August 9, 2018
Detroit River: Shore anglers are getting bass and catfish on crawlers, shrimp or crayfish. Boat anglers were using crawlers, shrimp or green worms. Walleye were found in 13 to 20 feet along the weed beds with a jig and worm or crawler harness. Yellow perch were in five to nine feet or so along the weed beds around the islands. Most were using perch rigs. A couple muskie were taken on large spinners or jigging baits.
Lake St. Clair: Walleye anglers trolling with crawlers and crankbaits were able to harvest a few fish in deep water near the St. Clair Light, on the back side of Strawberry Island in 20 to 25 feet, in the shipping channel and at the mouth of the Middle Channel. Yellow perch numbers were increasing out in front of the Selfridge Air Base when drifting crawlers on drop-shot rigs just off the bottom. Muskie and a couple good size pike were caught while casting and trolling in 15 to 20 feet in Anchor Bay and near the Dumping Grounds. Bass anglers were targeting fish in deep water near the shipping channel, the three channel mouths of the St. Clair River, off the Mile Roads or in 10 to 12 feet in Anchor Bay. Try soft plastics like tube baits and fish them slow.
Michigan DNR
