07-18-2003, 02:20 AM
Upper Peninsula:
Thursday: AM Showers/T-storms, then partly sunny. Highs: near 70
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 68-73
Saturday: Partly sunny, slight chance of a late storm. Highs: 73-77
Sunday: Scattered T-storms. Highs: 74-77
Northern Lower:
Thursday: Partly cloudy, chance of scattered showers/t-storms. Highs:
72-77
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 72-76
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Highs: 75-80
Sunday: Scattered t-storms. Highs: 76-81
Central Lower:
Thursday: Partly cloudy, chance of scattered t-storms. Highs: 74-79
Friday: Mostly sunny and nice. Highs: 73-78
Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs: 77-82
Sunday: Scattered t-storms. Highs: 78-83
AAA STATE WIDE REPORT
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D.N.R. STATE WIDE REPORT
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FLETCHER'S POND
The lake is fairly churned up right now ,so flashy lures are doing great. Spinnerbaiting Pike and Bass and beetlespinning for the panfish. Pike numbers in the 26" to 30" sizes are down. Bass on the other hand are awesome with a 2-1/2 pound average .
lake charlivoix
slow fishing !
burt lake
perch , pike and bass are doing well .
herring are still running all over the place in the DeTour/Drummond Island area!! Most popular place lately has been in the bays off of Pigeon Cove by Drummond Island.
Fishing for Salmon out off of the DeTour Reef Lighthouse has picked up quite a bit in the past week. spoons of the blue or purple down about 45-60 feet for finding the fish.
lake gogebic
perch are scattered , pike in the weed beds , the mayfly hatch is on !
hamlin lake , the gills are biting , crappie are just starting and our walleye fry have been released ! yee-haa !
iron mtn. area
walleye are down about 12 ft. pike are hitting just about everything !
tawas area
the walleye fishing around number 2 buoy in Tawas Bay is very good. East Tawas dock has been slow lately and the bluegill fishing on Tawas Lake has been pretty good.
the gill ,pike, smallmouth and panfish fishing inland is good and crickets and waxworms are working best, some walleye have been taken on Sand Lake. A few perch were being taken on Tawas Bay.
some walleye taken in the AuSable River near the mouth. The panfish for perch, crappie, bluegill has been fair to good on both Cooke and Foote Ponds. There has also been some pike and walleye taken on VanEtten Lake.
catfishing is excellent in the mouth of the AuSable, especially just before and after dark using crawlers. The smallmouth are also hitting well and leeches are working best. On Lake Huron, the Lake trout continue to hit best but the salmon fishing is picking up.
lake bellair
Walleye action after dark has been fair. Use leech or crawler rigs troll or drift slow. Heavy fish fly hatch . Pike and bass on spinners, Senko's with the best shimmy action as well as jerk baits.
Menominee/Cedar River.
Green Bay off Menominee/Marinette: Overall catch has been slow this past week. Angler pressure up trolling for Salmon/Trout in preparation for the up coming Brown Trout Derby July 19-20. Occasional catches of Browns and Salmon taking place off the north end of Green Island and Chambers Island heavy concentration of bait fish reported in the above areas.
Menominee River: Good Smallmouth catches in both the lower and upper river. Walleye catch down with best catches taking place in the late evening hours off Stephenson Island and Coal Docks. Other fish caught were sheephead, Musky, Catfish, and Sturgeon.
Green Bay off Cedar River: Boat anglers trolling in the area of the Whaleback Shoal have had fair Salmon catches this past week. Brown Trout catches taking place in 35* to 48* waters off Bailey Park located 7 miles south from Cedar River.
Cedar River: Smallmouth catches had been excellent up to this past Thursday, cold front moved in and slowed the catch, best catch area from the river mouth upstream ½ mile above the M-35 bridge. Occasional Walleye catches taking place in this same area.
Bay De Noc areas
LITTLE BAY DE NOC:
Walleye still slow resulting in low angler pressure. Best early
am and late evenings and into the night. At black bottom - drifting or
trolling very slow using crawler harnesses in 10' to 20'. Nights,
trolling crank or stick baits up on the shelves or slopes most south of
Gladstone. Water clarity is very high making bass a bit more challenging
this week. Best casting along the weeds out in front of the Ford River
in and around 10' ,also out off the east bank by Black bottom in 6' to
12'. a few nice perch in Kipling out by the red buoy jigging crawlers.
BIG BAY DE NOC:
Salmon again picking up out of Fairport and around the Islands. Anglers reporting smaller fish but good action. Most trolling 45' to 85' and 35' to 60' down. A few sporadic catches of walleye just off the Nahma launch site. Most
drifting crawlers in 10' to 15' best early am. Northern pike active in
the grass south/west of Nahma in 8'. Clear water here also slowing SMB
throughout the Bay wi and the rocky islands , around the green
can active casting spinners in 8' to 12'.
