Report Date: 9/2/10 10:37 AM CST
Just stopped down by the lake after running some errands. Fog is super thick report of a few boats trolling in close with some success, long leads and #3 jplugs or silver hordes. Pearl colored ones producing good. Cooler watre finallyis starting to make its way in. While there I noticed a bunch of fish swirling on the surface by the launch ramps. A customer had some success also on the pier using golden shiners on the bottom and a few bonus perch on large fat heads. Will keep this posting going to follow the fall spawn run.

The Bait Box

Report Date: 8/29/10 8:02 PM CST
fished out of port this morning for the first time since june, i usually go out of milwaukee, a very interesting morning in all. started a little north of the habor in 50fow at 345 am, marked alot of fish, got5 or 6, 6 to 10 inch kings on dipseys with wonderbread and bloody nose glows, they seemed healthy at there release( i hope they make it) got our first keeper(6 pound king) in 180, 65 down on rigger flasher fly, next 7# rainbow in 285fow on a dipsey 220ft out on a lemon ice spoon, another 7#bow in 365fow on same dipsey set. 6# bow in 365fow on flasher fly on rigger 90down. 3 more bows under 10 inches on lemon ice set.that really sucks getting small ones like that. heres the kicker, the last 2 keeper bows came in 190fow on lemon ice dipsey set, 200 out on#3 setting going north west GPS speed 3.3 to 3.5, 2.8 to 3.0 at the ball, 4 &5 pounders, figure that one out????????? a good day and met some great people at the dock

Report Date: 8/28/10 1:10 AM CST
went out 27th checked waves with NOAA, it said 1 to 3ft so we headed out and got on the water around 9am. as soon as we got out past the break wall/lighthouse a strong south wind hit us. waves were 2 to 4 and building! decided to take the risk and keep going got out to 120fow and seemed like it would be fishable but we werent marking any fish! so we decided to keep going got out to 200ft waves still 2 ta 4 still not marking any fish so we kept going! went all the way out to 370fow and started marking fish. quite a few too! decided to start there, waves seemed like 3 to 5 out there! very rough. trolled north the whole time out there cause we sure as hell werent going to head into the waves! got first fish bout fifteen min after we setup nice 7lb rainbow! caught 5 more within the next hour n a half ta 2 hrs. waves got even bigger now they were in the 4 to 6ft range! caught 3 more in the next 45min. my dad noticed that our gas gauge was under an eith tank so we decided to head in. when driving back in hit some waves that were easily 7ft it was getting wilder by the min. took us hour just to get back in. when we pulled in our gas gauge decide it was going to stop playing tricks on us and it all the sudden said we had half tank! ow well it was probably a good thing. went 8 for 16 in the end. not to bad considering the conditions! 3KINGS 4RAINBOWS 1COHO

tried slide divers vs dipseys today and i was right think the fish were scared off by the dipseys. we caught 1 fish off a dipsey, 4 off slide divers, and 3 off riggers. most hits came on the slide divers, even over the riggers! so they do seem to wrk better than dipseys.

all fish came off spoons again!!!!!!

best depths were 35 to 60 down in 280-350fow

and to answer you question Garret i fish with my little brother and my dad! we have a 19.5ft monark boat. thick green stripe down the side with 2 electric big jon downriggers! if ya ever see us stop by and say hi! ill give you the latest info and try to help ya out as best as i can. my names jake by the way good luck to all !!!! TIGHT LINES

Report Date: 8/27/10 2:03 AM CST
Hey kuehljake, looks like you got he Laker thing finally! Who were you feeshing with? Hope any info i gave you paid off! Talk to ya soon! Garrett Hit N Run!

Report Date: 8/27/10 12:30 AM CST
went out 26th and pretty much sleighed the fish! best day we have ever had!!!!!!!!!!!!!

started fishing around 730am in 250fow had our first fish around 815 picked up 6 more between 830 and 11. after 11 headed out to 370fow and had a fish rite away! didnt even have all the poles in the water. from then on we hit a fish about every fifteen min to a half hour! fished until 330pm and ended up going 18 for 26! best depths were between 35 and 65 down 80 percent of our fish came on our two riggers. spoons spoons spoons! thats the only lure that caught fish today! tried flashers and flies tried dodgers and flies and also jplugs. dipseys did ok in the AM but after we moved out we only got 3 hits on them. thinking the dipsey was scaring the fish away from the lure!

our limit constisted of 2 lakers 2 kings and 14 rainbows! (our first two lakers ever) had a really nice laker get off at the boat rite b4 we called it a day. thinking it was around 12lbs

heading out 27th again going to try slide divers instead of dipseys. will report when i get back. hopefully it will be as successful as today was!!!!!!!

hope this helps you guys put more fish in the boat!!!!!

