Michigan is known around the world as a prime destination for World Class Salmon and Walleye Fishing.  With incredible fishing lakes like:  Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Gogebic, Houghton Lake, Lake St Clair and Higgins Lake, you are sure to catch your fishing limit on these and most Michigan Lakes. Once you spend your fishing vacation at one of our great Michigan Fishing Resorts you will find it's a place you don't want to leave.  There is also great Michigan Lake Property for sale throughout the lakes area, so you can find your Dream Lake Home.  Camping at Michigan Campgrounds is also a popular choice for a fun Michigan Fishing vacation.  Whether you enjoy fishing or just a quiet boat ride, you will find beautiful Michigan Lakes in every corner of the state!

Michigan Fishing Reports

Lake Michigan Fishing

South Haven - Boat anglers are catching good numbers of chinook salmon when trolling in waters 30 to 80 feet deep. Pier fishing has been fair with summer run skamania hitting on spoons in the early morning. Perch fishing remains good when using minnows in 20 to 30 feet of water.

Grand Haven - Boat anglers are starting to catch a few chinook salmon when trolling in waters up to 150 feet deep. Lake trout were caught shallow while the chinook were caught out deep. Downriggers were set about 55 feet down with spoons such as the Dolphin. Carmel and blue were good colors. Pier fishing shut down due to the lack of baitfish around the piers. Perch were caught south of the port in 50 to 70 feet of water but many were small.

Muskegon - Lots of whitefish have been caught off the pier and along the channel. Anglers have caught some steelhead off the piers when drifting or floating small spawn bags. Orange has been a good color.

Charlevoix - Salmon were taken at various depths when trolling spoons with flies off North Point in the early morning. A good number of fish were taken about 80 feet down and those fish ranged between 7 and 14 pounds.

Traverse City - In the East Bay, those fishing off Dock Road in the early morning have caught some brown trout and steelhead. West winds in this location have improved the fishing. Whitefish have been caught off the white wall along the southern end of the bay. Jigging worked best. Lake trout fishing has been excellent with limit catches taken. Many fish were over 25 inches.

Manistee - High winds have made fishing on the big lake a challenge however a few browns were caught by boat and pier anglers. Some perch were also caught.

Lake Michigan Fishing

Lake Erie Fishing

Catch rates remain fair with the cooler temperatures. Anglers had mild success for walleye near the Fermi Power Plant and Stony Point when slow trolling with bottom bouncers. The Dumping Grounds near Bolles Harbor were also producing a few fish. Those fishing the lake side of the Banana Dike caught walleye in 10 feet of water. Large numbers of white bass are hitting on live bait. The catch and release bass action has been good near the shoreline and in the channel off Bolles Harbor.

Lake Erie Fishing

Lake Huron Fishing

Caseville Area - Anglers are catching good numbers of perch in 2 feet of water off Geiger Road. Perch, walleyes, pike, and a few lake trout are hitting in the harbor at Caseville and in the Pigeon River.

Lexington Area - Anglers are venturing out into the harbor and are catching steelheads on wax worms.

Lake Huron Fishing

Lake Superior Fishing

Marquette - Lake trout fishing has been good in Lake Superior. Anglers are catching fish in 160 to 200 feet of water, 40 to 70 feet down. Over at Munising, anglers report a good lake trout bite off Wood Island.

Lake Superior Fishing

Lake St Clair Fishing

Walleye were caught when jigging or handlining but the action is slow.

Lake St Clair Fishing

Au Train Lake Fishing

Anglers are taking 4 to 8 inch perch along with the occasional small pike. Light numbers of walleye and smallmouth bass were also caught.

Burt Lake Fishing

Burt Lake is producing fair perch fishing, when the weather allows anglers to get out. Minnows are the preferred bait.

Lake Charlevoix Fishing

Perch anglers did catch some fish in 50 feet of water along the northwest side of the lake, but the fish seem to be scattered.

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Crystal Lake Fishing

Good perch fishing off Warren Road, Nichols Road and off Railroad Point when using wigglers or minnows in 40 to 60 feet of water. Perch up to 13 inches have been caught. The better fishing was off Nichols and Warren Roads. There is some slush on top of the ice.

Elk Lake Fishing

The walleye anglers have not been out. Those looking for smallmouth bass were fishing the southern end of the lake near the Whitewater Township Park. Anglers were casting tubes and rapalas in 10 feet of water but no fish were caught.

