2021 Fishing Seasons

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass

Catch-and-immediate-release on all waters (except as noted below)

Open for Entire Year 

Catch-and-keep on all waters, including Great Lakes (except as noted below)

May 29 - December 31 

Catch-and-keep on Lake St. Clair
& St. Clair & Detroit Rivers

June 19 - December 31

Muskellunge

Catch-and-immediate-release on all waters

Open for Entire Year

All Great Lakes & inland waters & St. Marys River

June 5 - March 15

Lake St. Clair & St. Clair & Detroit Rivers

June 5 - December 31

Northern Pike & Walleye

Lower Peninsula Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair
& St. Clair & Detroit Rivers

Open for Entire Year 

Lower Peninsula inland waters

April 24 - March 15

Upper Peninsula Great Lakes, inland waters
& St. Marys River

May 15 - March 15

Salmon & Trout

Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, St. Marys River,
St. Clair & Detroit Rivers

Open for Entire Year (See Great Lakes Lake Trout & Splake row below as well)

(Inland) Type 3 & 4 streams and Type B, C, E & F lakes

Open for Entire Year 

(Inland) Type 1 & 2 streams

April 24 - Sept. 30

Gear Restricted streams

See pages 40-42 of the 2021 Fishing Guide

Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Cisco (Lake Herring), Lake Whitefish, Smelt, Sunfishes, White Bass, Yellow Perch & Other Species

All waters open for fishing

Open for Entire Year 

Great Lakes Lake Trout & Splake - see map and table 4 on pages 20-21 of the 2021 Fishing Guide

Lake Sturgeon - see table 2 on page 15 of the 2021 Fishing Guide