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Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report: March 29, 2010

Kenosha Co.

In Kenosha flows on the Pike River are low, and 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. Fish have been found both in deep holes and shallow, faster moving water. Drifting spawn sacs or small tube jigs has been effective in the deeper holes, and fly anglers have had the most success with small egg patterns. Fish were processed at the Root River Steelhead Facility on Monday, March 29. Both Chambers Creek and Ganaraska eggs were taken, and 183 steelhead were passed upstream. The next processing day will be Monday, April 5. 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, as well as perch. Spawn and small shiners have produced the most fish. Flows are low on the Menomonee River and Oak Creek, but 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.

Ozaukee Co.

In Port Washington a couple of lake trout have been taken on shiners off the pier. A few steelhead have been taken in upstream stretches of Sauk Creek on yarn flies and spawn sacs.

Sheboygan Co.

In Sheboygan, fishing on the Pigeon River has been slow, but anglers on the Sheboygan have been catching steelhead and browns throughout the river. Spawn and spinners have both taken fish. A few rainbows and browns have also been caught off the south pier on spawn sacs and crank baits.

The Southern Lake Michigan Fishing Report is updated twice per week from March 1 to December 1 each year. This report is a copy of the fishing report we post on our fishing hotline at (414) 382-7920.

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.

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