10-08-2009 Lake Huron Fishing Report – Northern

According to the MDNR

Cheboygan River - Fish have been caught from the mouth all the way up to the Cheboygan Dam.

Ocqueoc River - Salmon can be found throughout the river system. Try spawn, flies, spoons, body baits or plugs.

Rogers City - A few boats anchored in the bay had limited success when casting Cleo’s and fire-tiger body baits. There should be some silver fish in 40 to 70 feet of water. Pier and shore fishing was slow. Anglers are reminded of the spawning closure on the Swan River.

Alpena - Boating traffic has ceased for the most part. Shore anglers might still find a few walleye near the launch or the marina.

Thunder Bay River - Has been seeing all the action. The bite is slow but the salmon that have been caught are larger than last year measuring 28 to 30 inches. Shore anglers have been taking chinook on rubber eggs, flies, and rattletraps. Blue and silver or black and chrome were good colors. Pink flies have also taken fish. Boat anglers caught fish on Hot-n-Tots. A few pink salmon were also caught.

Harrisville - Salmon are slowly coming into and around the harbor and hitting on spawn or spoons. Blue and silver were the hot colors. A few walleye were caught on crawler harnesses or body baits.

Oscoda - Salmon are slow coming into the river but pier anglers have managed to catch a few fish. Walleye are still being caught but the numbers are down.

Au Sable River - After the rain, salmon were sighted all the way up to Foote Dam.

Tawas - Pier anglers are catching a few perch from the floating docks. A couple walleye were caught from the outside pier. A few salmon are jumping in the harbor but not biting.

Tawas River - Fish up in the river are turning dark but anglers might be able to find some fresh fish down near the mouth.

Au Gres - Has been very slow with no perch caught and no walleye effort reported.

Au Gres River - Those surfcasting near the Singing Bridge had limited success for salmon, lake trout and steelhead. Any lake trout caught must be released immediately because the season closed on September 30th.