6js2ileJAvZ6WwX4L6vCnoTyp82aohr1HJp_MjqmYsDsXK1v30-vKOmau_-z4gJvwAxBw4gL1ldI6MYiat4jvbepu9fzsNvSqmyYxA/s4160/white%20bass%20filet%20knife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CCkT_nwOG3V9-x31wBSxeGbMEK6CkCXpGevG3wZMrLLOvsEqQY43BSJAOcDv9tHqkMPHFqPDbJf_aIoL6js2ileJAvZ6WwX4L6vCnoTyp82aohr1HJp_MjqmYsDsXK1v30-vKOmau_-z4gJvwAxBw4gL1ldI6MYiat4jvbepu9fzsNvSqmyYxA/s320/white%20bass%20filet%20knife.jpg" width="240" /></a></strong></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong><br />Lake Erie: </strong>Walleye fishing was slow out from Sterling State Park. Walleye moved to deep water, over 20 feet. Anglers going out to the Michigan, Ohio and Canada border intersection and following the Michigan-Ohio line south on the Michigan side were using bottom bouncers with crawler harnesses provided some decent success. White perch and white bass were out in droves. Using crawlers resulted in catching more of those opposed to artificial lures on average. Green was the hot color.</span><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a></span></li></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Detroit River:</strong> Many anglers on the river were bottom bouncing with crawlers but anglers jigging with artificial jigs, minnows, or a combination of both were having fair success. Anglers bottom bouncing near the Ambassador Bridge had the best luck in 25 to 30 feet using 3/4-ounce weights. Successful anglers downriver were trolling in 17 to 20 feet of water. Blue ice was still hot for anglers using artificial jigs. White bass were in thick downriver and were shallow in as little as 8 feet of water. Anglers fishing for them were limiting out. Ecorse was still pretty hot near the steel mill and Wyandotte near Fighting Island but still on the U.S. side. Anglers were releasing smallmouth.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">For more public lakes to fish in Wayne County:<b> </b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-weight: 700;">Click Here! </a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-weight: 700;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NIejHUizVwFQJy9zqussUc58Lp-4i1qQJb-XFUtfcErXAcgxnedLv_sJ4But4O7gnr1HTQF0lNOZHjCrjZ_KXFjdwT4zkqFBC54PMsreiLM8K8WbOKdr18iV_J9PA5LNDnVV0ILIhwgoO79vXJTyA3skP-Vn_rnp-zwvEIv-AKbFBOEl8BG3pg=s640" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NIejHUizVwFQJy9zqussUc58Lp-4i1qQJb-XFUtfcErXAcgxnedLv_sJ4But4O7gnr1HTQF0lNOZHjCrjZ_KXFjdwT4zkqFBC54PMsreiLM8K8WbOKdr18iV_J9PA5LNDnVV0ILIhwgoO79vXJTyA3skP-Vn_rnp-zwvEIv-AKbFBOEl8BG3pg=w204-h204" width="204" /></a></div><br /></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: normal;">Wayne County Bait Shops: Click Here</span></a></strong></li></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay/@43.7738419,-83.8866324,10.28z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4!8m2!3d43.8452562!4d-83.6773928">Saginaw Bay</a></strong>: Anglers fishing on the east side of the bay out from Quanicassee reported slow activity. Walleye were caught in 8 to 10 feet of water and more fish were starting to be caught in 17 to 18 feet of water in the slot up towards Sunset and off Fish Point. Anglers had to cover a good amount of water to find active walleye. Walleye were caught on both body baits and crawler harnesses. At the Spark Plug, walleye were caught while tolling in 26 feet of water, at Sailboat Buoy A in 20 feet while trolling with crawlers and out in front of the State Park in 10 feet trolling with crawlers. Largemouth and smallmouth bass were caught in the marinas on the lower part of the Saginaw River. Bass anglers were casting all sorts of <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/2013/11/understanding-spinnerbaits-pt-1.html" target="_blank">spinner baits</a> and were doing very good averaging around 60 to 80 fish per boat.</span></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com</li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Tittabawassee River:</strong> Overall fishing was slow on the Tittabawassee River. The warm weather increased the water temperature causing a majority of the walleye to head downstream to deeper cooler water. The rain over the past week left the river muddy and difficult to fish. Many anglers switched to targeting white bass as the run usually peaks right now, but fishing for them was slow too.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Beach,+MI+48441/@43.8477016,-82.6705286,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882669f6d00794d5:0xdea998762e566b86!8m2!3d43.8447369!4d-82.6513186">Harbor Beach</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Salmon and trout were caught in different depths of water 35 to 45 feet of water and deeper water 90 to 100 feet of water while using spoons with leadcore, downriggers and some long lines.</span></p><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;">Huron County Bait Shops:<b> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/huron-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Lexington:</strong> Anglers were reporting slow action while trolling for salmon and trout. The fish were scattered and seemed to be in all different depths. The better catches were in 75 to 90 feet of water. Best results occurred while using leadcore with spoons.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Port Sanilac:</strong> Anglers were trolling and setting lines in about 25 feet of water and working their way out to deeper water to the northeast with downriggers, leadcore with spoons. A few salmon and trout were caught from the breakwalls while casting artificial lures and while fishing with minnows.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Port Austin:</strong> Anglers had success fishing from the break wall in the early morning catching walleye, Atlantic salmon, cohos, steelhead and catch and release smallmouth bass. Anglers were casting body baits and fishing with minnows.</span></p><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="arial" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="arial" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><div style="font-size: 18.72px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Genesee County </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html" style="font-size: medium;">Click Here!