Fishing Report for Lake Michigan - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Capt. Jim Hirt
July 7, 2005
Milwaukee - Freshwater Fishing Report

Lake Michigan Milwaukee fish report

By Capt. Jim Hirt July fishing is great. All species are active. Within the last several days we have caught Chinooks to 17 pounds on spoons and plugs. Fishlander ultra glow spoons size 2 or 3 in the easter egg or bloody nose color have been the best. Green ladder-back J plugs size #4 are also working. All presentations are working. Half core lead, downriggers 30 to the bottom in 30 to 130 feet and some Chins on Dipsy divers set on 1 with 70 to 100 feet of line out. If you would like to get into some 8 to 12 pound dancing Rainbow trout the top 20 feet of water is where you should be fishing. We have been enjoying the best numbers of the season working these fish on half core lead and Dipsy Divers. Most hot color spoons have been working in 80 to 180 feet of water. Most of our deep fish have been on glow or silver plate Opti-Dodgers or flasher flies. Coho are also hitting they like Opti-Dodgers with green or white flies. Brown trout are active early in the day working 20 to 40 feet of water mostly on glow spoons. Lakers are on the bottom in 100 to 200 feet of water on Opti-Dodgers and flies. The boat speed of 2.4-2.8 G.P.S. works well with all the presentations I have been using. Slow down to 2.0 or less for Lakers Good Luck Captain Jim. 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

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