Stunning clarity. Excellent rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, and lake trout. Popular summer destination.
| Species | Population | Best technique |
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Salvelinus namaycush
Trophy lake trout ÔÇö deep, clear, cold
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Jigging spoons deep, vertical jigging | |
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Micropterus dolomieu
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Tubes, drop shot, jigs near rocky points | |
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Salmo trutta
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Streamers, large spoons, nightcrawlers, spawn sacs ÔÇö fish near stream mouths and tributaries in fall | |
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Lota lota
Deep water -- best through the ice at night
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Large tube jigs, jigging spoons, and smelt or sucker meat fished on bottom through the ice at night. Best action after dark near river mouths and rocky lake structure. Tip-ups with live smelt are also | |
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Coregonus clupeaformis
Great Lakes access
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Jigging small spoons, Swedish Pimples, or jigging Rapalas in deep water; small bait flies and nymphs; ice fishing with tiny tube jigs tipped with wax worm near bottom | |
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Lepomis gibbosus
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Small worms, crickets, tiny jigs near docks and weed edges ÔÇö same approach as bluegill | |
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Osmerus mordax
Spring dip-netting in tributaries
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Spring dip-netting in creek mouths and tributaries during spawning runs (check local regulations for net size/limits). Ice fishing with tiny teardrops and wax worms -- smelt move in massive schools un | |
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Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Spinners, egg sacs, worms — drift fishing in streams | |
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Ambloplites rupestris
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Small jigs, spinners, crayfish imitations | |
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Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
MDNR stocked -- check stocking report for your lake
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Same techniques as lake trout and brook trout -- jigging spoons in deep water, trolling with downriggers, and ice fishing with large tube jigs and spoons near bottom in deep water | |
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Coregonus artedi
Michigan Threatened -- handle carefully, report catches to MDNR
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Ice fishing with small spoons and jigging lures at thermocline depth; fall trolling near river mouths with small spoons | |
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Oncorhynchus kisutch
Fall run fish from Lake Michigan
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Spoons, spinners, egg sacs during fall river runs ÔÇö also trolling with flashers in the Great Lakes |
* Records shown are from our database. For the most current data, visit the Michigan DNR directly.