Fish Report 5/11/2007 Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan

Fish Report 5/11/2007 Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan
By Capt. Jim Hirt
Fished on Friday at first light. The lake was calm and wind out of the west. Boated a Brown Trout on a Vulcan Dolphin Glow in the harbor before all the lines were set. About 5:30 the wind switched to the northeast. With 15-25 mph winds in the anticipated we decided to work the harbor and gaps. The water flowing into Milwaukee harbor is 58 degrees and the lake is 50. We have been fishing the temp breaks in front of the river mouth and harbor gaps marking fish at all depths. Lots of bait fish around. Our best presentations are Yellow Bird planer boards with 25 foot leads behind the boards and downriggers 18 to 22 feet down. Slide Divers are producing very well set to #1 with 20 feet of line out. We had some fish on downriggers but the majority of fish came in the top 15 feet on Slide Divers and Yellow Birds. The way I set up a planer board is with 20 lb. mono to a 1/4-ounce bead chain sinker. Use 8 feet of 18 lb. Seaguar Fluoro Premier fluorocarbon leader from the sinker to a size #1 Cross Lock snap and lure. The fish have not been too particular. Most 3-4 inch spoons are taking fish. Finished with 10 fish all Browns 3-8 pounds. Some of our best producers Friday were Vulcan Silver, Vulcan Dolphin Glow, Reaper Big Joe sold at http://www.badgertackle.com Michigan Stinger Jawbreaker, Tourney Winner and most of their silver orange spoons. We ran tackle for Chinooks but did not find any. Our best speed was 2.4 mph. Have a great fishing season. Let's go fishing!! 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 Copyright© 2007, James J. Hirt, All Rights Reserved.