</a></div></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><div style="display: inline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><li><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-90440206197057467532022-04-11T21:51:00.003-04:002022-04-14T18:05:18.191-04:00Park Profile: Proud Lake Recreation Area<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOxPuE2dH-erwbmJwu73K7vMjsFR7llIH0faM7oKdyVd_2mNQ5rnz6K0mrTdzC5uO2_D3uIYP6iKmCvx3DWDPguccR4VwDD2RHZTayBIXxICFRUyqvDH-uwjhz2C-noF11yfYhzHBQg/s1600/proud+lake+sign.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1600" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOxPuE2dH-erwbmJwu73K7vMjsFR7llIH0faM7oKdyVd_2mNQ5rnz6K0mrTdzC5uO2_D3uIYP6iKmCvx3DWDPguccR4VwDD2RHZTayBIXxICFRUyqvDH-uwjhz2C-noF11yfYhzHBQg/s200/proud+lake+sign.jpg" width="200" /></a>Every day we grind away at work, itching to get to the weekend so we can do something we love. If you're reading this post then kayak fishing is one of the things you love and you can't wait to get on the water whenever possible. But when you can go kayak fishing, where do you go? Do you fish in your normal haunts or do you try some place different? Maybe turn your fishing day trip into a kayak camping trip? Possibly you try someplace where you can target some new species of fish. No matter what you choose, you have to decide where you'd like to go fishing.<br />
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If you're in southeast Michigan, Proud Lake Recreation Area might just be the place you try out next. With 104 acres of fishable water between upper and lower Proud lakes there are plenty of opportunities for you to land some fish.<br />
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Every spring the D.N.R. stocks brown and rainbow trout into the Huron river just below proud lake which draws quite a few anglers eager to catch a few trout on the fly. Then there is the last Saturday in April which signals the opening of trout season and what some people call stock fest. This is the time when people can catch and keep the trout stocked in the Huron river and Proud lakes. This creates a unique fishing opportunity that only last a short time as anglers tend to fish the river out pretty quickly. However, don't be dismayed because there are always a few big holdover trout hiding in the depths Proud Lake waiting to be tempted by a wayward crank bait or worm.<br />
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If trout fishing really isn't your thing or you just can't make it out to the park in time to enjoy the trout fishing madness, don't worry. Upper and Lower Proud Lakes are filled with plenty of gamefish including: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Bluegill and Perch.<br />
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Not only that, throughout the year the park's 130 camp sites are available for you to get away from home. Especially as the temperatures cool and the and the bugs begin to die off, a fall comping trip is the perfect opportunity to sneak in some hunting as well. The two lakes are surrounded by 4000 acres of marshes, meadows, bogs, pine plantations, and large expanses of natural forest more than half of which is open to hunting. Every September small game season opens up the hunting opportunities for game like squirrels and rabbits. Then, October comes around bringing bowhunters into the park hoping for a chance at a whitetail deer. But that's not it, the park is home to wild turkeys, pheasants, and a few species of waterfowl, so check the hunting regulations before heading to Proud Lake to with a shotgun or bow in hand. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXeBDaDDPsspQQo6waMhQhN0IAoBygHTeqq-alrE74RMEP9qhBCn3RZymJi9Tmd9VOD7oMVA8F0wq0ikgUg3asTmeFAcy7jf9eBBqAkhaUtA429nSaL9IrxkKWiVczDSuyKFSga-T1w/s1600/open+to+hunting.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXeBDaDDPsspQQo6waMhQhN0IAoBygHTeqq-alrE74RMEP9qhBCn3RZymJi9Tmd9VOD7oMVA8F0wq0ikgUg3asTmeFAcy7jf9eBBqAkhaUtA429nSaL9IrxkKWiVczDSuyKFSga-T1w/s200/open+to+hunting.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div>If you're just looking to get your daily dose of outdoors then you might take some time to hike some of the parks 21 miles of trail system. Walking isn't the only way to explore the beautiful scenery, horseback riding or mounting biking are great ways to increase your enjoyment. Proud lake even host some very unique experiences year around like midnight lantern walks in winter, to see upcoming events you'll need to "like" the park facebook page. The park has a very diverse habitat. This makes it an ideal place to bring a camera and binoculars for a little birdwatching. </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, once the snow falls and winter arrives you can do a little cross country skiing or break out the snowmobiles to zoom along the 10 miles of snow mobile paths. <br />
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For more information on Proud Lake Recreation Area: <a href="https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?type=SPRK&id=487" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br /><br /><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-30534332089332443352022-02-09T23:06:00.020-05:002022-02-15T00:46:58.788-05:002/9/22 Southeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgld8xFZZfG7V8boVWVpVHWOC3cxMBnJ_CM6eqC23dDW5BqCyBhqf934ikMpkBJw1jzkDu9_IGVCQYSVneNlDZRJvG9t5KNS3oh_IJjCZ-8JOzro9IsVJ8nWYnuhjykkOiUpJnQ8jB18MtdCZySS8HWJWLGfjl9zdcdcDDuIFkbXZMjLSd_9W_rOw=s300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgld8xFZZfG7V8boVWVpVHWOC3cxMBnJ_CM6eqC23dDW5BqCyBhqf934ikMpkBJw1jzkDu9_IGVCQYSVneNlDZRJvG9t5KNS3oh_IJjCZ-8JOzro9IsVJ8nWYnuhjykkOiUpJnQ8jB18MtdCZySS8HWJWLGfjl9zdcdcDDuIFkbXZMjLSd_9W_rOw=w523-h293" width="523" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 align="start" style="color: #442158; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><p style="color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Panfish anglers were finding success in inland lakes for panfish and pike while jigging off drop offs and flats in 10 to 20 feet of water with live bait (spikes, mousies and waxworms) as well as plastics. For pike, use tip-ups adjacent to weed edges with live bait.