Northeast Lower Peninsula
Cheboygan: Had reports of salmon up to 20 pounds caught. The best area to target is between Lighthouse Point and Lafayette Point off Bois Blanc Island. Try spoons and meat rigs starting in 60 to 70 feet.
Cheboygan River: Fishing slowed. A couple small walleye were caught when drifting worms at the dam. Smallmouth bass, rock bass and freshwater drum also were caught.
Rogers City: Chinook salmon are in the area, but the bite was slow. Fish were caught between Swan Bay and Adams Point in 50 to 90 feet with spoons, meat rigs, J-plugs and dodgers with flies or squid. Fish were caught very early or late. Those targeting 50 to 130 feet caught lake trout, steelhead, pink salmon and walleye.
Presque Isle: Not much has changed, as lake trout still were coming deep and hitting spin-glo’s. Fish were caught in 50 to 150 feet depending on where the thermocline is. Trout, salmon and walleye were hitting spoons and dodgers with flies and squid.
Alpena: Lake trout, walleye, steelhead, pink salmon and the occasional coho still were being caught when trolling spoons and spin-glo’s in 80 to 150 feet at the “Humps,” off Thunder Bay Island and the Nordmeer wreck. Scatter your lines throughout the column, as fish were caught from 20 feet down all the way to the bottom. Walleye were caught in Thunder Bay by those trolling crankbaits, spoons on lead core and crawler harnesses in the evening. A few northern pike, smallmouth bass and channel cats also were caught.
Thunder Bay River: Smallmouth bass, rock bass and a couple channel cats were caught when drifting or floating crawlers. A couple smallmouth were caught at the Four Mile Dam.
Oscoda: Boat anglers are taking a mix of trout and salmon when trolling spoons and spin-glo’s in 100 to 160 feet, though fish also have been taken shallower and deeper. Run lines throughout the water column while focusing on the bottom for lake trout or near and above the thermocline for silver fish. Pier anglers caught channel cats, rock bass, freshwater drum and smallmouth bass on crawlers. The odd walleye was caught on crankbaits or crawlers after dark.
Au Sable River: Below Foote Dam, anglers caught a few smallmouth bass and rock bass when drifting or still fishing with crawlers. Channel cats were caught near the mouth when using crawlers in the evening. On Cooke Pond, a couple walleye and smallmouth bass were taken by those trolling crankbaits.
Houghton Lake: Fishing has slowed as we near the end of summer. Those targeting walleye may want to try the East Bay and near the Cut River. For bass, try the weed beds in the early morning. Panfish were hitting crawlers and leeches.
Tawas: A good number of walleye and a few perch were caught inside buoys 4 and 6 when using lindy rigs and crawlers in 15 to 25 feet. Those trolling in 70 to 90 feet caught Atlantic salmon, steelhead and the occasional walleye.
Tawas River: Those fishing Gateway Park caught a few catfish and freshwater drum with crawlers.
Au Gres: Walleye fishing was even slower, as it appears the fish were scattered or out deeper in 25 to 35 feet. A few small
perch were caught in front of Point Au Gres in 28 feet and between the Pine River and Eagle Bay Marina in 15 to 30 feet.
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