![]() The best water was around 110 feet of water. South Haven: Salmon anglers continued to have decent fishing. A few perch were caught in 18 to 20 feet to the north, but fishing slowed down. Lexington: A few walleye were caught straight out from the harbor in 30 feet of water while trolling with crawler harnesses. A mix of coho, steelhead, lake trout and a few Atlantic salmon and occasional pink salmon and walleye were caught while trolling downriggers with spoons. Good catches of salmon and trout were taken in 110 to 130 feet of water straight out and to the north of the harbor. Fish were scattered from 18 to 30 feet of water in and around the weed beds from north and south of the harbor. Port Sanilac: Perch fishing slowed down but there were some good catches. Anglers targeting rock bass were using night crawlers. ![]() Some rock bass and smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall while casting lures. Anglers should set lines at different depths. Lake trout, steelhead and coho were caught in 100 to 130 feet while trolling with lead core with spoons and downriggers. ![]() Harbor Beach: Walleye anglers were getting a few fish in 30 to 35 feet of water while trolling with crawler harnesses and bottom bouncers. A mix of lake trout, steelhead and a few cohos were caught. Salmon and trout were out in 120 to 140 feet north of the harbor and were caught with downriggers and spoons. Crawlers were working best straight out of the harbor and to the south. Grindstone: Walleye were caught in 30 in 40 feet of water while trolling with artificial lures and crawler harness with bottom bouncers. Smallmouth bass were caught by the lighthouse and towards Eagle Bay in 20 feet of water. Some anglers used artificial lures and did well. Port Austin: Walleye were caught to the west of the harbor, in front of the harbor and around the lighthouse in 25 to 35 feet with crawler harnesses and bottom bouncers. When they found perch, some limits were taken. Anglers should do their best to find shiners which were difficult to find. Anglers did best south in 25 to 30 feet of water while moving often to find fish. Port Sanilac: Some anglers did well catching perch while others did not. Anglers were doing the best trolling Flicker Shads on Callahan Reef in 9 to 12 feet of water. Catches of 2 to 4 per boat with some doing better was the norm. Quanicassee: Walleye fishing was beginning to slow down. Shore anglers were catching channel catfish, smallmouth bass and freshwater drum in Essexville. Walleye were also caught while trolling 8 miles northeast of the Sparkplug in 24 feet of water while using flicker shad minnows. Walleye were caught while trolling in the lower part of the Saginaw River in 12 feet of water while using crawlers. Anglers caught walleye on both body baits and crawler harnesses. Most boat anglers fished the slot in 14 to 16 feet and over the bar in 22 to 26 feet with some walleye and a lot of white bass catches. Walleye were caught in as little as 8 feet of water and out to 30 feet east of the shipping channel with no certain area more consistent than others. Saginaw Bay: Fishing on the east side of the bay was slow this week with most boats coming in with zero to three walleye. Anglers fishing for panfish took good amounts of crappie and bluegill from Ford’s Cove while drifting with crawlers. Perch anglers were doing best using drop shot with minnows three feet off bottom. Perch and walleye anglers did well near buoys 26 and 27 (2 to 3 miles southeast of Gull Island) and at the mouths of the north and south channels of St Clair River. Clair: Bass fishing was slow but good-sized smallmouth bass were caught near Grassy Island and near the mouths of the north and south channels of the St. Largemouth bass were caught in the Bolles Harbor channel on lures that make sound. Decently sized walleye were caught out in the dumping grounds in deeper water on crawler harnesses. ![]() They were also caught out in the dumping grounds with the same method. Lake Erie: Yellow perch were abundantly caught out from the Raisin Riven using minnows on perch rigs in around 20 feet of water. ![]() By The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Southeast Lower Peninsula ![]()
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