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><strong>Lake Erie: </strong>There were varying reports of success out of Metropark for yellow perch. Spoons tipped with spikes and waxworms were producing the most success. Panfish were also targeted. Jigs tipped with waxworms and spikes seemed to be most effective. </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a></span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Cm67LO-2Iu4D0CeTk3RGhPNpvrdSCYi2GJ_GoUXYi7j4tvqlYS4GkE-vU7zFWkVuKptGqKdUMWTJYPfLJVnM4JiOUaFW4X5qmkqVXIvoATGnEaqlbQHa_fQsWPxVkih5SemMHxYFLyLzGaKexR1ahE64u3BKPn-Wx8wd_532euriLJeCEX5ONw=s564" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="564" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Cm67LO-2Iu4D0CeTk3RGhPNpvrdSCYi2GJ_GoUXYi7j4tvqlYS4GkE-vU7zFWkVuKptGqKdUMWTJYPfLJVnM4JiOUaFW4X5qmkqVXIvoATGnEaqlbQHa_fQsWPxVkih5SemMHxYFLyLzGaKexR1ahE64u3BKPn-Wx8wd_532euriLJeCEX5ONw=w261-h201" width="261" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake St. Clair:</strong> There were reports of a tough bite for large yellow perch. A lot of sorting through small<br /> perch to find the larger ones. Anglers were having success out of Selfridge in 7 to 9 feet of water. Anglers also found a good mix of panfish and perch in canals and shallower water.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saginaw+Bay,+Michigan/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88214c1f6af5c771:0x50b855fc88153ea4?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgpvmRz77rAhUKG80KHQ9DBP8Q8gEwIHoECBkQBg">Saginaw Bay</a></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="color: #3c3c3c;">: </strong>On the west side of the bay, walleye were caught at the blackhole in Pinconning in 25 feet of water. Walleye were also caught at the cigar in front of Linwood in 18-23 feet of water and at the old dumping grounds in 20 feet of water. Some yellow perch were also caught at these locations. Anglers were also catching yellow perch at the spark plug in 25 feet of water. On the east side of the bay, fishing for yellow perch from Sebwaing to Bay Port had been hit or miss with lots of small perch to sort through. Those doing best were waiting for schools of perch to move to them. Anglers reported northern pike in the same areas while perch fishing. </span></p><ul><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly <a href="https://saginawbay.com/weekly-fishing-reports"><span>Saginaw Bay Fishing Report</span></a> given to you by Saginawbay.com</li></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Saginaw River: </strong>Anglers reported slow fishing through most of Bay City and Essexville, with a lot of sub legal walleye caught and released in this area. Upstream in the south end of Bay City at Cass Avenue and in the vicinity, anglers did well catching good numbers of walleye with some limits taken. Anglers did well in this area fishing the edge of the channel in 20 to 25 feet of water jigging a blue and silver or orange jigging Rapala. Anglers should plan to do lots of sorting. Most walleye were running in the 13 to 16-inch size range. Elsewhere walleye fishing was pretty slow at all points upstream around the Zillwaukee Bridge and through Saginaw.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLniNNsj-EJm8EMqtDsT2aXwe-a_tpMBY25kEIOYjbyLQgeNRzfZUuiadpAeodyT8sVkI3s7MTLMnEdGJdlk8-RcHNO9KhU5zY61NvnzGbt87lmEhClf-7qTWl1E3KryT7e8ZjseCsISxcOyeDvoB8q4jPVieDPYx9nfXr4jYAV8E8sF1Et8GzCQ=s600" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLniNNsj-EJm8EMqtDsT2aXwe-a_tpMBY25kEIOYjbyLQgeNRzfZUuiadpAeodyT8sVkI3s7MTLMnEdGJdlk8-RcHNO9KhU5zY61NvnzGbt87lmEhClf-7qTWl1E3KryT7e8ZjseCsISxcOyeDvoB8q4jPVieDPYx9nfXr4jYAV8E8sF1Et8GzCQ=w267-h160" width="267" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> <br /></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Genesee County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><div><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</font></span></div><div><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a><span style="font-size: normal; line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a><span style="line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-15291979486919582092022-02-09T00:51:00.007-05:002022-02-15T18:15:14.024-05:002/9/20 Northeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicJob1afwVELQ9uU2msjJbWpXlJPfOX_wExWNWK39Sd9K4I4PuIlanmaRLzsw0MGm2lzhLauFts4OoEQ1HIitttLEIY2rhx6ReywkJg87EtplfAWYyfNkNufiwBOO0dk4exFzG64NLsNUoFWA6sFqee9mneyKhm9KW0uFwnZr_fT7bc8Uaf3yINw=s648" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="648" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicJob1afwVELQ9uU2msjJbWpXlJPfOX_wExWNWK39Sd9K4I4PuIlanmaRLzsw0MGm2lzhLauFts4OoEQ1HIitttLEIY2rhx6ReywkJg87EtplfAWYyfNkNufiwBOO0dk4exFzG64NLsNUoFWA6sFqee9mneyKhm9KW0uFwnZr_fT7bc8Uaf3yINw=w522-h347" width="522" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="color: #d08e25; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Northeast Lower Peninsula</h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-211b70e?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></span></div><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tawas+Point+State+Park/@44.2540011,-83.4488158,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2742f9072f54e16e!8m2!3d44.2540011!4d-83.4488158">Tawas</a></strong><strong>: </strong>Perch fishing continued to be slow with some smaller fish caught in 12 to 20 feet of water off minnows and waxworms. A few walleye were caught in 15 to 22 feet of water off jigs and spoons tipped with minnows.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Au Gres: </strong>Some small perch and walleye were caught in the Au Gres river off jigs and spoons tipped with minnows. There were some reports of walleye caught out past Pt. Au Gres (Access off Booth Rd.) in 20 to 25 feet of water off jigs and spoons tipped with minnows.</span></p><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Bait Shops In Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Pine River:</strong> Perch fishing was slow with lots of sorting to keep a few. Anglers were catching perch in 5 to 10 feet of water off jigs tipped with minnows or jack hooks / spoons. Walleye anglers were venturing out as far as 1 to 5 miles, catching a few fish in 12 to 20 feet of water, off jigs and spoons tipped with minnows. The evening bite was performing the best.