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169,870-acre section. The East and West arms out of Traverse City: gin-clear water, world-class smallmouth on the drops and lake trout year round.
- Recorded max
- 603 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chinook Salmon, Steelhead
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447,675-acre section. Lower Green Bay from the Fox River to the Door Peninsula bay side. A walleye and musky factory with legendary Door County smallmouth flats.
- Recorded max
- 128 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
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426,902-acre section. Upper Green Bay with Little and Big Bay de Noc out of Escanaba: trophy walleye water and some of the best smallmouth fishing in the country.
- Recorded max
- 129 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge
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443,969-acre section. Ludington to Muskegon: the heart of the Michigan salmon fleet. Kings on the temperature breaks all summer, browns tight to the bank in spring.
- Recorded max
- 485 ft
- Species
- Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Lake Trout
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476,503-acre section. St. Joseph to Grand Haven: early-season coho and kings close to shore, steelhead on the offshore scum lines in summer.
- Recorded max
- 278 ft
- Species
- Yellow Perch, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead
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631,659-acre section. Chicago to Michigan City: the spring coho run, summer perch on the breakwalls and smallmouth on the harbor riprap.
- Recorded max
- 258 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
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1,003,153-acre section. Kenosha and Milwaukee up through Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Kewaunee: deep water close to shore makes this the most consistent salmon trolling on the west side of the lake.
- Recorded max
- 451 ft
- Species
- Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Lake Trout
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648,085-acre section. Manistee and Frankfort up past Sleeping Bear to Leland: a legendary salmon coast with deep water close in, plus smallmouth on the Leelanau reefs and the Manitou passage.
- Recorded max
- 690 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead
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1,152,977-acre section. Charlevoix, Petoskey and Harbor Springs around Little Traverse Bay, out to the Beaver Island archipelago: kings off the breakwalls and trophy smallmouth on the island reefs.
- Recorded max
- 581 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead
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410,179-acre section. The Lake Michigan side of the Door Peninsula from Algoma up through Baileys Harbor to Washington Island: some of the clearest water and best smallmouth reefs in the Midwest, with a strong salmon and brown-trout troll.
- Recorded max
- 424 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Chinook Salmon
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