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WORLD CLASS FISHING OFF THE MILWAUKEE COAST by L.A. Van Veghel
Unlike many freshwater seaports on the Great Lakes, Milwaukee doesn’t do a lot to attract tourist anglers to its outstanding fishery. With fishing being the #1 tourist attraction to Wisconsin, this seems strange. Smaller cities and towns have many more charter boats, yet angling to the east of Wisconsin’s largest city is not on the forefront of tourism or political minds. There are no Milwaukee resorts along the big lake. There are no nearby places for average tourists to stay and keep their fishing boats safe while “in town.” The past mayor thought it was important to put businesses over the water of the Milwaukee River. Fortunately, that flopped. Ironically, his wife is an environmentalist. What would have been nice was to improve habitat, which in turn cleans the water and provides food for fish, ducks, butterflies, mosquito eating dragonflies, and other interesting animals. I’m here to tell you that there is outstanding fishing within a cast of Milwaukee, plus boaters also land big fish other anglers only dream about. You could be one of these successful anglers. During the beginning of May, and even earlier, German brown trout are taken both from shore and close to shore. Casting spoons and bass crankbaits are successful. You don’t have to own a yacht to catch these fish. Choose weather allowing you to fish the near shore waters. Roger Stack of R&R Sports, the fishin’ hole, in Cudahy, (414) 481-6888, has spent a lot of time on the “Big Pond.” He told me this is the time of the year to venture out into 70- to 150-feet of water and fish on the bottom for powerful Chinook salmon. I asked Stack why chose Chinook when many anglers seek the smaller, good-eating Coho salmon at this time of the year. He said “A lot of the fish are resident fish. They follow the baitfish schools on the bottom.” Once the baitfish and their prey are located, his bait choice is vertically jigged MegaBait Jigging Spoons. These spoons have holographic printed bodies looking like alewives. Some anglers prefer trolling for bottom-feeding fish while using spoons and crankbaits. Stack carries a line of spoons called R&R Spoons. Surprisingly, these are not his products. The spoons are made in New York. Use the smaller sizes. Other productive lures include the Johnson Creek, WI made Raider from Red Hook Tackle, Blue Fox’s no longer made Trixees, Lucky Lures, made in Racine, the small Evil Eye Monarchs and the regular Evil Eyes. Roger added that Northern Kings and Stinger spoons are excellent when trolled near the bottom. Colors are important. Its best to let the fish choose, but hot colors to start with are the blues, greens, and silvers. “Orange or Green Monkey Pukes are good,” assured Stack. Fans of crankbaits use #7 and #8 Shad Raps, 3-inch #8 Bagley’s Small Fries, and the Berkley Frenzies. Get out there and discover Milwaukee’s best kept secret besides the Brewers. You’ll come back from fishing with some great outdoor adventure tales, and it’s almost right outside your door. |
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