</span></p><p style="color: #3c3c3c; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:</span></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div><div style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Montmorency County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Alpena County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arenac County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/arenac.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a><span id="goog_474897490"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_474897491"></span></span></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alcona County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</b></span></span></span></div><div><br /><ul><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span>Alcona County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alcona-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span><span face="">Alpena County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/alpena-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clare County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/clare-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crawford County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gladwin County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/gladwin-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Iosco County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/crawford-county-michigan-public-lake.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montmorency Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/montmorency-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! </a></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Ogemaw County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ogemaw-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><div><span>Oscoda County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oscoda-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Presque Isle County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/presque-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-37776472554406241882022-02-09T00:28:00.001-05:002022-02-15T00:45:50.804-05:002/9/22 Southwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsLHeqhGkKrK4qyO1SEMYLdADjfdjOrZcnTkVdhZGttAjOecCMGc8zf3bqUNVz_f6SIPOzrzUoRJ9G502izIpqfsPu6b0ccp_8JrP2zGv4lmRuYj9J2hDdX00cuNUWpVLVU43IkAfHNimUoplcQIGQCI0c1w9E_mHALKy4x9_yhI0H7DLDlZKEOg=s252" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="252" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsLHeqhGkKrK4qyO1SEMYLdADjfdjOrZcnTkVdhZGttAjOecCMGc8zf3bqUNVz_f6SIPOzrzUoRJ9G502izIpqfsPu6b0ccp_8JrP2zGv4lmRuYj9J2hDdX00cuNUWpVLVU43IkAfHNimUoplcQIGQCI0c1w9E_mHALKy4x9_yhI0H7DLDlZKEOg=w526-h417" width="526" /></a></div><h2 align="start" style="color: #7ab724; font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><br /></h2><h2 align="start" style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Southwest Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gun+Lake/@42.6041605,-85.5550901,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88182de1df6fd925:0x34514f0b69be71b3!8m2!3d42.608323!4d-85.5277488" target="_blank">Gun Lake</a>: </strong>Anglers were catching bluegill, yellow perch and black crappie off the state park beach and launch areas. Wax worms and small jigs were working best.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For more places to fish in Allegan County: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></span></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For a list of Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gull+Lake/@42.3983347,-85.4468024,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881788c180ac0291:0x8880a6fc597121c1!8m2!3d42.4030613!4d-85.414341" target="_blank">Gull Lake:</a> </strong>Anglers were catching smelt, yellow perch and northern pike. Smelt action was best at night in 60 to 70 feet of water.</p><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZv394FE7qw397FF4CtFzvTRwRTxdpuua5w1UgwR7T5PCtYonNKBxHZW6_Bte2cB12wJxB7IFvvEm8m6hIZnUL5jQ0r1AdxjAkoYKnno_ZHfm-1trrJHUeTXHi3wGsT_wLvsAbTVQpUK45WM0s5309maFjsZFqlCDejnNt07DEMKI0n9F-3hbq8Q=s282" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="282" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZv394FE7qw397FF4CtFzvTRwRTxdpuua5w1UgwR7T5PCtYonNKBxHZW6_Bte2cB12wJxB7IFvvEm8m6hIZnUL5jQ0r1AdxjAkoYKnno_ZHfm-1trrJHUeTXHi3wGsT_wLvsAbTVQpUK45WM0s5309maFjsZFqlCDejnNt07DEMKI0n9F-3hbq8Q=w219-h139" width="219" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of a list of Kalamazoo Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! <br /><br /></a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Murray+Lake,+Michigan+49331/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88185919e11be7c5:0x8713b358fb95dc17?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCjZHx_oD2AhUAlIkEHQTpBjQQ8gF6BAgiEAE" target="_blank">Murray Lake</a>: </strong>Anglers were catching bluegill, northern pike and crappie. Anglers were catching crappie in the evening with small live emerald shiners on a small gold hook.</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wabasis+Lake,+Oakfield+Township,+MI+48838/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8818f6ea924a79f1:0x6ad937b3adaeea93?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX2suz_4D2AhVOjIkEHWulAHgQ8gF6BAgpEAE" target="_blank">Wabasis Lake</a>: </strong>Anglers were catching perch, bluegill, northern pike and walleye. There is good access to the lake on the west end at the county park boat launch.</p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p><div><i><b>For more bait shops in the southwest lower peninsula follow the links below:</b></i></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span>Berrien County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/berrien-count-mi-bait-and-tacle.html">Click Here!<br /></a></span><span><span>Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span><span>Ingham County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Branch County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/branch-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>Barry County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span><br /><span>Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span>Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southwest Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></h3><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span>Allegan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calhoun County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cass County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cass-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html" style="font-family: inherit;">Click Here!