Lake Michigan Fishing Report 8/25/09

[Woody]

Lake Michigan
August 25, 2009

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 and chinooks have also 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 and around the gaps.

Racine Co.
Shore anglers fishing off the Racine piers and in the harbor have been catching chinooks and browns on silver spoons. Trollers out of Racine have been finding good numbers of chinooks in front of the harbor, as well as chinooks, rainbows, and browns east of the reef marker in 50 to 60 feet of water. Glow-in-the-dark or green spoons and pearl J-plugs have been producing.

Kenosha Co.
In Kenosha anglers in Southport Marina are still finding a few perch, and live bait fished slowly on the bottom has produced the best. Shore anglers in the Kenosha harbor have been taking brown trout on silver spoons or white tube jigs, and chinooks have been taken near the mouth of the Pike River and in upstream locations. Kenosha trollers have been catching chinooks near the mouth of the Pike and in 30 to 50 feet of water north towards Racine.

[Cody Gruchow]

my boss at the hunting club is on lake michigan as we speak i wonder how they did.