Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: March 22, 2010

Kenosha Co.
In Kenosha flows on the Pike River are good, but steelhead fishing has been rather slow. In the harbor anglers are catching a few steelhead and browns on white tube jigs or spawn sacs.

Racine Co.
In Racine water levels and clarity on the Root River are good. Fair numbers of steelhead and browns have been found throughout the river, and most have been taken on spawn sacs or small tube jigs. Fly anglers have had the most success with woolley buggers and egg imitations. The Root River Steelhead Facility is running, and the first fish processing day will be on Monday, March 29. Fishing in the Racine harbor has been slow.

Milwaukee Co.
In Milwaukee anglers fishing the Milwaukee River along the wall under the Hoan bridge have been catching a few browns and rainbows. Spawn and small shiners have produced the most fish. Flows are good on the Menomonee River and Oak Creek, and some steelhead have been taken from both. In the Milwaukee River anglers have been catching fair numbers of steelhead on yarn flies at Kletzsch Park. Boaters jigging the gaps in Milwaukee continue to catch lake trout.

Ozaukee Co.
In Port Washington anglers have been catching a few rainbows and browns on spawn both in the north slip and near the power plant discharge. A few steelhead have been taken in upstream stretches of Sauk Creek on yarn flies and spawn sacs.

Sheboygan Co.
In Sheboygan, the water levels on the Sheboygan and Pigeon Rivers are somewhat high but dropping. Anglers on the Sheboygan River have been catching steelhead on spawn sacs at the Kohler dam. A few rainbows and browns have also been caught off the south pier on both spawn sacs and crank baits.

Green Bay Fishing Report: March 25, 2010

Brown Co.
Boats dominate the waterscape at Voyageur Park. Shore fishermen are casting for walleye with twister tails and Rapalas. Boaters are vertical jigging with lead staying within a foot of the bottom; hooks are tipped with gulp or minnows.

Oconto Co.
Due to the warm weather over the past few weeks and the lack of precipitation, water levels this spring are low. Water temperatures at the landings are in the low 40's with good clarity, although a bit stained. All boat landings are open with the exception of Oconto Park II. Care should be taken went venturing out on the bay because the ice flows will move in strong winds. Fishermen in Oconto County have been keying on the Oconto Breakwater landing looking for walleye, trout, and pike. Success has been limited. Stiles dam is seeing its share of fishermen also searching for the above named species with the same results. It is very early in the year, but with rising water temperatures you can expect the fish to become more active.

Marinette Co.
The big story in Marinette County is the walleye bite on the Menominee River. Boaters out of Boom Landing are reporting good catches of walleye along the wall adjacent to the Turn Basin and in the Turn Basin itself. Vertical jigging with lead headed jigs tripped with a minnow has worked extremely well. Shore fishermen are also catching walleye from the dam to Stephenson Island. Raps, twister tails and lead jigs tipped with minnows work well. The down side with the shore fishermen is when the dams are shut down the bite suffers. The Peshtigo River is fishing slow for walleye and trout at this time but more walleye are starting to show up; things will get better.