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A nice catch for these days. Fishing and catching fish trumps fishing and catching nothing every time. Looks like things are picking up on the Lake pretty good and the bait fish populations are far more numerous. That’s a really good thing!

Back in the seventies I would crew on charter salmon boats out of the Kenosha harbor on the weekends for the free fishing that a guy could get sometimes and be paid to do it. Setting hooks properly and handing the rod over to the inexperienced rubes to try to bring the fish in was a big part. Back then the Cohos were huge and plentiful and crossed lines was an everyday problem. Multiple large fish at one time was crazy days for sure. Seems like fishing was always good but maybe I’m just recalling the best days.

Lucky you, Highrider!

Highrider said:

A nice catch for these days. Fishing and catching fish trumps fishing and catching nothing every time. Looks like things are picking up on the Lake pretty good and the bait fish populations are far more numerous. That’s a really good thing!

Back in the seventies I would crew on charter salmon boats out of the Kenosha harbor on the weekends for the free fishing that a guy could get sometimes and be paid to do it. Setting hooks properly and handing the rod over to the inexperienced rubes to try to bring the fish in was a big part. Back then the Cohos were huge and plentiful and crossed lines was an everyday problem. Multiple large fish at one time was crazy days for sure. Seems like fishing was always good but maybe I’m just recalling the best days.

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Most likely you mainly recall those "best days", but the fishing was usually pretty good compared to what we have seen (well, you guys up Nawth, anyhow) last several years. I expect - thinking back to bay fishing as well as off-shore on the Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston area).

I'm wondering if those fish can be eaten?

A friend of mine up on Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) says a lot of the fish they get now are riddled with parasites...she will no longer eat the fish she catches!?!

timmct said:

I'm wondering if those fish can be eaten?

A friend of mine up on Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) says a lot of the fish they get now are riddled with parasites...she will no longer eat the fish she catches!?!

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I wouldn’t eat anything from Lake Huron or Erie but a lot of folks do, especially those big walleye from Erie. To each their own but they are fun to catch.

We've been coming to Winthrop Harbor, IL for several years.
Fishing has always been above average.

The coho here are delicious!
Far superior table fare to the Chinook on Michigan.

Kokanee? Living on the Columbia im spoiled with salmon an steelhead. Nothing like a 30+ lb spring king.

Nice. What a great way to spend the day

Wildfan99 said:

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Always wanted to try that. Caught tons of small mouth an large mouth bass, Perch, bluegill, crappie, an catfish here..not a single walleye. I'm only about a dozen miles upstream of the saltwater mix here.