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Alpena: Very little activity was seen in Thunder Bay. A few boats made it out, weather permitting, but had no success.
Thunder Bay River: There were still a few decent chinook and coho salmon around, but fishing pressure slowed. At the 9th Avenue Dam, anglers had some success floating beads and eggs. A few Atlantic salmon were caught while using spoons and small spinners. Anglers reported a few perch and walleye caught from the 2nd Avenue Bridge to the mouth of the river. Perch minnows and wax worms yielded the best results.
Rogers City: The marina is now closed and preparing for winter. Fishing pressure was very low because of poor weather conditions.
Ocqueoc River: With recent rainfall, water flow was reported to be increased. Anglers reported steelhead and some late coho as being catchable. Using fresh spawn drifted below a bobber and casting spinners worked well.
Tawas: Fishing was reported to be very slow in this area. However, the walleye came in closer to shore and anglers reported catches off the state dock, the mouth of the Tawas River, and off the shore at the boat launch.
Au Gres: Fishing pressure was reported to be low. Some small perch were caught in the Au Gres River near the launch. Shore anglers at Eagle Bay caught bluegill and some crappie here and there, along with some throwback perch. Boat anglers launching from the Pine River reached or almost reached their limit of perch.
Cheboygan River: The vast majority of Chinook salmon were trying to spawn and looked to be in rough condition. Angler effort was down because of the slowdown of salmon season and the poor weather. There was a fishable number of steelhead, but all six gates were open at the dam because of recent heavy rains, which made drift fishing difficult. The few steelhead that were caught ran small and were chrome. Though few anglers were targeting them, keeper-size northern pike seemed to be biting well in the vicinity of the pier. Anglers had the most success with orange lures. Smallmouth bass anglers in Duncan Bay saw low numbers of fish.
Oscoda/Au Sable: Anglers reported the steelhead catch to be steady in the river system. Lake trout were reported to be caught around the mouth of the river. The coho bite seemed to decrease, but a few were still being caught off the pier. The walleye bite also seemed to decrease. However, the best time to fish was reported to be at night.