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Thursday: AM Showers/T-storms, then partly sunny. Highs: near 70
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 68-73
Saturday: Partly sunny, slight chance of a late storm. Highs: 73-77
Sunday: Scattered T-storms. Highs: 74-77
Northern Lower:
Thursday: Partly cloudy, chance of scattered showers/t-storms. Highs:
72-77
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 72-76
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Highs: 75-80
Sunday: Scattered t-storms. Highs: 76-81
Central Lower:
Thursday: Partly cloudy, chance of scattered t-storms. Highs: 74-79
Friday: Mostly sunny and nice. Highs: 73-78
Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs: 77-82
Sunday: Scattered t-storms. Highs: 78-83
AAA STATE WIDE REPORT
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D.N.R. STATE WIDE REPORT
[url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_10888-34956--,00.html"]http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_10888-34956--,00.html[/url]
FLETCHER'S POND
The lake is fairly churned up right now ,so flashy lures are doing great. Spinnerbaiting Pike and Bass and beetlespinning for the panfish. Pike numbers in the 26" to 30" sizes are down. Bass on the other hand are awesome with a 2-1/2 pound average .
lake charlivoix
slow fishing !
burt lake
perch , pike and bass are doing well .
herring are still running all over the place in the DeTour/Drummond Island area!! Most popular place lately has been in the bays off of Pigeon Cove by Drummond Island.
Fishing for Salmon out off of the DeTour Reef Lighthouse has picked up quite a bit in the past week. spoons of the blue or purple down about 45-60 feet for finding the fish.
lake gogebic
perch are scattered , pike in the weed beds , the mayfly hatch is on !
hamlin lake , the gills are biting , crappie are just starting and our walleye fry have been released ! yee-haa !
iron mtn. area
walleye are down about 12 ft. pike are hitting just about everything !
tawas area
the walleye fishing around number 2 buoy in Tawas Bay is very good. East Tawas dock has been slow lately and the bluegill fishing on Tawas Lake has been pretty good.
the gill ,pike, smallmouth and panfish fishing inland is good and crickets and waxworms are working best, some walleye have been taken on Sand Lake. A few perch were being taken on Tawas Bay.
some walleye taken in the AuSable River near the mouth. The panfish for perch, crappie, bluegill has been fair to good on both Cooke and Foote Ponds. There has also been some pike and walleye taken on VanEtten Lake.
catfishing is excellent in the mouth of the AuSable, especially just before and after dark using crawlers. The smallmouth are also hitting well and leeches are working best. On Lake Huron, the Lake trout continue to hit best but the salmon fishing is picking up.
lake bellair
Walleye action after dark has been fair. Use leech or crawler rigs troll or drift slow. Heavy fish fly hatch . Pike and bass on spinners, Senko's with the best shimmy action as well as jerk baits.
Menominee/Cedar River.
Green Bay off Menominee/Marinette: Overall catch has been slow this past week. Angler pressure up trolling for Salmon/Trout in preparation for the up coming Brown Trout Derby July 19-20. Occasional catches of Browns and Salmon taking place off the north end of Green Island and Chambers Island heavy concentration of bait fish reported in the above areas.
Menominee River: Good Smallmouth catches in both the lower and upper river. Walleye catch down with best catches taking place in the late evening hours off Stephenson Island and Coal Docks. Other fish caught were sheephead, Musky, Catfish, and Sturgeon.
Green Bay off Cedar River: Boat anglers trolling in the area of the Whaleback Shoal have had fair Salmon catches this past week. Brown Trout catches taking place in 35* to 48* waters off Bailey Park located 7 miles south from Cedar River.
Cedar River: Smallmouth catches had been excellent up to this past Thursday, cold front moved in and slowed the catch, best catch area from the river mouth upstream ½ mile above the M-35 bridge. Occasional Walleye catches taking place in this same area.
Bay De Noc areas
LITTLE BAY DE NOC:
Walleye still slow resulting in low angler pressure. Best early
am and late evenings and into the night. At black bottom - drifting or
trolling very slow using crawler harnesses in 10' to 20'. Nights,
trolling crank or stick baits up on the shelves or slopes most south of
Gladstone. Water clarity is very high making bass a bit more challenging
this week. Best casting along the weeds out in front of the Ford River
in and around 10' ,also out off the east bank by Black bottom in 6' to
12'. a few nice perch in Kipling out by the red buoy jigging crawlers.
BIG BAY DE NOC:
Salmon again picking up out of Fairport and around the Islands. Anglers reporting smaller fish but good action. Most trolling 45' to 85' and 35' to 60' down. A few sporadic catches of walleye just off the Nahma launch site. Most
drifting crawlers in 10' to 15' best early am. Northern pike active in
the grass south/west of Nahma in 8'. Clear water here also slowing SMB
throughout the Bay wi and the rocky islands , around the green
can active casting spinners in 8' to 12'.
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