Seems a bit early for water spouts in the great lakes but they had a few in southern Lake Michigan.
Here is a photo from the article.
This story includes a video taken of a water spout and a couple larger size images with pretty good detail.
http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/08/waterspouts_sprout_on_lake_mic.html (Not sure if this type of posting belongs here - set me straight if need be.)
