Traverse City

[Fishing Report]

On the East Bay, steelhead were caught on spawn bags near the mouth of Mitchell Creek. Near Elk Rapids, try floating wigglers and wax worms under a bobber for steelhead. Limits of whitefish were caught when jigging spoons in 230 to 240 feet of water near the “Hump†just west of Elk Rapids. On the West Bay, steelhead were caught near the mouth of the river at first light. A good number of whitefish have been caught off Bingham Road and just south of Lee’s Point in 240 feet of water. Most of the fish caught were taken when jigging spoons between sunrise and 10:00am. In Suttons Bay, some nice yellow perch have been caught in limited numbers on minnows and wigglers in 70 to 80 feet of water.