Lake Michigan Fishing Report June 28th

lake michigan coho and steelhead fishing

AM and PM trip on Tuesday Decided to start a little further north to find some colder water but still in shallow. Dropped lines around 42.00 in 50fow. Saw a bait ball so decided to drop lines. Still no cold water but not far from deeper water so headed NE. in 60fow started to get […]

The Coho keep getting BIGGER and BIGGER

big lake michigan coho

I cant believe how many coho are around and how big they keep getting. Some of the best fishing in years and the size of the fish are a huge bonus. We have also more bait then I have seen in a long time so I’m sure that has a lot to do with it. […]

Fishing lately Chicago

Chicago_Fishing

A little on whats been going on out of chicago. The coho off Chicago and really all the way north has been awesome. Yesterday with the weather I started further south then I have been in 80fow and found the fish in 85fow. N41.53. The still were very schooled up and I had to keep […]

Coho Fishing is RED HOT!!!

Coho_Fishing_Chicago

The coho salmon fishing in Chicago has been red hot. We still have some dates open so book while you can. Some of the most consistent coho salmon fishing I have seen in years. We have been running 12 to 26 miles offshore to find them but we do what it takes and our fast […]

The History of Salmon on Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan King Salmon

https://www.glsc.usgs.gov/publications/1973/470 This history of the salmon in the Great Lakes describes the decline and extinction of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Lake Ontario in the 1800’s; the failure to establish, by salmon culture, permanent or sizable populations of Atlantic or Pacific salmon in any of the Great Lakes in 1867-1965; and the success of […]