</a> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-85630699613673088602021-12-03T20:34:00.000-05:002021-12-03T20:34:15.749-05:0012/1/21 Southwest Lower Peninsula, Michigan DNR Fishing Report<p> </p><h2 align="start" style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;">Southwest Lower Peninsula</h2><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: normal;">To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2"> </a></span></div><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj93rARQJIVCwAc42mFiRaKWwdNfLsGjJsxzaKAQ0ZIo1_Jgr5DgsjqIaCCCHLLUJscXCgVsGYQfq2tyvTE6aiQIBQKfm4vDJ5iQ4Edge_lm2-MzlTxdz9hm6SQwqFc2Gz1-uCNIsd0FQs61gor5nasidIrWdYUfIdy8FcZyz3Vz2I9iuMYnUuRLw=s1382" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1382" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj93rARQJIVCwAc42mFiRaKWwdNfLsGjJsxzaKAQ0ZIo1_Jgr5DgsjqIaCCCHLLUJscXCgVsGYQfq2tyvTE6aiQIBQKfm4vDJ5iQ4Edge_lm2-MzlTxdz9hm6SQwqFc2Gz1-uCNIsd0FQs61gor5nasidIrWdYUfIdy8FcZyz3Vz2I9iuMYnUuRLw=w171-h102" width="171" /></a></div><strong>Grand River: </strong>Boat and wade anglers were catching steelhead below the 6th Street Dam.<br /> Drifting spawn on bottom or under bobber was working best. The bite should get better with forecasted warmer weather.<p></p><ul style="font-size: 24px;"><span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a more accurate report on the Grand River at Grand Rapids I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="http://alandbobssports.com/" style="font-size: medium;">Al & Bob's Sports</a><span style="font-size: small;">. <span>Phone: </span><span>(616-281-0777)</span></span></span></li></span></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Kalamazoo River: </strong>Boat anglers were targeting steelhead and were doing well before the colder weather. Drifting spawn on bottom or under a bobber worked well below the Allegan Dam and along shore. Boat anglers had some success between the dam and the M-89 Bridge using plugs and drifting spawn.</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of a list of Kalamazoo Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! <br /></a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For a list of Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYSmXXOq7JelV6Du1UgtOW_eYTXmri0eH4IuXuBnqWg1MDIpP09DObagvcGr0GFyWhY9dHkFF2K7j0DvIFfJZANpVnQ4D1958VpGgPV4RpQ51t3N7wxxRQOHZqo2lbPQHjpmkVwoEFWl_vt4kcgRFVOS_NLPN6OQ7Qf0ZvjyM1l71mQAxYUMk9UA=s1023" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1023" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYSmXXOq7JelV6Du1UgtOW_eYTXmri0eH4IuXuBnqWg1MDIpP09DObagvcGr0GFyWhY9dHkFF2K7j0DvIFfJZANpVnQ4D1958VpGgPV4RpQ51t3N7wxxRQOHZqo2lbPQHjpmkVwoEFWl_vt4kcgRFVOS_NLPN6OQ7Qf0ZvjyM1l71mQAxYUMk9UA=w170-h113" width="170" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />St. Joseph River:</strong> Boat anglers targeting steelhead were catching fish below the Berrien Springs Dam and in the lower river near I-94 Bridge. Plugs and back drifting spawn were working the best with some boats trolling upstream with plugs in slower current areas. The Benton Township Launch is closed.<p></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Note:</b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">At any time you can view the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS775US776&sxsrf=ACYBGNRSDsRZwOvJl2kl0IXo-6yeXclFyQ:1573330406691&ei=cRzHXcefFZKSsAWAoabgBA&q=st%20joseph%27s%20river%20fish%20ladder&oq=st+josephs+river+fish+ladder&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71l8.0.0..1440...0.2..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.EcoNJglhD6o&ved=2ahUKEwis8YTA-N3lAhUMWK0KHRFtD_EQvS4wAHoECAsQGA&uact=5&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=41880621,-86294350,7636&tbm=lcl&rldimm=555917027426851873&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:555917027426851873;mv:[[42.0412702,-86.2499505],[41.804553299999995,-86.4131599]];tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:1">Berrien Springs fish ladder</a> cam by go to <a href="https://paddleandpole.com/berrien-springs-fish-cam/">this link </a>or following their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HqP4PJIFjWZ5cPPkk2klA">youtube channel</a>. Subscribing to their channel helps fund the fish ladder cam. </i></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"></i></p><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nearby Bait Shops Include:</b></span> </span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharliesFishinHole/">Fishin Hole</a></b></i> (269) 982-3474</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="http://www.tacklehaven.com/">Tackle Haven</a> </b></i>(269) 925-0341</span></div><div><span><i><b><a href="https://greatlakes-tackle.com/">Great Lakes Tackle</a> </b></i> (269) 208-6178</span></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fishing-Hole-2/152219598153841">Fishing Hole 2</a> </i></b>(269) 468-7522<span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></div></span></span></span></h3><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Muskegon:</strong> Lake whitefish action slowed down in the channel. A few were caught using small jigging spoons.</p><ul style="font-size: 24px;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>For a more accurate report on the Muskegon Lake & the Muskegon River I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="https://snugharboroutfitters.com/">Snug Harbor Outfitters</a><span>. </span><span>Phone: </span><span>(231-719-0759)</span></span></li></ul><h2 align="start" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grand+Haven,+MI/@43.0517821,-86.2578873,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881980de5342762f:0x30bca199e5f67b49!8m2!3d43.0630734!4d-86.2283864">Grand Haven</a></strong></span><strong style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">:</strong><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face="calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal;">Anglers jigging in the channel found the lake whitefish action to be very slow.