Michigan DNR

Lake trout fishing was reported as excellent here, with most anglers reaching their limits.

The lake trout bite was good for boat anglers trolling and jigging here, with a few reports of coho salmon caught trolling as well.

Anglers here reported catching good numbers of coho salmon while trolling spoons and flasher-fly combinations in the top 60 feet of the water column.

Lake trout fishing was excellent, with anglers consistently pulling limits here.

Lake trout fishing was very good during the past week here, with many boats reaching their limit.

Lake Erie walleye fishing continued to be excellent this past week.

Angling effort from these ports were strong. Anglers reported catches of coho salmon, Chinook salmon, brown trout, and lake trout.

Walleye fishing on Lake Erie was consistently good. Anglers trolled bottom-bouncers with crawler harnesses around 30 feet behind the boat in Brest Bay, in around 20 feet of water, and had good success.