[dedfisher]

Got out for the first time on monday. After casting from around 230 til 630 all I could muster was a couple shakers, but there were nice fish caught so I went back the next day. Tuesday seemed it would be no better than monday. I casted and casted with no fish until about 530 when I got a solid hit. Set the hook reel it in and there's my first ever king. Only a little 4 pound jack, but that really got my blood flowing. The next day I got out to my spot at 345. 15 minutes later Bam! another jack. Another fifteen minutes goes by, Bam! this time a football shaped female about 7 pounds. Some more casting, a shaker or two and then as my spoon was sinking and felt a light tap, set the hook and my drag goes nuts. I knew this would be my first good fish. After following her around for about ten minutes and regaining 100 yards of line two times I landed a nice 13.5 pound female.

Thursday I woke up and I was tired and it was raining. Back to bed. Friday morning I got my dad out there and I'm glad I did. Not only did he get his first ever king but he got his limit from shore. It was lights out action from start to finish. So much that I had my spoon in the water half the time he did because guess who has net them all and walk them to the string. I would just get the fish on the stringer and go to make my next cast and he would have one on. He felt bad and let me fight one of his last fish a nice 12.5 pounder. I went something like one for five today . 3 fish I had on for about ten seconds the first two just got off and the third one broke my line. The one I landed was a 6 or 7 pound female.
Here's my dad with the the two bigger fish caught today the 12.5 he let me fight and a 13.

And the whole mess of em.

[kayakfisherman]

heres a couple more fish from this morning

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[kayakfisherman]

I went lookin for kings this morning behind my house. I caught this nice brown on a spoon and a couple small kings. There was TONS of bait in shallow anywhere from 20 to 40 feet of water.

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[Cat Man J.J.]

Got out Sun. morning about 5:30am tried to get my Perch limit but after an hour or so jumping around looking for the Perch I put the Perch rods away and went out Salmon fishing. Set lines about 7:00am in 60 fow heading east towards the other boats, Got out to about 80 fow with no action and not much talk on the radio deeper I made a loop back in shallower and first fish came on a 4 color off a board 00 green and glow dodger aqua flash coho fly nice coho. Then worked the same depth for a while with no luck so I decided to head west shallower since there wasn't much happening deeper. Got to about 50 fow and started marking fish about 25' down and at that point the solo fishing got a little crazy. First a dipsey set 2 1/2 / 60loc/ standard coho rig 00 org. dodger green coho fly takes another nice coho. Took the spoon off the other side dipsey and put on another coho rig but a little deeper 100 loc. Not more than five minutes later it goes off with the drag singing. After the first big run it was kind of a stale mate for fifteen minutes not taking anymore line not gaining any either. But I didn't want to push the issue too hard by tightening the drag with the 20 lb. flouro line and coho fly. finally started gaining line had the fish pretty close and the hooked popped out, which was a little disappointing since I was really babying it to make sure I got em in the boat. Regrouped checked the gps got back on course and within five minutes the 4 color with the 00 green and glow and fly goes again. By the time I got the rod out of the holder the dipsey on the same side goes off too and is taking line, so now I have double going solo. So I put the 4 color rod back in the holder and took the bigger fish on the dipsey that was inside and closer. The first half of the double, a big coho pushing 10lb.in the cooler went back to the 4 color fish still on and converted my solo double with another healthy coho. Back on course and finished out my limit with another coho a good half mile inside all the other boats, all the fish caught of standard coho stuff in about 50 fow. I was back at the bubbler Perch fishing before 10:00am J.J.

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[kayakfisherman]

I fished behind my house again and caught a bunch of cohos on the typical dodger and fly set up. The fish were really spread out. The shallowest came in 20 feet and the deepest was around 44 feet of water. I peddled the kayak about 10 miles round trip to catch my five.

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[kayakfisherman]

I was about half way between kenosha and racine. my temp wasnt working but from what I was told the water temps were the same in shallow as out deep so I assumed there would be some fish in close. I marked fish and bait in as shallow as 15 feet but the water was pretty dirty in there.

[brookiereleaser]

man nice work in the yak .........

i fished out of milwaukee with my buddy and his new dog and all that happened was the dog yakkkked in the boat!!!!

pretty rough out there compared to the noaa report.....

were you fishing out of racine or kenosha,,,, i have yet to get a coho this spring and was bummed that all the reports were from 150 to 200 feet , but you give me hope !!! awesome.

[kayakfisherman]

Well saturday I got out of work early and decided to try for some cohos right behind my house (I live right on the lake). Everyone I spoke to said the fish were out deep so I decided to fish some what shallow. I ended up with a bunch of cohos most of the fish came around 40 feet of water but I did get one on the way back in 29 feet. aqua color flies seemed to be best. I got to see one fish hit the surface three times around me before it crushed one of my flies.

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[brewcityfishr]

Hit Kenosha again yesterday morning 6:30-12:00. set up in 55' and trolled out to 180', managed to go 7 for 10 six coho's and the first king of the year. took the most hits between 130'-160' in the top 15' on dodgers/peanuts. king was on a blue dolphin spoon down 65. surface temps between 44-47. the wind really scatterd them out. hope they show up in Milwaukee soon. good fishin'

[Eric Haataja]

Nice Job dean those fish sure look tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deno b.]

Fished one day last week with a couple of buddy's. Wind was brutal but did manage to catch a few coho on flies. All fish cpr'd to the dinner table. Love the taste of coho. Good fishing

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[collinfishes]

couple more... joes been gettin lucky with all the bigger fish and a wild looking brown.

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[collinfishes]

fishing has been slow but steady with atleast a couple of fish a day. hooked up with atleast 50 fish over the past 3 days and landed a dozen. way too many break offs on boats or rocks. ive never had this much trouble landing a king before in my life. fishing stuff is way too expensive to be losing it everyday. frustrating to say the least but i love it! cranks and spoons have taken some fish as well as spawn doing some damage. lots of little shakers around and those seem to be the only ones i can actually land. the daytime bite is almost non existent but the night time bite has been almost as tough. but pretty soon it wont matter what, when, and where. the fish will be everywhere on everything, i hope. what up with all the southerners this year. i feel out of place down there lately. pictures are pretty bad but its what ya get from a phone in the dark...

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[dedfisher]

Long story short, 17 hours of casting, no fish. Water is 70 degrees off the south pier.

[deno b.]

Tom wendel is going to be doing a fish for me. He does have a web site tomwendelwildlifeartist.com. Check it out all of his work is on there.

Made it out last night, fished until 11:00 pm. Went 1for4. Thats all i have been using lately is skein on the bottom, its been modertly successfull. Here is a 20lb from last night. Good luck Dean

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[TJPike]

Replica is the clear winner.They last forever and you dont have to drive anywhere to drop off fish

[brookiereleaser]

for salmon/trout

especially if i go with tom, do you guys like replica or real skin mount???

if price isnt a concern what do you think, pros/cons, is there a clear winner here?

thanks.
chuck

[Fish Tales]

There is a renown taxidermist in Illinois (I think Northern/Northeast Illinois) named Tom Wendell. I think his work is discussed in depth on the Chitown Angler website. The only other one I know of in this area was Schmidt Taxidermy in Caledonia (Racine County). Can't vouch for his work though.

[brewcityfishr]

I know he's not local, but this guys work is just amazing!! check it out- Anglingartisans unlimited.

[Adam]

THanks guys, I think he was looking more local.

I appreciate the replies, but he is all the way in Duluth.

Any other suggestions.

Here are a few browns I caught last night, smaller but fun on 6lb Line!

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