How did Salmon get in Lake Michigan?

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This ARTICLE from a couple of years ago explains how Lake Michigan's world class salmon fishing got started. We can't wait to see what 2015 brings in terms of size and numbers of King and Coho Salmon. It should be another great year! 

http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2011/04/the_salmon_experiment_the_inve.html


Mixed box on Sunday off Chicago

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I got out again by myself on Sunday morning and had decent fishing for the 3 hours I had lines in. The fish are moving further off shore as the summer moves along which means long travel times to the fish, but once you get there, the fishing can be red hot! I caught 5 fish and had 10 bites in 3 hours.  A big king salmon was lost on the wire dipsy, but 3 lake trout, 1 coho, and a steelhead weren't as lucky. Why Knot is being pulled this week to put new engines in. We hope to be back in action by the end of August!

Capt. Brian

Here Come the Kings!

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I got out fishing by myself on Monday for a couple hours in the midmorning. With the scattered showers in the area, the big kings were in shallow and hitting hard! I fished for 3 hours and caught 3 monster kings on leadcore with UV spoons on the end. The kings were hitting right after marking large pods of bait on the sonar. I fished the 45-55FOW area just NE of the Wilson Crib. A lonely 14 pound Lake Trout decided to join the party as well. It was a little luckier than the Kings, as I CPR'd the trout and let it live to see another day. 

Capt. Brian

June Coho are Showing Up in Chicago!

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We had a great trip with some friends from Chicago and Nebraska on Saturday. The coho kept everyone on their toes. Over the 5 hours of fishing we managed 11 coho, 1 lake trout, and 1 king salmon. The action was steady- 1-2 fish every 20 minutes or so. 60-68 FOW was the best depth with blue dolphin spoons and orange dodger/peanut flies taking most of the fish!

Capt. Brian