[Eric Haataja]

Forgot to add these pics from this past weeks charter trips on the big pond.

Eric

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[Eric Haataja]

The fishing is hot and has been for a few weeks now. Lots of kings in the 60-100 foot depths. Green Crinkle fly and disco Hot N Spts flasher have been good and moon glow spoons also very good. !st and last light has been very very good! Get out and catch some kings!

Eric haataja

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[Eric Haataja]

I may have a group of 12 calling from Chicago to do a trip. You run a classy operation and catch a ton of fish, that's why I send the big groups to you Jason! Thanks for the report as well!

[Jason Woda]

I have nothing to report more than....the fish were biting today. Fished 70 feet of water today. Had a 2 boat trip and both boats had their limit by 9:00am No secrets Ran the same program I have been running for a month. Flashers and flies and spoons on leadcore. Get out there.....fishing is going to be good from here on out till the eng of the season.
Jason Woda
Reel Sensation Charters
414-384-8096
www.reelsensation.com

[Jason Woda]

Fishing was OK this past weekend. Warm water that rode in with the northeast wind on Friday slowed the fish down a bit. Managed to catch 8 Saturday morning and 10 in the afternoon. Leadcore and dipseys were key. Spoons on core and flasher fly combo's on dipseys and riggers were productive. Missed a lot of bites, but that's what happens in warm water. Best spoon was Double Cracked ice Pro King on 10 color core. Southwest winds today should usher in some colder water and good fishing along with it. Fished mostly 85 to 110 fow.
Jason Woda
Reel Sensation Charters
414-384-8096
www.reelsensation.com

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[NOBADDAYS]

ok late report for Sunday 7/23 set up in 80fow off atwater where temp down 60 was 46degrees @ 530am and set SWR down 50 with cracked ice mag pro-king and FISH on! but with a disaster as my flash/fly set up stacked right above it got wrapped up. got the fish in nice 14#King.
went like this
3 for 3 on cracked ice down 50-58 in 85-94fow on SWR
2 for 2 on full core with monkey puke silverstreak
1 for 2 on rigger down 62 with kaliedscope looking pro-king with glow ladderback on the 12# line set up.
(man that is so much fun and makes it twice as hard to land a biggen)
0 for 1 on flash/fly wht/LBB coyote down48 on rigger

4 kings 1 bow and 1 nice coho biggest 17#'s

ended day at 830am with fish still biting and you aint kidding put your sea legs on. The waves 1ft or less THEY LIE.
1ft or less = 3ft
1-2ft waves = 3-5's
and 3-5's = DONT GO DONT GO

NO BAD DAYS
toyman2k

filled up parking lot at Mckinley

[Jason Woda]

Had a trip tonight from 2:30 to 6:30. Ended up going 10 for 28. The fish were definately biting. Bites started in 100 fow out to 140. All but 4 of our bites came on Coyotes and aqua flies. Deepest downrigger was set at 105 and had good action. Highest rigger at 55 with a double cracked ice spoon had 4 hits. Dipseys, lead core and downriggers all had equal action. The water 75 feet down was 51 degrees. Not perfect but still held fish. Deeper water is definately the way to go after the early morning bite. Good luck and see you on the water. Jason
Reel Sensation Charters
414-384-8096
www.reelsensation.com

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[finfanatic]

Fished Sat evening and Sunday AM. SLOW was the word of the days. Cold water all over had slowed action to a crawl. We managed one fish on a dipsy (green dodger Fly) Sat. as we were pulling lines, and went 1 for 2 on Sunday AM with one hit on a Dipsy (pearl dodger blue fly) and one fish on a j-plug 90' down in 100' of H2O. Most boats came in with 1 to 3 fish, a few had 5 that I saw. This warm spell we are going to hit should kick it all in the butt!

Will report next trip out.

