Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan Salmon Reports 5/18/2008
By Capt. Jim Hirt
We had our best action working east and west from 80 to 170 feet of water. We started south of Prince Wilhelm wreck that lies 3 miles due east of the main gap Milwaukee.
We also fished the temp breaks in front of the harbor gaps and with good success on Brown Trout. The Brown Trout action has picked up considerably. In the deep water Church Walleye planer boards with 2,3,4 and 5 color leadcore with Reaper Magnum Peacock, Fish n Chip, and Big Joe Silver spoons caught Rainbow and Lake Trout. The fish ranged in size from 5 to 11 pounds. This was our best action to this point in the season on tail walking Rainbows. There is a great surface temperature break from 52.5 to 43 degrees out in the deeper water and the fish are holding on both sides of the break.
The smaller Vulcan regular size Dolphin Green Silver spoons are also working. Downriggers from 20 to 60 feet down picked up Chinooks, Laker's and a few Coho. No Coho on flasher flies however they did like Michigan Stinger spoons in green or orange. On Saturday 8-inch flashers in green or hologram with green flies caught both Chin's and Laker's. I am tying my flies 22 inches and trolling at 2.0 miles per hour on the Depth Raider. We ran Slide Divers they took their share of fish with 30 to 50 feet of line out set to number two.
A class of four inch Alewives is now showing up in the stomachs of the fish. The only place you will find Reaper and Vulcan spoons is on the Badger Tackle web site at
http://www.badgertackle.com Jim charters out of Milwaukee, WI. With Blue Max Charters He can be reached at 414-828-1094 or visit his web site at
http://www.bluemaxcharters.com
