Traverse City

[Fishing Report]

Lake trout fishing continues to be good to excellent on both Bays. Willow Point, the South Bank, Yuba, and Elk Rapids produced the most action on the East Bay. The White Walls and around Marion Island were the best areas on the West Bay. Anglers trolled spoons, cowbells, and flies in green, blue, or silver combinations, in waters 90 to 130 feet deep with lures placed 30 to 40 feet down. Smallmouth bass action was fair to good on the West Bay along the Old Mission Peninsula. Anglers had the best success casting tube jigs, spider grubs, rattletraps, and spinner baits to boulders and gravel areas along the shoreline.