Fish Report 5/17/2007 Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan

Fish Report 5/17/2007 Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan
By Capt. Jim Hirt
Fished on Wednesday afternoon for 3 hours. The lake was 1-3 and the wind was out of the east. The best action was in 40-60 feet of water north of Milwaukee from the north gap to Atwater Beach. The lake is 46 degrees and all our fish came on the surface to 35 feet down. Lots of bait fish around. Our best presentations are Yellow Bird planer boards with 25 foot leads behind the boards and downriggers 25 to 35 feet down. Slide Divers are also 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. We had action on orange flashers green peanut flies tied at 11 inches long and small Rapala Shad Raps for Coho and Lake Trout. The Chinooks liked the Reaper Magnum spoons in silver blue, green and glow colors sold at http://www.badgertackle.com The Kings were 8-12 pounds, Lakers 5-7 pounds and Coho 3-4 pounds. Our best speed was 2.1 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.