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Hey all, sorry we’ve been not posting reports in a while. We were away on a family trip and didn’t want to leak anything during Salmon-O-Rama, but we are back! Here is the report for this past week. Fishing is consistent with an number of King Salmon every trip along with Coho, Steelhead, and Lake… Continue reading July 26 Fishing Report – Waukegan Harbor
July 7th Fishing Report Waukegan and Winthrop Harbors Hey ya’ all, school is out and its time to take the kids fishing. Don’t forget that girls (women fish too). Our heaviest hauls (one is pictured here) of the season so far came on the 3rd of July with both kids and women aboard. Yesterday was… Continue reading 7/7/2023 Fishing Report from Waukegan and Winthrop Harbors
6/30/2023 Waukegan and Northpoint Fishing Report It’s been a great week of fishing ya’ all. The fish of the week is this 21lb Brown Trout along numerous kings and a good steelhead bite earlier this week toward the state line. The fish have been moving a bit each day with the winds, but not far.… Continue reading 6/30/2023 Waukegan and Northpoint Fishing Report
6/26/2023 Fishing Report Waukegan Harbor & Networking Tips Fishing has been good from our harbor with catches consistently between 14-20+ fish per trip with no real great pattern to the fishing. We have some great news about what’s to come as there are limit catches of coho still holding up in Chicago. That typically means… Continue reading 6/23/2023 Waukegan Harbor Fishing Report & Blog Topic Developing a Fishing Network
6/16/2023 Fishing Report Waukegan Harbor & Using Apps for Safety and Fun While Fishing We have a great report from Waukegan Harbor for you all. We’ve fished all week and had catches from 20-30 fish per trip. The coho are getting bigger and the kings are getting feisty! 135’-180’ is where the action has been… Continue reading 6/16/2023 Fishing Report Waukegan Harbor & Using Apps for Safety and Fun While Fishing
Waukegan Harbor Fishing Report 6/9/23 and Fishing the Transition Fishing has been consistent, however the fish have been moving around the depths based on prevailing wind patterns. This morning we fished 70’-90’ and went 17/31. Lots of short strikes or fish coming off half way in. This week we’ve worked the water between 120’-145’, 90’-110’… Continue reading Fishing the Transition and 6/9/23 Fishing Report from Waukegan Harbor
6/1/2023 Waukegan Harbor Fishing ReportThis has been one crazy season so far ya’ll. It’s the end of May going into June and we already have a fall fishery set up. There are a lot of nice kings getting caught and we wouldn’t be surprised if they break the 30lb mark by September. Additionally, the steelhead… Continue reading 06/01/23 Waukegan Harbor Fishing Report and Dipsy Divers Topic of the Week
5/25/2023 Fishing Report – Waukegan Harbor The past couple days have been a wash for us with the wind/waves as they’ve been. Our latest report comes from Tuesday. Fish have been scattered about the waters, but 80’ to 110’ have been producing the best for us. We are catching nice mixed bags with a number… Continue reading Lure Selection vs. Available Light & 5/25/23 Fishing Report from Waukegan, IL.
5/18/2023 Fishing Report From Waukegan Harbor As we talked about in our blog a couple weeks ago there are kings in the area like this one we caught this morning. The coho have scattered and seemingly a bit early too. Although there’s some alewives around the harbors, we are marking most of the bait on… Continue reading Weekly Fishing Report and Tips for Trolling Speed and Direction
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5/4/2023 Waukegan Fishing Report The coho bite is still going strong and the bait is stacked. The fish moved out to 25’ – 40’ feet of water with 27’-30’ being the best today. Dodger/Flies and spoons are productive. Our best spoons are still the Michigan Stinger UV NKB and UV Killer Dolphin on the riggers… Continue reading Finding the King Salmon and 5/4/23 Waukegan Fishing Report
4/27/2023 Fishing Report – Waukegan Harbor Coho fishing remains consistent with fish coming on dodger/fly combos and spoons. Fish are holding between 20’-40’ working the bait in the area. Speaking of bait, there is so much bait, more success has come from working the outside of the bait than running right in it. If you’re… Continue reading 4/27/2023 Waukegan Harbor Fishing Report and Rod Selection
Hey all, Now that we’ve been filling the freezers with fresh salmon, we thought we’d share a couple recipes with you. Also, if you don’t have access to a smoker; many places will smoke your salmon for you. If you fished with us or in the NE Illinois area I can think of three places… Continue reading Dry Cured Smoked Salmon and Smoked Fish Spread Recipe
Fishing Report 4/20/2023 Coho fishing has been on fire this week. Fish are anywhere between 20-30’ foot of water both in front and South of Waukegan Harbor. Probably to the North as well, but we haven’t fished there. The water temp is heating up along with the bite and spoons are coming into play. The… Continue reading 4/20/23 Fishing Report, About our Blog, Dodger/Fly Combo, Coconut Coho Salmon Recipe
Coho Report Out of Waukegan Harbor This season is starting off strong with limits getting caught pretty quickly. The power-liners fishing from the piers are taking limits too. What’s that tell us? We start fishing in front of the harbor and typically will work south as that is the direction the coho migrate up from.… Continue reading 4/12/23 Waukegan Fishing Report and Coho Catching Tips
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