Lake Michigan Fishing Report 8/27/09

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Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: August 27, 2009
Southern Lake Michigan experienced east winds much of this week, warming nearshore waters. Trollers will likely find trout and salmon in somewhat deeper water than last weekend.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: August 17-23
In the Manitowoc/Two Rivers area trout and salmon anglers had a slow to fair week of fishing. Fishing early in the week was fair because of favorable weather conditions and dropped to poor over the weekend because of windy weather conditions.

Manitowoc
In Manitowoc boat anglers targeting trout and salmon had mixed success trolling on Lake Michigan. Most boat anglers were trolling in 20 to 70 feet of water near the harbor mouth or along the shoreline south of Manitowoc. Anglers used a variety of baits such as spoons, stick baits, or J-plugs to land fish this week. On the piers, anglers had a slow week as well. Early in the week pier anglers fishing the early bite landed some large Chinook salmon and a couple nice brown trout.

Two Rivers
In Two Rivers, most boat anglers also trolled in shallower water depths this past week. Catches this week were mixed with Chinook salmon and rainbow trout dominating the catch, although a couple of brown trout and lake trout were also landed. On the piers anglers had a slow week as well. Catches were small this week and mixed between Chinook salmon and rainbow trout and couple brown early in the week.
The Northern Lake Michigan Fishing Report is updated once a week until October 31.

Green Bay Fishing Report: August 26, 2009
West Shore Fishing pressure remains moderate to heavy on the weekends with light pressure during the week. Temperatures at the landings are running from the mid sixties to the low seventies with good water clarity.

Oconto Co.
Perch fishermen are reporting some success from Pensaukee to Oconto Park II. The fish when you find them are in 8 to 14 feet of water adjacent to weed beds. Minnows and slip bobbers or crappie rigs are working the best. The dam at Stiles is still producing some nice blue gills on crawlers and leaf worms. Oconto Breakwater is reporting some brown trout activity on the north side of the causeway in the pre dawn hours.

Marinette Co.
Smallmouth bass are feeding in and around the Peshtigo harbor, crank baits and spinners are working well. Little River is seeing some success with perch in 12 to 14 feet of water south of the landing, look for the weed beds. The Menominee River smallmouth bite from the Light House pier to Stephenson Island has been good as of late, minnows are working best Some nice walleye are also being taken from the Menominee drifting crawlers in the holes from the train bridge to the turn basin. Salmon fishermen are congregating on both the Light House and the Government piers before first light and are starting to catch salmon on spoons.