Traverse City Record-Eagle

Sports

July 29, 2010

Trout, salmon biting in Great Lakes

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LANSING — Anglers are still catching trout and salmon in the Great Lakes as well as walleye, bass, pike and panfish in the rivers and inland lakes, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Petoskey: Little Traverse Bay still has warm water with temperature breaks down 120 to 140 feet. Lake trout have been caught in 120 to 150 feet of water when trolling spoons near the bottom. Anglers looking for salmon might want to try the waters between Seven Mile Point and Five Mile Point.

Charlevoix: Is producing good numbers of lake trout when fishing spoons and flasher/fly combos just off the bottom in 120 to 150 feet of water. The salmon are scattered. Try 90 to 110 feet down in waters 120 to 200 feet deep.

Traverse City: The East Bay is still producing good catches of smallmouth bass. Those fishing the Elk River bypass caught the occasional smallmouth bass on natural baits. Good numbers of lake trout and whitefish were marked north of the launch at Center Road. The West Bay saw slower catch rates due to warm water conditions.

Lake trout were marked in 100 feet of water where anglers are jigging or trolling around the island. Green was the hot color.

Boardman River: Is producing a variety of fish from rock bass to summer run steelhead. Though most days have been slow on the river, overcast days seem to produce to the most fish.

Manistee: Salmon were caught 60 to 100 feet down in waters 120 to 180 feet deep. When using meat rigs or spinnies and flies.

Ludington: Salmon here were caught in waters 100 to 200 feet deep. Try running glow plugs early in the morning and then switching to spinnies and flies.

Mullett Lake: Walleye and perch are the targets followed by pike and trout. Walleye action was fair in 13 to 25 feet of water between the points, Pigeon Bay and near the sunken islands. Most are trolling crawler harnesses, stick baits or crank baits. Perch were caught in the same area in 5 to 10 feet of water. Pike anglers are fishing 10 to 15 feet of water with live minnows or crank baits. A few bass were caught on leeches or crawlers in 5 to 10 feet of water at Needle Point.

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