Lake Michigan Fishing Report 8/21/09

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Sheboygan Co.

In Sheboygan anglers fishing on the piers have been catching a few steelhead and browns. Both green & silver spoons and alewives have been producing. Sheboygan trollers have been taking mostly chinooks along with a few coho and rainbows, and the best catches have been 25 feet down in 40 to 60 feet of water.

Ozaukee Co.

Pier anglers in Port Washington have been catching a few browns and rainbows on alewives and spoons, and shore anglers near the power plant have been taking browns and chinooks on spawn. Trollers out of Port have reported chinooks, coho, and browns taken 20 to 30 feet down in 40 to 70 feet of water. Green or orange spoons have produced fish, as well as glow-in-the-dark J-plugs.

Milwaukee Co.

In Milwaukee McKinley pier has produced some late night chinooks taken on glow-in-the-dark spoons or alewives. Browns have been caught from shore behind the Summerfest grounds, and a few chinooks have been caught off the pier in Grant Park on spoons. Trollers out of Milwaukee have been catching chinooks, coho, rainbows, and browns 20 to 30 feet down in 30 to 60 feet of water; and browns have also been taken by boaters in the harbor.

Racine Co.

Shore anglers fishing off the piers in Racine have been catching chinooks and steelhead on glow-in-the-dark spoons. Shore anglers have also been catching browns in the harbor and in the lower stretches of the Root River. Trollers out of Racine have been finding coho, rainbows, and chinooks in as shallow as 30 to 40 feet of water either right off the harbor or north near Wind Point. Glow-in-the-dark spoons and J-plugs have been producing.

Kenosha Co.

In Kenosha shore anglers in the harbor have been taking brown trout fishing on spoons or white tube jigs. Shore anglers at the mouth of the Pike River and just upstream have been catching a mix of chinooks, browns, and rainbows in the early morning hours and at night. Glow spoons have produced the best. Kenosha trollers have been catching chinooks, browns, and rainbows in around 30 feet of water off the mouth of the Pike River.