Lake Michigan Fishing Report 10/19/09

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Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: October 19, 2009

Kenosha Co.
In Kenosha a few chinooks and browns have been taken in the harbor on skein under a slip bobber, but fishing has been slow overall.

Racine Co.
Shore anglers fishing in the Racine harbor have been catching a few browns on spawn. Trollers fishing off Racine have been catching lake trout and a few coho 20 to 40 feet down in water 100 feet deep. On the Root River good numbers of chinooks, along with a few steelhead and coho, can be found below the Root River Steelhead Facility all the way down to the Main Street bridge. Large black flies and yarn have both been productive. In Colonial and Quarry Lake Parks, fish have been scattered and more difficult to locate, but there is a small concentration of chinooks below the Horlick dam. Fish were processed at the Root River Steelhead Facility on Saturday, October 17. A total of 648 chinooks, 19 coho, 3 steelhead, and 2 browns have been passed upstream. The next processing day is tentatively Thursday, October 22.

Milwaukee Co.
In Milwaukee trollers fishing in the harbor and around the gaps have been catching a few chinooks and browns. Milwaukee shore anglers have been catching browns on spawn in the lagoon at Lakeshore State Park, and anglers fishing near the Milwaukee Yacht Club have been catching chinooks. Fishing has been slow in the Menomonee River, but some chinooks have been caught in the Milwaukee River in Kletzsch and Estabrook Parks. Black flies and spawn have both been productive. In Oak Creek, anglers have been catching a few chinooks on yarn in orange, green, or red.

Ozaukee Co.
Shore anglers in Port Washington have been catching good numbers of chinooks, coho, rainbows, and browns near the power plant. Both skein and spawn sacs produced fish. In the north slip anglers have been catching chinooks and browns, and anglers fishing Sauk Creek have taken a few chinooks and coho near the mouth.

Sheboygan Co.
In Sheboygan shore anglers have been catching chinooks and browns on spoons and skein in the marina. A few chinooks, rainbows, and coho have also been caught off the north pier on spawn. In the Sheboygan River anglers have been catching fair numbers of chinooks between Taylor Avenue and the Kohler dam. Most fish have been taken on flies, but spoons have caught some as well.
The Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report is updated twice per week from March 1 to December 1 each year. This report is a copy of the fishing report we post on our fishing hotline at (414) 382-7920.

Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: October 19, 2009

Manitowoc Co.

Kewaunee Co.
Weather over this last week has been cool, windy, and rainy throughout the week making for some foul weather fishing this week. Some kings continue to move up the rivers this week, but the numbers have started to drop off. Fish are still being caught in the Ahnapee and Kewaunee Rivers from the mouths all the way up to the fish refuges below the dams, but there has been much less success this past week. Anglers that have been fishing in the harbors have been able to pick up browns and rainbows this week, but upstream it is all kings.

Door Co. (Lake and Bay sides)
No report of salmon action on Lake Michigan this week; there just didn’t seem to be anyone going out on the big lake. Action off the piers at the Coast Guard Station remained poor; the rain and cold temperatures seemed to keep most anglers off of the piers. A few anglers reported taking some kings trolling spoons and crank baits in the canal. Further north, kings can still be seen swimming in most of the harbors. Again this week there was not a lot of action on the other species, probably due to the weather.