Lake St. Clair Fishing Report, Oct 17th

[miangler]

Michigan DNR

Lake Erie: Perch fishing has been hit-or-miss. The majority of catches came near the Fermi Power Plant in 24 to 26 feet however fish were also caught around Turtle Island, buoys 3 and 4 off the River Raisin and the Dumping Grounds, which are east of Luna Pier in 11 to 15 feet of water. Try husky jerks and body baits.

Detroit River: Anglers caught perch near the Cross-Dike across from Sugar Island.

Lake St. Clair: Has very good smallmouth bass fishing. Perch fishing continues to get better between Nine Mile Road and Twelve Mile Road and off Grosse Pointe.

St. Clair River: Has good walleye fishing at Port Huron. Anglers are vertical jigging late at night. Catch and release sturgeon anglers are doing well near Algonac.

Lexington: Salmon are in the harbor but they will not bite. Those fishing at night have managed to catch the occasional salmon or brown trout. Boat anglers report large schools of baitfish in 30 to 35 feet.

Saginaw Bay: Catch rates for perch have increased somewhat off Linwood in 15 to 18 feet. Some reported 30 to 35 fish per boat however they are sorting out the small ones. No shore fishing for perch yet as that usually picks up right around deer season in November. Boat anglers fishing off Quanicassee caught a few perch.


A few boats launching from Bay Port and heading across the bay to Au Gres were bringing back about 30 perch. At Caseville, dredging in the channel continues so fishing was slow. Those perch fishing off Oak Point did well one day but caught nothing the next. A majority of the boats were duck hunters.

[Nightrainzzz]

Thanks for the update Miangler!!!

Nightrainzzz

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[minnkota]

Great reports Miangler. Keep em coming. I will try to post the Lake Erie ones.