</span></h2><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: calibri, candara, segoe, optima, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><b>For more bait shops in the southwest lower peninsula follow the links below:</b></i></p><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span>Berrien County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/berrien-count-mi-bait-and-tacle.html">Click Here!<br /></a></span><span><span>Allegan County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span><span>Ingham County Bait Shops: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Branch County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/branch-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>Barry County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></span><br /><span>Kalamazoo County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-mi.html">Click Here!</a></span><br /><span>Kent County Bait Shops: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kent-county-michigan-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southwest Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></h3><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><span>Allegan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/allegan-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/barry-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calhoun County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_15.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cass County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cass-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Clinton County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here! </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Kalamazoo Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalamazoo-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here! </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Joseph County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/st-joseph.html">Click Here!</a><span style="line-height: 1.1;"> </span></span></div></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-72250424471122886132021-12-03T20:11:00.005-05:002021-12-03T20:11:42.586-05:0012/1/21 Southeast Michigan Fishing Report<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Southeast Lower Peninsula</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt_IOY8pBkvc96tIONCoPh7Avb2xeExJEJyj1PCIDZi4Xv3CpPPEfK4yWzVwHNHjtKC2S6PfCPq-l-op-Fh1pZDy1ZyYQ70X4P3d3FSmElqfwI2uCFWRZJQ5lgZraC5Cn9_BJ20Gpnfa-FR5A5eTZH-yxmDUDTP36JIEQsS86OCTHBgc5pvHrXWw=s747" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="747" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt_IOY8pBkvc96tIONCoPh7Avb2xeExJEJyj1PCIDZi4Xv3CpPPEfK4yWzVwHNHjtKC2S6PfCPq-l-op-Fh1pZDy1ZyYQ70X4P3d3FSmElqfwI2uCFWRZJQ5lgZraC5Cn9_BJ20Gpnfa-FR5A5eTZH-yxmDUDTP36JIEQsS86OCTHBgc5pvHrXWw=w167-h167" width="167" /></a></div><br />To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: </span><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MIDNR-2fec8ef?wgt_ref=MIDNR_WIDGET_2">Click Here!</a></div><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Lake Erie:</strong> Several boat anglers were catching walleye around Stony Point. Anglers were trolling Bandits 60 to 110 feet back in 24 to 26 feet of water. A lot of fish were marked, but slow and steady action.</span></p><h3 align="start" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><ul><li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span>I</span><span face="">f you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle/@42.0694483,-83.2112834,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834">Bottom Line Bait & Tackle</a>. </span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span face="" style="font-size: normal;">If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jeff's+Bait+%26+Tackle/@41.9283206,-83.3489635,16.25z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xf221f4b17d59696d!2sBottom+Line+Bait+%26+Tackle!8m2!3d42.0694483!4d-83.2112834!3m4!1s0x0:0xf0b418e3ce4b7936!8m2!3d41.9294054!4d-83.3468664">Jeff's Bait & Tackle</a></span></li></ul></font></span></h3><p style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Detroit River:</b> If you're willing to brave the cooler temps walleye are being caught at the upper end of the river. Anglers have been using jigs tipped with minnows and wyondotte worms while others were getting a few fish using hair jigs, blade baits and red eye shads where possible. </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">For more public lakes to fish in Wayne County:<b> </b><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-weight: 700;">Click Here! </a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="font-weight: 700;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NIejHUizVwFQJy9zqussUc58Lp-4i1qQJb-XFUtfcErXAcgxnedLv_sJ4But4O7gnr1HTQF0lNOZHjCrjZ_KXFjdwT4zkqFBC54PMsreiLM8K8WbOKdr18iV_J9PA5LNDnVV0ILIhwgoO79vXJTyA3skP-Vn_rnp-zwvEIv-AKbFBOEl8BG3pg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NIejHUizVwFQJy9zqussUc58Lp-4i1qQJb-XFUtfcErXAcgxnedLv_sJ4But4O7gnr1HTQF0lNOZHjCrjZ_KXFjdwT4zkqFBC54PMsreiLM8K8WbOKdr18iV_J9PA5LNDnVV0ILIhwgoO79vXJTyA3skP-Vn_rnp-zwvEIv-AKbFBOEl8BG3pg=w204-h204" width="204" /></a></div><br /></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><li><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">Wayne County Bait Shops: Click Here</span></a></strong></li></span></span></span></ul><h3 style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <span style="line-height: 1.1;"> </span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><li>Wayne County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/wayne-county-mi-fishing-bait-and-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span>Washtenaw County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-bait-tackle.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Bay County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/brest-bay-marina-4088-brest-rd.html">lick Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Monroe County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/monroe-county-mi-fishing-bait-and.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Livingston County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/livingston-county-mi-bait.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Ingham County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county-m.