Fishing report
by L.T. Miller

Fishing is awesome right now

Rick Cooper of Wellman’s Beer and Bait said fishing is awesome right now! A lot of walleye are being caught on the AuSable River, both off the mouth and behind National City Bank in Oscoda. In the morning, try drifting night crawlers under a bobber. There are also a lot of catfish and sheep head are being caught at the mouth using night crawlers.
Karen of The Dam Store said nice catfish are being caught near Foote Dam, as well as some perch and bass. Cooke Pond is good right now for bluegill. Foote Pond is producing good numbers of pike, bluegill and bass.

Dave of Hawg’s Bait and Tackle in Tawas said fishing is really good. Bluegill are biting on Tawas Lake and, in Lake Huron off AuSable Point, a lot of walleye and lake trout are being caught. The Tawas River is a hot spot right now for smallmouth bass.

Young Ed Beckley of Beckley’s M-65 & M-55 Bait Store said all of the Whittemore and Hale inland lakes are good for bluegill using leaf worms and crickets and some gill remain on the beds. Pike fishing is really good right now using white lures.

Sara of Gordon’s Bait and Tackle said fishing is great at Five Channels Dam and Cooke Pond, with nice bass and pike being caught using Beetle Spins, Dixie Spins and medium-sized creek chubs.

Jim of the AuGres River’s Edge Store said walleye fishing is still good off Point AuGres, trolling crawler harnesses in about 30-35 feet of water.