TIGHT LINES TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Report Date: 8/25/10 7:09 PM CST
was wondering how the waves are out of port thinking of heading out in the morning if anyone knows plz let me know dnt wana go out in 2 ta 4 footers!

thanks

Report Date: 8/25/10 4:15 PM CST
Went to 250fow a little north of harbor- Went 6 of 7 with most of the fish caught in 20-65ft down. All spoons- any color- 2 rainbows and 4 kings. Biggest was only 9.5lbs, smallest was 5lbs.

Report Date: 8/23/10 2:07 PM CST
went out 22nd started around 430. went out 6miles in 350fow and started with dodgers and flies spoons and jplugs from 20 - 35 ft down quit fishing at 8 everything we caught was in top 35fow caught 2 fish on cracked ice spoon and 2 dodger fly combo and 1 on jplug went 5 for 10 had quite a few on but they would all go nuts once hooked 2 of the fish jumped straight out of the water 5 to 7ft in the air. was a sight to see! but couldnt keep them on!!!!!!!! all fish were cohos biggest was twelve pounds. all fish caught in 300 to 350fow. best lures were natural colored jplugs, glow dodgers and aqua flies and cracked ice spoons!

hope this helps you put fish in the boat!!!!!!!!!!!!! if your willing to go way out for the fish

tight lines to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Report Date: 8/22/10 5:14 PM CST
The Rod Hogs gave it a try out of Port Washington Sat & Sun AM. Sat went 5 of 6. Fished in 100 to 160 fow. Found cold water at 45 down. Fished flasher/fly: J plugs. Most action was on flasher/flys. Green combos were our hot colors with white second. Fished 40 to 50 down. The 5 were all 10 to 15 lbs.

Sat PM went out to 200 to 325 fow. Cooler water was 25/30 down. Only had 2 hits on flashr/flys in the 30 to 40 down. Both 8# to 12 # in the box.

Sun AM windy, 3 - 4 footers. Tough holding speeds. Picked up two 8&10# in 185 to 225 fow. Had to go by 830AM. Started at 415 AM.

The worst day of fishing is still better than the best day at work!!

The tall ships and fireworks were great!

Report Date: 8/22/10 12:42 PM CST
the last couple days been fishing from 100-450 a little north foot of water from 40-90 down all flashers and richards flies here is some of the results

Troy Prochaska
Trophy Connection Guide Service

Report Date: 8/20/10 8:56 PM CST
went out on the 19th. evening trip. started in 60 fow south of port about a mile and a half to two miles. first lines in water around 6. ran flashers and flies jplugs and spoons from top to bottom and worked our way out to 120fow nothing for two hours. at 8 we made some calls and found out that the fish were in 40 to 90 fow fifteen feet off bottom so we drove back into 85fow and from 815 to 845 rods went crazy had a hard time keeping all them in the water! went 5 for 8 in a half hr! all fish came on glow spoons in 70 to 85 fow down 60ft. after 845 not a bite. also my dads friend from work went out same day but went out 8miles in 250 to 300 ft and went 12 for 14 mix of cohos and kings. they were only fishing 20 to 30 ft down! water temp at lighthouse when we came back in was 67 to 68 degrese. was surprised cause last weekend it was 64. thought it would be cooler but it was actually warmer. guess the west winds really didnt do anything! hopefully we get cooler temps and the winds are back west soon! they have to be starting to stage soon!

hope this helps anyone heading out soon! best water for us this year has been 75 to 120 ft 45 to 60 down

tight lines to everyone good luck!!!!!

Report Date: 8/18/10 5:55 PM CST
When out last night and the water temp on the surface was mid 60's still.

Ended the night 2 for 3. Both around the 8-10 lbs range. Both taken out in 100 FOW down 40-60 feet. One was on a Flasher-Fly and one was on a spoon.

Report Date: 8/18/10 3:05 PM CST
anybody know if the water temps have dropped yet ?????? went out 3 days ago and fished for three and a half hrs and didnt get a single bite. fished 75 to 120ft. nothing took temp that day at lighthouse and it was 64 to 65 surface temp. hoping to go out 2moro or friday.hopefully the temps have changed by then!!!!!!!!!! if anybody has a recent surface temp plz let me know.

thanks again!!!!!!!!

tight lines to everyone

Report Date: 8/17/10 11:21 PM CST
Surface temps were low to mid 60's tonight in and around the harbor and out at sea. A good 15 degrees cooler than they were at the end of last week. Big skunk tonight for the first time in a few years. Marked tons of bait and plenty of fish in the same area where I caught them on Thursday night, but not a single hit... Talked to one other boat at the ramp and only a couple shakers. Maybe the fish just need a day or so to adjust to the changing temps. I'll keep telling myself that anyway!

Report Date: 8/17/10 3:56 PM CST
that cold water is gonna load up on the bottom and then roll over on top. Gonna take a few days. The cool nights are gonna help as well. We had a helluva lot of warm water around....gotta remember that!