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span>Genesee County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/the-fishing-tackle-grab-bag-5521-north.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><div><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</font></span></div><div><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3">Clinton County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_25.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Genessee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Hillsdale County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/hillsdale-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Jackson County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/jackson-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lapeer County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lapeer-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Lenawee County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lenawee-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Livingston County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/ingham-county.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 1: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here! </a><span style="font-size: normal; line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Oakland County Public Lakes Page 2: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oakland-county-michgan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font face="inherit" size="3"><span style="font-size: normal;">Washtenaw County Public Lakes: </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/washtenaw-county-michigan-lake-list.html">Click Here!</a><span style="line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"></span></font></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><font face="inherit" size="3">Wayne County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Click Here!</a></font></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336757948580252670.post-29144653776573026252020-08-29T11:13:00.003-04:002020-08-29T11:13:59.246-04:008/26/20 Northwestern, Michigan Fishing Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDkGQKsXKhxyY_brfXHU_sVQPtEt4m1lGYeUSMjRZ-eTGUH3wGUE9VKcf43JyvchpPTq5KC8R3FNp_17z5MyHsPMrMyqintUEtzLHWg44T1SAgIWPi547vOCg2BuH2uZyHMRxOpNF0Q/s640/dodger+and+fly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDkGQKsXKhxyY_brfXHU_sVQPtEt4m1lGYeUSMjRZ-eTGUH3wGUE9VKcf43JyvchpPTq5KC8R3FNp_17z5MyHsPMrMyqintUEtzLHWg44T1SAgIWPi547vOCg2BuH2uZyHMRxOpNF0Q/s0/dodger+and+fly.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="font-family: "arial black", "avant garde"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center;">Northwest Lower Peninsula</h2><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Petoskey: </strong>Boat anglers fishing from the break wall to Magnus Park caught a few Chinook 100 to 135 feet down but most were smaller fish. Those heading west did better for lake trout when fishing near the bottom. Most were using spoons, meat rigs and flasher/fly combos. More anglers were on the Bear River, but very few fish had been caught. Shore anglers targeting salmon in the early morning could see them, but none were caught. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charlevoix,+MI+49720/@45.3241158,-85.2604333,13.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d4aec9c45c1b151:0x3283d7d75cdc5e39!8m2!3d45.3180632!4d-85.2584004">Charlevoix</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Boats heading straight out and fishing 110 feet down did find a couple salmon when trolling spoons. Those jigging around South Point caught cisco and lake trout in 100 to 120 feet. There has been no activity in Medusa Creek. Those fishing the channel have caught smallmouth bass with live or artificial crawlers and leeches. No salmon in the channel yet.</p><div><ul style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>For more places to fish in Charlevoix County:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></ul></div><div><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">For a more accurate report on Lake Charlevoix I suggest reaching out to the people at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toms-Bait-Tackle/103879403012945">Tom's Bait & Tackle</a>. <span style="font-size: normal;">Phone:<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: normal;">(231-536-3521)</span></span></li></span></span></span></ul></div><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Traverse City:</strong> Salmon were caught in the East Bay on the south bank, around Deepwater Point and near the white wall. Cisco fishing was good when the bite was on. Bass fishing was slow. In the West Bay, salmon were caught in the hole in front of the Boardman River. No big numbers yet, but a few. Lake trout fishing was slow. Those trying for smallmouth bass were struggling.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Grand Traverse County:</strong> Slow fishing was reported on Long Lake, Bass Lake, Elk Lake and <strong style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Skegemog/@44.8103493,-85.3677829,12.52z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x881fdc37b20f8a1b:0x75f11752b7a6d71f!8m2!3d44.8066787!4d-85.3291291">Lake Skegemog</a></strong>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBfHTOY1feQ3Xa0DxXC_QSVNkROkQ6LIwS1A3oOmm0QBlkstJtTW4O1yuRCv7ps47vu5V3MbuqXG6uxGwZesLQKUyBiKbAt5Wt-d6kp8xumjaUzvKiK25byVBqYv1tyJIQhlIMhx1gA/s720/smallmouth+on+tubes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="720" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBfHTOY1feQ3Xa0DxXC_QSVNkROkQ6LIwS1A3oOmm0QBlkstJtTW4O1yuRCv7ps47vu5V3MbuqXG6uxGwZesLQKUyBiKbAt5Wt-d6kp8xumjaUzvKiK25byVBqYv1tyJIQhlIMhx1gA/w210-h140/smallmouth+on+tubes.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p></p><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2;"><li><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For more public lakes to fish in Grand Traverse County:</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"> </span><a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Click Here! </a></li><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 400ms ease 0s;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Bait Shops: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></span></li></span></span></ul><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Leland:</strong> Lake trout were still being caught deep off the harbor and near North Manitou Island. Salmon were also caught, but still low numbers. