Michigan Fishing
Michigan is home to Four of the Great
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Michigan is known around the country as a prime destination for World
Class Salmon and Walleye Fishing. With incredible fishing lakes like:
Lake
Michigan,
Lake
Erie,
Lake
Gogebic,
Houghton
Lake,
Lake St Clair and
Higgins
Lake, you are sure to catch
your limit on these and most Michigan Lakes. Spend your fishing vacation at one of our great
Michigan
Fishing Resorts and you will
find it's a place worth coming back for again and again. There is also
great
Michigan Lake Property for sale throughout the
state, 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
trophy fishing or just a relaxing vacation, you will find
beautiful Michigan Lakes throughout the state.
Michigan
Fishing Report
Afternoon or
early evening is the best times to fish.
Crappies
staging to spawn in 8-17 feet near green weeds or along
dropoffs. Look for them to be suspended and place your bait
above the school. A slip-bobber rig with a No. 6 gold Aberdeen
hook baited with a small fathead minnow has produced. Casting
or drifting with a 1 /32-ounce jig and 2-inch plastic combo or
hair jig tipped with a waxworm has also worked well.
Bluegills
found around green weeds in 5-12 feet. A small jig or hook
baited with a waxworm, butterworm, or giant redworm suspended
under a small slip bobber has produced. A 1/ 32-ounce jig and
plastic combo or black ant fly baited with a waxworm or spike
has also worked well.
Walleye in Lake Gogebic
normally hold close to weedbeds,
dropoffs, and best in areas with
both features. They usually move towards the edge of deep
holes as the water warms. The hungry post-spawn walleye
respond to a variety of baits and methods, while jigging along
edges becomes one of the most popular techniques later in the
season. Try 1/4 oz jigs with minnows early in the year, and
leeches later in the year.
Weeds and small drop offs are the only structure this lake has
to offer, causing walleye to collect in dense pockets. In the
spring, before there are many weeds, trolling the shallows
with crankbaits provides the best opportunity for big
catches. The shallows on the east side of the lake, around
the
CutRiver, is a good place in early summer.
After the weeds get thick, pitching a jig or slip bobber
tipped with a leech into weed pockets is a good bet. Try the
weed pockets in Prudenville throughout summer.
Portage
Lake is a consistent producer
of big walleyes that remain active throughout the summer,
partially because it can be tricky to pull fish out of the
dense vegetation and structure. Lake Portage provides good
protection from anglers and other fish, as well as a plentiful
food source, to allow many of them to reach trophy size.
Jigging is the best way to get a hook in front of Portage Lake
walleye once the vegetation arrives. The best setup is a long
rod with a strong backbone to jerk those trophy's above any
weeds and brush they could use to snap your line.
Pitching a jig tipped with a worm or leech into a weed pocket
and twitching it until it settles to the bottom is a proven
technique.
This lake holds a lot of walleyes, with 6-10
pounders being fairly common.
This, combined with structures
well-suited for trolling, make it easy to locate and catch big
walleye. In springtime and early summer, target gravel
bottoms near drop offs. The warmer the water gets, the deeper
the fish go, holding to reef areas across the lake. Several
good reefs are on the west end of the lake, averaging about 12
feet deep and surrounded by areas that drop to 40-60 feet.
Casting or trolling crankbaits across the reefs is a good way
to hone in on active fish, starting close to the bottom and
working towards the surface.
Hit
big dropoffs, like those around
Murphy’s and Hasting’s Points,
near the middle of the lake. A deep hole in
RobbinsBay, in the
southwest portion of the lake, holds walleye throughout the
middle of the day. Night fishing is another good way to
find relaxed walleye feeding. They are likely to be in the
shallows, making them vulnerable to casting and trolling with
shallow running crankbaits and spinners.