[NOBADDAYS]

ok set up today 530am in 60fow and had a fish on asap.
1 on rigger Raider glowtoad? down 54 = nice brown
1 on dipsy 69loc w/blue ladderback = King
for the next half hour the kid reeled in
1 on 1/2 core w/purp/blk spoon = sweet King
its now 6:15 reset lines and missed 2 on the Raider
spoon again 55 down and they were screamers on my 20# set ups just couldnt hang on to em those single hooks set good if hooked right when they dont *)^%*&%!
next fish came
1 on dipsy 105loc w/ cracked ice = King
1 on full core w/monk puke = King
then had another Raider hit and miss on same spoon that was just HOT today down 54 on rigger.
next one didnt come loose now in 68fow and water temp
50's down 60 in 68fow so cold water moved out but fish are still hangin round
1 on dipsy 125loc w/cracked ice = King
took another miss on Blue/white strike zone down 46 on SWR.
put a cracked ice on the SWR &
1 on SWR 46down = King
1 on dipsy 125loc cracked ice again = King
1 on white/yellowish opti inticer flash w/ siggs glow ghost fly down 44 on rigger = King
it started to rain at 9ish so we packed it up and go figure fish are still biting took a miss on dipsy 85loc w/blue ladder back.
went 10 for 14 today ending 70fow and 930a.
BEST DAY OUT SO FAR. big fish 20# king next 15#'s
big ones are showing up now.
NO BAD DAYS
toyman2k

[Eric Haataja]

Great report Jason! Your the Maan!

[Jason Woda]

Fishing in Milwaukee is back to being good again. After a week of tough fishing some big kings and good numbers have shown up. Coyote and fly set ups have been stellar on everything....downriggers, dipseys, and lead core. Greens and whites have been the colors of choice. The fish seem to be set up from 65 to 100 fow from 25 to the bottom down. The summer pattern is definately here. That means waking up before the rooster and going to bed after the sun has. Low light conditions are going to become more important from here on out. Here is a few pictures from this past weekend. Good luck and see you on the water. Jason.
Captain Jason Woda
Reel Sensation Charters
414-384-8096
www.reelsensation.com

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[Eric Haataja]

We ended up going 5 for 7 tonight which I guess was decent under the tough bite the past couple of days. Green crinkle howie fly's on dipsey's and rigger down 55 to 75 was the ticket for us, we had 1 small laker on a spoon. There's also a ton of floating and half dead alewives out there which is a sure sign why the bite has slowed down, I'm sure the fish have thier guts full since there are thousands of floaters from the warms spell. Perch are also biting well

Fished from the north gap to the towers in 80 to 110 feet of water.

Capt. Eric Haataja

[Eric Haataja]

Thanks for the great report Jason, I'm heading out now for a few hours for a fathers day afternoon fun fishing adventure.

Eric

[Jason Woda]

Fishing the big pond for the last couple of weeks has been outstanding. Fish are coming in 100 fow to 200 fow from top to bottom. Orange 00 Luhr Jensen Dodgers and peanut flies are the best producers in the top 40 fow and white coyotes with Howie flies have been good down deep. Find the bait and you will find the fish. Some big kings are already coming in the boat. With all the bait around July and August look to be great monthe for putting in some monsters. The thermocline is just setting up so the fishing for the next week or so will be day to day, but after that it should pick up rapidly. Good luck and see you on the water.
Captain Jason Woda
Reel Sensation Charters
414-384-8096
www.reelsensation.com

[Eric Haataja]

Fished twice so far out on the big pond. I did a charter trip last Sunday and we limted out 15 fish, 11 coho's and 4 lakers. Most of our fish came in 120-150 feet of water on 00 orange dodger's with small peanut flys behinf planner boards, with 1/4 to 5/8th ouce in line keel weights 50 feet back. The kings are being taken down deep on rigger anywhere from 60 to 150 feet down on dodger fly combo's and spoons. Fished today with a buddy and the bite was a bit slower we caught 8 coho's in 4 hours and missed 6 other fish, all came up in the top 30 feet of water. Our best depth was 95 to 120 feet of water.

Eric Haataja

Big Fish Guide Service

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