Weekly Fishing Report: July 10, 2014 SOUTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA Lake Erie: Algae blooms are causing walleye to move into shallower water. The better fishing was in 16 to 20 feet off Stony Point and at the Dumping Grounds. A few large fish were caught as shallow as 10 feet. Most are using spoons and crank baits with the low visibility. Perch numbers are increasing in 20 to 24 feet off Stony Point. Walleye were caught in 10 to 17 feet off Luna Pier by those using Hot-n-Tots or Erie Dearies. Huron River: Is producing smallmouth bass on crawlers and spinners. Detroit River: Those hand-lining with flat fish have caught walleye as well as those jigging with a piece of crawler on a black jig. Most are fishing near the mouth and around Celeron Island or Sugar Island. White bass are still in the river. Those vertical jigging or casting from Belle Isle to Wyandotte caught a few musky. Portage Chain-of-Lakes: Bass anglers continue to do well fishing the flats and drop-offs. Try plastic worms or jigs in waters between two and 12 feet deep. For bluegill try the coves on Strawberry Lake and Whitewood Lake. Lake St. Clair: Has good smallmouth bass fishing in 15 to 17 feet of water along the Mile Roads and south of Huron Point. Walleye and perch fishing were slow in Michigan waters but good reports were coming from the Ontario side of the lake. St. Clair River: Had slow walleye fishing between Algonac and Port Huron. Anglers may want to try hand-lining at night. Lexington: Fishing along the outside of the Thumb slowed but lake trout and steelhead were still hitting. Windy conditions made fishing difficult. Harbor Beach: The fish are scattered so anglers will need to do some searching to find them. Try straight out, north or south of the harbor with lines in the bottom 30 feet of waters 50 to 125 feet deep. For salmon and steelhead try spoons with 2,3,5,7 and 10 color lines and offshore boards. Bright colors are best like orange, green, silver, purple and gold. Fly hatches are ongoing and the fish are full of them so it is hard to get them to bite. For lake trout use dodgers or spin doctors with spoons and spin-glows near the bottom or spoons 50 to 100 feet down. Walleye were caught by those casting from the wall or trolling close to shore. Early and late are best with small body baits and spoons in perch colors, silver, blue and black. Grindstone City: Walleye were hitting very well in 25 to 40 feet. Anglers using lead core and small spoons are catching fish and limit catches were reported. Large whitefish were also caught and some were in the 10 pound range. The very tip of the Thumb is a good place to fish if the wind is out of the south. Port Austin: Is producing a few walleye. It appears that the fish have not yet moved onto the reefs between Caseville and Port Austin. Saginaw Bay: Walleye fishing continues to be very good but windy conditions are hampering trollers. There is some indication that the fish are moving toward deeper water. More boats are working out near the Green Spark Plug (Buoys 1 & 2) at the end of the shipping channel, the deep side of the Bar, and areas similar. Those trolling out of Caseville were getting some bigger walleye off Oak Point and north of the Charity Islands.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:27:52 +0000
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