![]() Pier anglers caught smallmouth bass, rock bass, freshwater drum, catfish and a few walleye in the early morning or evening when still-fishing with a crawlers.Īu Sable River anglers caught smallmouth bass, rock bass, freshwater drum, channel catfish and a couple small walleye when still fishing or drifting crawlers through the holes. Orange, chrome, blue and green were good colors. Most of the fish are eating smelt but a few lake trout were feeding on gobies. Most are running spoons both clean and with attractors as well as meat rigs or dodgers with spin-glo’s. Steelhead, Atlantics, coho and walleye were in the top 15 to 40 feet and taken on copper, lead core and sliders while the lake trout were in the bottom 15 feet. Oscoda lake trout, steelhead, Atlantic salmon, walleye, and the odd coho or Chinook were caught when trolling along the ledge in 80 to 120 feet or out near the “humps: in 140 to 170 feet. Those trolling for walleye reported spotty catch rates in 15 to 20 feet.Īu Gres River anglers caught catfish, a few small perch and pike. Off the mouth of the Pine River, a few perch were caught in 10 to 12 feet. Saginaw River shore anglers in the lower river caught bass, catfish and freshwater drum on crawlers.Īu Gres Area trolling for walleye were either fishing straight off the river mouth in 30 to 40 feet of heading north of Big Charity Island. One boat went way out and came back with one steelhead and one walleye taken about halfway down in 125 feet. Success was hit-or-miss with an average of six walleye per boat for a half-day trip. Most of the effort from Port Austin is for walleye right now and those boats are going west and south and fishing off Hat Point and the Flat Rock Reefs in 35 to 45 feet. ![]() Many used a crawler harness, but some were using spoons and body baits to avoid catching freshwater drum which are hitting on crawlers. ![]() ![]() From Caseville, anglers were either working the north end of the Slot off the tip of Sand Point, out north of Big Charity Island, off Oak Point or the reefs between Caseville and Port Austin. Most of the walleye trollers from the east side from Quanicassee to Bay Port were crossing the Bar and fishing in 25 to 30 feet out in mid-bay north of the Spark Plug toward buoys 1 & 2. A few perch were caught off Linwood around Sailboat Buoy F. Saginaw Bay walleye and some perch were found near the Spark Plug (Buoys 11 & 12) in 25 feet or so. ![]()
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