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Lake Leelanau:</strong> Walleye were caught on the south end of the South Lake. A few Chinook were also caught, but the fish were smaller. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Frankfort:</strong> Chinook salmon were hitting in 90 to 150 feet when trolling spoons 40 to 80 feet down. Some good-size fish have been caught, but the numbers were on the low side. Platte Bay anglers reported good numbers of coho in West Bay when trolling and jigging. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For a list of bait and tackle shops in the Frankfort area:</span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></b></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Onekama:</strong> The Chinook bite was spotty, with a few landed out deep in 250 feet or more and working the top 100 feet with spoons. Anglers reported good numbers of baitfish.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Portage Lake:</strong> Water temperatures are still on the rise, and the bite was on the slow side. Bass, perch, and panfish anglers reported some activity but lots of little ones.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Manistee,+MI+49660/@44.2453197,-86.360101,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881c29133d992cd9:0x1beb1266db9c5b36!8m2!3d44.2444473!4d-86.324253">Manistee</a></strong><strong>:</strong> Chinook and coho were caught 60 to 90 feet down in 80 to 200 feet to the north and south as well as along the Shelf when using spoons, J-plugs, meat rigs and a flasher/fly combo. The bite was hit or miss at times. A few lake trout and steelhead were also caught. Pier fishing was slow. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Manistee River:</strong> Continues to provide some decent brown trout and the occasional steelhead. Pike and bass fishing were good below the dams. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For more public lakes to fish in Manistee County: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/manistee.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Ludington:</strong> A mix of Chinook and coho were caught straight out from the harbor, off the projects to the south and around Big Sable Point 45 to 80 feet down in 50 to 160 feet. Fishing was hit-or-miss at times. A few lake trout and steelhead were caught on spoons, meat rigs and J-plugs. A couple Chinook were caught in the harbor and off the pier. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Pere Marquette Lake:</strong> A few Chinook salmon were caught both trolling and jigging, but the action was still hit or miss. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">For more public lakes to fish in Mason County: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/mason-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Pere Marquette River:</strong> Those using spawn, beads or a jig and wax worm caught the occasional steelhead in the deeper holes. </p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Mecosta County:</strong> The Martiny Chain was good in the early morning for panfish and pike. A few good size bass were also caught. Chippewa Lake was slow, with only a few largemouth bass and panfish caught.</p><div><h3 align="start" style="line-height: 1.1; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1;">Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE07bI4h8nK0KJbTd3cTRpM2PB2kQ72eWyIYUKM_Boo4MWi58NcMP5ls_GXsTgPtrLVGvgfuQ_o8M_U4pMBXSdNfgMYq74JpyznIqhg2FR-XHpRMrXWC40n1WfhYBWHMPrsupxP8m4w/s960/bass+on+beetle+spin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE07bI4h8nK0KJbTd3cTRpM2PB2kQ72eWyIYUKM_Boo4MWi58NcMP5ls_GXsTgPtrLVGvgfuQ_o8M_U4pMBXSdNfgMYq74JpyznIqhg2FR-XHpRMrXWC40n1WfhYBWHMPrsupxP8m4w/w147-h262/bass+on+beetle+spin.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><br /></span></h3></div><div><ul><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;"><li>Benzie County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/benzie-county-michigan-fishing-bait.html">Click Here!</a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlevoix County <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County C<a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan.html">lick Here!</a></span></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Northeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlevoix County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/charlevoix-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheboygan County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/cheboygan-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Traverse County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/grand-traverse-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Kalkaska County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/kalkaska-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Lake County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leelanau County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/leelanau-isle-county-michigan-public.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Manistee County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/manistee.html">Click Here!</a></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li>Mason County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/mason-county-michigan.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Antrim County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/antrim-county-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Otsego County Public Lakes: <a href="http://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/otsego-county-michigan-public-lakes-list.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osceola County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-michigan-public-lakes_19.html">Click Here!</a></span></li><li>Oceana County Public Lakes: <a href="https://theurbansportsman.blogspot.com/p/oceana-county-michigan-public-lakes.html">Click Here!</a></li></span></span></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0