Kewaunee/Algoma (Lake Michigan)

Went out of Kewaunee on a solo trip.  Started out south of harbor where there are some cooler water temps. Didn't take long and the kings were there- Caught six in two hours with only 3 rods.  Slide Divers worked the best with spoons but got a couple on the rigger. Nothing huge but some nice 3yr olds. Let one shaker go. Nice to be out in flat conditions.

Just curious if it pays to fish the pier? 2.5 hour drive for me. Thanks in advance. 

Report from 7-30 and 8-1.

The west winds earlier in the week had cold water in close and the fish were everywhere.

With surface temps in the low to mid 50s, the salmon were up on the surface and very active.

We left the pierheads at 3:30 am and by 6 am we went 6 for 10 trolling. We then spent the next 3 hours casting plastics at them and had plenty of daytime action.

Most of our action was in 55-65 fow where the water was 52 on the surface and had a nice turquoise stain to it.

Ended up going 8 for 15 jigging after our morning of trolling. Let plenty go and kept 9 nice kings. Nothing huge ( 15 lbs max ) but plenty of fun on the jig and spinning rod.


Good luck and tight lines!

We fished every morning last week for the tournament and did very well every day,especially the really smokey mornings. If you are leaving the dock at 415 you are late, we get all lines in the water probably an hour and 15 minutes b4 sunrise and get fish right away most mornings. Most days the best bite is pretty much over by 6am at the very latest. Also the best color seems to change most  every day as 1 day dipseys are hot, next maybe boards or downriggers. Things change every day out there.

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Fished Kewaunee 4:15am til 9am. Fished correct water, 50-90ft. Covered entire waer column with right lures and tips from local lure maker. Marked tons of baitballs and game fish. Lost 1 3# rainbow. Came in with zero fish. I've been fishing lake since 1974, so I think I know what I'm doing. Charter boats are posting their fantastic catching but we were by them and never saw a net go down. One of them was beside us in the harbor going in. They had 6 customers and said they caught 11 fish. The had 26 rods rigged up!!. Mmmmmmmm

Chasing Kings in Kewaunee!

Fished out of Algoma Tuesday morning. Lots more rigs in the lot. 7 color lead core with the orange ladderback got the first rainbow and the other planer board with a green flutterspoon the second. Two salmon bit the dodger fly wire dipsey PK put out to finish off the morning. Another pleasant day and better results than the two fish last time off  Kewaunee. 

Report from Wednesday June 17th

Left the pierheads at 3:50 AM

Surface temp straight out in 60-100 fow was 46-47 degrees. Drove as far south as the power plant and found a pocket of 50 degrees that we fished all morning.

Ended up going something like 5 for 12, 3 kings ( 9-12 lbs ) all between 4-5:30 am. The rest of the morning was bows.

4 color lead with green spoons had the most hits.

Temp break was down 40 feet ( 44-47 degrees ) where we were fishing in 55-70 fow.

Good luck and tight lines.

Got a late start on a nice Monday morning. We were in my boat  off Kewaunee in 130 feet when a king hit PK's planer board and dragged leadcore down tangling with his way -back dypsy. Reeling in two rods at once we got the fish in the net avoiding a skunk. Standard size silver spoon with orange ladderback worked better than big spoons or dodger /fly combos. Did not see many on the sonar but warm sun and no wind made the first shot at the big pond pleasant. Back on shore met  some guys with 3 cohos. Not many trailers in the lot.