The statewide trout opener on all Type 1 and Type 2 streams as well as all Type A and Type D trout lakes is also this Saturday, April 24. Also the walleye and pike opener for the Lower Peninsula inland waters.
Cold and windy conditions have slowed fishing.
All anglers 17 years of age and older are required to have a fishing license.
Manistee Lake by Manistee has slowed down for perch with most getting ready for the walleye opener.
Saginaw Bay: Anglers were starting to catch walleye with a crawler harness in 20 feet off Linwood and three miles northeast of Spoils Island when trolling a husky jerk. Yellow perch were also found northeast of Spoils Island in 20 feet. A couple boats fishing from Sebewaing to Wildfowl Bay caught walleye in shallow water when trolling crawlers and artificial baits. At Sebewaing, crappie were caught in the river with minnows and artificial baits. At Bay Port, large and smallmouth bass were caught and released when casting artificial baits in 2 to 10 feet around North Island and Heisterman Island. Crappie were caught in the canals around Sand Point.
Detroit River: Walleye fishing picked up on the lower river.
Here are the Lake Michigan stocking numbers that are planned for 2021
1/10th of what they used to stock annually💯
The weather sucks but a few got out fishing this week trying your luck. Manistee Lake at Manistee still has been ok for perch. Pentwater has been fair for perch with minnows working best.
West Grand Traverse has had a lot of wind but a few good reports from Northport and Suttons Bay.
Higgins Lake: The docks are in at the launch sites. Those trolling near the west launch caught a few rainbow trout.
Houghton Lake: Bluegill and crappie are being caught in the canals. Most are using wax worms and red worms. Some nice perch were caught at the Reedsburg Dam when using perch minnows.
Traverse City: Those fishing in the West Bay, including Suttons Bay, have caught Cisco. A couple limits of perch were caught at Northport. A fair number of steelhead are in the Boardman River.
White Lake: Bluegill and crappie were found along the south shoreline.
Grand Marais: Pier anglers have caught whitefish and a few coho. The whitefish bite is somewhat slow with most fish 10 to 13 inches. The best action came on noodle rods with a single egg. Boat anglers are trolling mainly within the harbor or to the east between Lonesome Point and the Blind Sucker River. Those targeting lake trout near the shipping channels reported good catches. Water temps are still extremely cold at 34 degrees plus or minus.
Detroit River: High angling pressure and the cold front has made for tough fishing. Michigan waters on the upper river have become extremely clear and anglers have struggled to consistently catch walleye. Mid-river fishing has been better. First light and just after dusk have produced the best results.
Saginaw Bay: Yellow perch were caught on perch rigs off the mouth of the river near Buoys 17-18. Fish were also caught off Finn Road, but most were throwbacks. Some perch were caught in shallow water off the mouth of the Quanicassee River in the early morning. Walleye fishing was slow in the bay. Fishing in the Quanicassee River was slow.
Todd Bosley with a nice pike that was released out of West Grand traverse bay this week #pike #bucsbait #bucsfishingreport #livebait #puremichiganfishing #puremichigan #fishingmichigan #fishing #traversecity
David Cholger
there's no closed season on the great lake's??have to check beautiful fish great colors
Great job on the C&R
Way to go Tommy!!
Nice Lake Wolf!! 😎👍
Thank you for letting him go
Nice fish Tod
Nice release
nice snake
Nice
Thank you for letting him go. Beautiful catch
DNR is getting docks in at many access site. Photo is of the dock at Lake Ann just put in. Crappie fishing is good at Houghton Lake in the canals, also good gill fishing.
Remember that pike, walleye, bass season are closed as summer like weather has many out fishing and keeping fish. Also the trout streams are also closed so please read the regs.
Perch fishing is good at Manistee and PM lake.
Saginaw Bay: In the lower Saginaw Bay, anglers fishing for walleye are jigging at the mouth of the Saginaw River in 16 feet around the range light and also trolling around Spoils Island with flicker shads. Some walleye are being caught. Yellow perch are being caught on perch rigs, with average size 8-10 inches. Some yellow perch are also being caught upriver at the mouth of the Bay Agg cut.
Very slow fishing in the Sebewaing River and Marina. Most anglers are looking for perch and not finding any. Bayport had very little fishing activity. In Mud Creek, a few perch were caught, but anglers are catching lots of small perch to keep one or two. At Port Sanilac, an occasional coho was caught trolling, but the water is dirty from the winds and fishing has been slow. The pier in Port Sanilac has been slow as well.
A few perch have been caught in the Caseville area, with many of those being small. An occasional keeper-sized perch can be caught. Perch fishing has been getting slower over the last week for keeper-sized fish.
Fishing Tip: Let's catch some crappie!
Crappie are among the most difficult pan fish to pattern because of their tendency to suspend in the water column, except in the spring. During this time, crappie move to shallow water – sometimes in water only a couple feet deep – to spawn, so there isn’t a lot of water column to suspend in.
Crappies like both minnows and jigs. The easiest way to fish for them is to suspend the bait under a bobber, halfway between the surface and the bottom, around any sort of cover – weeds, brush, dock pilings … whatever.
Anglers who prefer a more active approach can cast with jigs and swim them back or fly fish with minnow-imitating streamers. Just think shallow in spring.
Jeff Walley reports from Houghton Lake A few slabs from yesterday afternoon. #crappiefishing #houghtonlake #puremichigan #bucsbait #bucsfishingreport #livebait #fishing #lymansonthelake
Some perch being caught in Manistee, PM Lake. Pentwater Lake, and White Lake. It seems the best reports are out of Manistee Lake. Also Suttons Bay and Northport have been hit and miss on Perch.
Crappie and bluegills are showing up in the canals in Houghton Lake.
Detroit River: Limit catches of walleye are becoming more the norm this week throughout the river as temperatures reach into the low 40’s. Anglers are vertical jigging plastics with or without minnows.
Petoskey: The docks are not in yet at the public launch in Petoskey. Water levels are noticeably lower near shore in Petoskey this year. The bobberhole water looks 2 feet down. Anglers are targeting Steelhead on the break wall and in the bobberhole (mouth of Bear River) mainly. Success has varied, with the weekend being a bit slower. But there have been steelhead caught in both locations over the last week, mainly on spawn bags and beads. There are still a lot of planter brown trout hanging around at the bobberhole.
Brad DeWitt