Fishing Report

Continues to provide great Chinook salmon fishing. The boats are still heading straight out from the piers and north towards Arcadia. Anglers had the best luck in 65 to 130 feet of water with blue, green or white lures. Steelhead and lake trout have been caught out in deeper waters.

A few chinook and steelhead have been caught as far up as the Homestead Dam, but the river fishing is still slow.

Has very good trout and salmon fishing along the Bank and to the north off Point Betsie. Chinook, coho and steelhead have been caught in 50 to 150 feet of water using a variety of spoons. Pier anglers have caught a few salmon when fishing off both sides in the early morning or late evening.

Has fair to good salmon fishing. On the East Bay, fish the South Bank, along Old Mission Peninsula from the Bluffs down to the Walls, off Yuba and Elk Rapids. On the West Bay, the better fishing has been around the Red Buoy off Grelickville, between Bower's Harbor and the Gravel Pit, and near the mouth of the Boardman River. The most productive baits were Hootchie Mama's with green or blue flies 60 and 70 feet down in 130 to 150 feet of water. Lake trout action was fair.

Salmon fishing is in full swing with the better fishing in a one hour window in the early morning and at sundown. Glow spoons, flies or squid worked best. Depths vary with some fish taken at 40 to 70 feet while others are deeper in waters 100 to 120 feet deep. The key is to veer off from all the other boats and fish the less crowded areas.

Had good fishing this week with a lot of chinook along with a few coho and lake trout caught. The fish have moved in quite a bit so anglers are fishing in 80 to 100 feet of water. Pier anglers have also caught fish in the early mornings off the very end of the pier.

The fall salmon season has started here as well. Boat anglers are using spoons and J-Plugs in chrome, green, yellow and white. Pier anglers are jigging for chinook salmon off the short pier. Salmon have started to move up into the Muskegon River.

Boat anglers are catching a limited number of trout and salmon in waters 30 to 60 feet deep. Good numbers of perch have been caught by both pier and boat anglers fishing in 30 to 40 feet of water.

There are good numbers of steelhead in the river though few anglers are targeting them. There should be fish moving in the river in the low light hours of the morning and at night. Anglers should target the deeper holes during the day. Bass fishing continues to be good and smallmouth are hitting on crank baits.

The salmon and trout have moved in closer to shore and are now being caught in 35 to 90 feet of water. Perch can be found in 30 to 35 feet of water. Pier anglers have only managed to catch light numbers of chinook and steelhead, but good numbers of perch ranging from 9 to 11 inches have been caught.

Walleye fishing has slowed, as it always does in August. Yellow perch fishing ranged from very good to poor, depending on the weather. The hot spots have been in 35 to 45 feet of water off the Hotel and out by the Shipping Channel.

Walleye fishing slowed with only a few fish taken on crawlers harnesses in 50 to 70 feet of water. Pier anglers are catching perch, smallmouth bass and rock bass. Boat anglers have caught perch out by Buoys 2 and 4 and when fishing the weed beds off the Coast Guard Station.

Has fair lake trout fishing. Those targeting the upper water column in 70 to 110 feet of water have caught a few chinook and walleye. Pier fishing was slow with only a few chinook taken on glow spoons or body baits.

Walleye catches have slowed a little bit, however, catch rates are fair to good along North Shore when trolling body baits or drifting crawler harnesses. Lake trout are hitting six to ten miles east of Thunder Bay Island about 85 feet down in waters in 100 to 150 feet deep. Bass are biting in Squaw Bay. Northern pike and catfish have been caught in the Shipping Channel when trolling or casting.

Fish are scattered all over! A few good places to fish are Forty Mile Point, the State Park and around the Pump House. If you are heading south try Swan Bay, Calcite and Adams Point in 55 to 120 feet of water. Spoons and dodgers in green, blue, pink, or black and white have caught fish.

While fishing has been slow, the better catches have come either straight out or to the north in 70 to 110 feet of water. Most are trolling with spoons, flies and squid, or dodgers. Chinook along with a few lake trout have been caught.

Fishing has been slow. A limited number of fish have been caught on the south or west side of Bois Blanc Island in 100 feet of water. Most boats are heading up to the straits area of Mackinac Island.

Has fair to good walleye fishing. Boat anglers are fishing the north side of Callahan Reef and around the Spark Plug using crawler harnesses. Perch fishing has been good to very good at Buoys 1, 2, 15 and 16. Other hot spots were Buoy H, the Spark Plug and just south of the Black Hole.

Excellent perch fishing continues in 35 to 40 feet of water. Perch are running anywhere from 7 to 11 inches. Boat anglers are trolling in 80 to 120 feet of water for trout and salmon. The temperature break is currently about 60 feet down. Most of the fish caught have been lake trout, followed by chinook, steelhead and walleye. Pier anglers are getting a few perch, smallmouth bass and rock bass.

Anglers continue to catch chinook and lake trout from the Shipping Channel to the #3 Green Can and around the lighthouse. Anglers are using lime flies, lime squid, spoons or silver J-Plugs.

Lake trout fishing has picked with most fish caught running 2 to 5 pounds. There have been reports of some very large fish breaking off. Most fish have been taken in 140 to 180 feet of water. Some boats trolling near the harbors in 80 feet of water have caught an occasional chinook, coho or lake trout.

Fishing pressure has picked up with limits of lake trout caught in waters over 200 feet deep. Anglers starting to target salmon are having limited success trolling in 50 to 60 feet of water. Those jigging for lake trout haven't had much success due to strong currents in the area.

Walleye fishing up near Port Huron did slow. Those fishing in the North Channel and the Middle Channel have caught perch in 15 to 20 feet of water. Crawlers harnesses perch rigs with crawlers or minnows have caught fish when still-fishing or when drifting.

Walleye fishing slowed a bit, but fish have been caught up in Anchor Bay when trolling between Strawberry Island and Grass Island. Trolling or drifting crawler harnesses or jigs has caught fish. Popular colors have been white, gold, chartreuse or red.

Walleye have been caught in the channels between Celeron Island and Sugar Island. Try fishing along the weed beds in 14 feet of water with white jigs. Good bass fishing was reported near the Hole in the Wall, which is north of the Cross Dike and Sugar Island. Tube baits and fake goby baits have worked best.