Lake Gogebic Fishing

Lake Gogebic is giving up decent numbers of perch on wigglers and walleye on suckers. Pike are being pulled in during the evening hours.

Hamlin Lake Fishing

Lots of pike have been caught when trolling body baits in the shallows, but most of the fish were small. Some big bluegills were caught on wax worms or leaf worms in the upper lake in 15 to 30 feet of water and crappie are in 10 feet of water. Anglers are catching and releasing a good number of largemouth bass in shallow waters 2 to 5 feet deep. Top water spinner baits have worked best. Good colors have been chartreuse and white. In the lower lake, bluegills are hitting in both the North and the Middle Bayou's, but many were small.

Higgins Lake Fishing

Perch are being caught off the bottom in 15 to 30 feet of water out near the Main Island and the Sunken Island. Anglers are still going out to 100 feet of water for lake trout and whitefish. Smelt fishing was fair over near Big Creek and spotty up near the North State Park.

Houghton Lake Fishing

Boat anglers able to get out have caught some walleye when trolling with stick baits. A few pike were also taken. Crappie and bluegill fishing slowed with the cooler weather. A few smallmouth bass were caught and released in the Dead Stream Flooding.

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Hubbard Lake Fishing

Walleyes and perch, some up to 13 inches long, are hitting on Hubbard Lake. The best perch action has been in 10 to 16 feet of water, while walleyes are being caught in 40 feet of water or more. Anglers are fishing at the north and south ends of the lake.

Long Lake Fishing

The walleye are hitting on crawler harnesses after dark.

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Manistee Lake Fishing

On Manistee Lake, anglers are catching a few coho salmon and steelhead.

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Muskegon Lake Fishing

Walleye have been caught when trolling crank baits after dark. Perch and bluegills were caught along the weedbeds in 6 to 10 feet of water. Northern pike fishing has been very good on the north end of the lake when trolling crank baits in 10 to 15 feet of water.

Portage Lake Fishing

Perch fishing slowed as it appears the bigger fish are done, but lots of small fish are still being caught. Bluegill and crappie are starting to hit, but the action was still spotty. Boat anglers trolling along the north shore have caught northern pike and walleye.

Torch Lake Fishing

When fishing during the midday, target waters 20 to 25 feet deep with structure. For the early morning or late evening, try trolling or jigging minnows and crawlers in waters 6 to 14 feet deep.

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Walloon Lake Fishing

Perch, pike and walleye are being caught on Walloon Lake.

Michigan Walleye Fishing Tips

Walleyes have a reputation for being short strikers. They’ll hit the bait without getting hooked. Avoiding this problem—and consequently hooking more fish—is a two-step process. Step one is to understand how a walleye eats.  Sometimes a walleye will slash a bait like a pike or a muskie does.  But usually they’ll swim up to it and flare their gills, inhaling their prey and the water surrounding it. If anything happens to interrupt that flow of water, you get a short strike, or nothing at all.

Step two, is adapting your presentation to decrease resistance in the lure-and-line combination, and thereby permit your bait to flow right into the walleye’s mouth. To that end, he offers the following six tips:

1: Use Light Line Light (4- and 6-pound-test), thin-diameter lines offer less drag, or resistance, on a lure. This lets a walleye suck it in more easily.

2: Bounce the Bait When you’re using live bait, McClelland recommends also using a bottom-bouncer rig. Bouncers are L-shaped wires that have a lead weight molded to the shaft. As an angler retrieves the rig, the weight bounces off the bottom and creates slack in the line, which allows the fish to inhale the bait more easily.

3: Shorten the Stroke Many jig fishermen pump their rods too vigorously, using long vertical strokes that can pull the bait out of a fish’s mouth. Use short lifts instead and you’ll hook more walleyes.

4: Offer a Bigger Bite Adding a plastic body to a jig also helps by increasing the surface area to which the fish’s sucking force is applied. It may seem counterintuitive, says McClelland, but a slightly bigger bait is easier for the fish to inhale.

5: Pump a Crank With crankbaits, steady retrieves may hook aggressive walleyes, but a stop-and-go technique is better for deliberate feeders. Once the lure achieves proper depth, lift the rod tip, reel in the slack, and repeat.

6: Troll With the Flow When the water has a chop, trolling with the waves imparts that necessary slight slack in the line. Also, keep a close eye on your inside planer board as you make a turn; it will give you that small amount of slack that allows for more solid strikes—and more walleyes in the boat.

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