Thursday, October 25, 2018

10/25/2018 Southeast Lower Peninsula, Michigan Fishing Report



Southeast Lower Peninsula

To access the original Michigan DNR fishing Report: Click Here!
Lake Erie: The perch bite picked back up especially in the evening, with most boats getting 20-50 fish southeast of Stony Point in 23 to 24 feet, east of Stony Point in Ohio waters in 26 feet, near Buoys 1 & 2 in 23 feet and near the E-Buoy. Emerald shiners on perch rigs with green, purple and chartreuse spinners and/or beads still worked best. Walleye anglers were getting one to four fish in the morning east of Sterling State Park beach in 16 to 18 feet and a couple limit catches were taken off Stony Point in 24 feet. A couple musky were caught by walleye anglers trolling pink, purple and red walleye bandits and flicker minnows 50-55 feet back in 16 to 18 feet in Brest Bay. Largemouth bass were caught along the Sterling seawall and canals or in the Bolles Harbor and Toledo Beach Marina backwaters. A few smallmouth were caught by those casting crank baits, tube baits and a green pumpkin worm or biffle bug in the early morning.

  • If you're planning on fishing any of the canals near Lake Erie Metro Park or Point Mouillee State Game Area you can get all of your bait & tackle needs met at  Bottom Line Bait & Tackle. 
  • If you're planning on fishing out of Sterling State Park or the Brest Bay area you can pick up tackle from the nice people at Jeff's Bait & Tackle.

Detroit River: Yellow perch fishing continues to get a little bit better as water temperatures drop. Anglers are using minnows around Sugar Island. A few walleye were caught off the Ford Yacht Club at the south end of Grosse Ile. Most were drifting a crawler harness, but some are switching over to a jig and minnow. Bluegills were hitting on wax worms in the marinas.
Lake St. Clair: Bluegill and crappie fishing was very good in and around the canals between Harley Ensign and Selfridge. Slip bobbers with a small jig and artificial worm, grub, or minnow were all attracting fish. Anglers had a hard time trying to catch other species with only a smallmouth bass, walleye or perch taken here or there.
  • For a more accurate report on Lake St. Clair I suggest reaching out to the people at Sportsmen's Direct  as their weekly LSC fishing report is usually far more in depth.  Phone: (586-741-6052)
  • Macomb County Bait Shops: Click Here!
St. Clair River: Both the North and the Middle Channels were holding a few walleye however the fish are scattered.
  • For a more accurate report on Lake St. Clair I suggest reaching out to the people at Sportsmen's Direct  as their weekly LSC fishing report is usually far more in depth.  Phone: (586-741-6052)
  • Macomb County Bait Shops: Click Here!
Lexington to Port Sanilac: Anglers were getting a few pike, steelhead and one or two Atlantic salmon off the break-wall each day. More Atlantics are staging just outside the harbor and should come in soon. The bite will improve when they are done spawning. At Port Sanilac, anglers are getting the occasional steelhead or pike off the breakwall.

Harbor Beach: The odd walleye was taken at night off the break-wall at the north gap.
Port Austin: A few walleye were caught off the break-wall at night with spoons and body baits. A couple seven to nine-inch perch were caught inside the harbor during the day.

Saginaw Bay: Has had very little fishing pressure for perch. The wind has kept boat anglers on shore and the perch have not come into the cuts and river mouths yet. Colder and calmer weather might improve the perch fishing as the water cools down. Some perch were caught in six to eight feet off Quanicassee. A couple pike were taken on spoons or body baits in the Sebewaing Marina.

  • For a more accurate report on Saginaw Bay I suggest taking a look at the weekly Saginaw Bay Fishing Report given to you by Saginawbay.com
Saginaw River: Those fishing the lower river for walleye or perch had little success.

Below are links to bait shop listings organized by county:  

Your area may not be listed within this fishing report so below is a list of links to pages in Southeast Michigan to help guide you to public lakes in your county.



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