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Only been out 4 times this year due to weather on the weekends but it sure seems like the bait population offshore is not what its been over the last couple of years.  Fish seem smaller too which I have heard reports of all the way up to Ludington.  Got 9 coho last Sunday and only a couple had some old alwives in them with the rest either gobies or nothing.  I recall a report posted earlier in the year from Michigan about "concerning" levels of bait detected, anybody experiencing anything different?

I am concerned as well, been seeing majority magnum size bait in my fish which is also concerning. What I will say on a positive note though is the fish do seem smaller but none look unhealthy. Also, I heard some people saying they've been seeing a ton if bait in close with the water temps being what they are maybe were all just running over a lot of fish on the bait.... who knows unless someone tries...

I was out perch fishing out of portage today and had marks on my screen like crazy near bottom, I’m newer to fishing the lake out of my own boat and had assumed they were perch. Ended up catching about 30 alewives in about 35 feet of water without perch and then switched to steelhead. Couldn’t go a couple minutes without marking them.