531,270-acre section. One of the best walleye fisheries in America. Weedy, fertile inner bay for pike and bass, classic drifts and crawler harnesses everywhere else.
Recorded max
83 ft
Species
Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
673,346-acre section. Tawas to Rogers City, with Thunder Bay off Alpena in the middle: lake trout water first, with walleye pushing out of the rivers and smallmouth on the rock.
31,197-acre section. The channels out of Cedarville and Hessel: protected perch and pike water between the islands, with smallmouth on every rocky point.