
Michigan Fishing Report – June 26, 2020
Mayflies are hatching across the state. That’s good news for trout anglers, but not so good news for walleye anglers.
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Mayflies are hatching across the state. That’s good news for trout anglers, but not so good news for walleye anglers.

The hex hatch is on and big browns are hitting at night. Bass season opens Saturday on Lake St. Clair, where catch-and-release fishing has been very good.

As the official start of summer nears, action heating up in fisheries across the state.

Fishing action is heating up across the state with anglers reporting very good bites from walleye, pike, panfish and bass, as well as trout and salmon.

Walleye fishing has been good up and down the Lower Peninsula from Lake Erie and the Detroit River to North Lake Leelanau and Lake Charlevoix.

Walleye fishing remains very good in Lake Erie, the Detroit River and Saginaw Bay with anglers reporting limit catches at all three locations. Inland lake anglers in the Lower reported a mixed bag of panfish,

Steelhead and suckers are in the rivers and light numbers of fish have been caught by anglers wading and fishing from shore.

Steelhead fishing remains pretty good on many rivers in the northern Lower Peninsula, and walleye anglers continue to do very well when fishing on Lake Erie, the Detroit River and Saginaw Bay.

Ice conditions remain pretty good across the Upper Peninsula, but fishing pressure has been light since walleye, pike and muskie season ended on March 15. Steelhead fishing has improved in most of the rivers in
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