FISHING REPORTS FOR 10/17/17 FROM DNR === ROGER'S OUTDOOR NEWS

Manitowoc Co.

• The salmon spawn is in full force in the East/West Twin, Manitowoc and Branch Rivers. Spawn and egg imitations have been the most productive baits upstream. Chinook salmon are the most common catch but a few coho are also being caught. Have yet to see any browns or steelhead. Pier fishing has been slow but the Manitowoc Marina has produced both chinook and coho recently. Recent rains have helped bring more fish upstream. Weekend fishing pressure can make fishing difficult.

Kewaunee Co.

• Salmon fishing has been consistent again this week in Kewaunee County. In Kewaunee, salmon have been caught in the harbor and upriver, in decent numbers. In the harbor, anglers have managed to hook up with mostly chinooks on windy days. Salmon can be seen jumping in the harbor regularly, but the secret to getting them to hit seems to be fishing the side of the harbor into which the wind is blowing. Salmon have been stacking up in corners in force and number and anglers are having success with both spoons and crankbaits. Fish have been so thick at times that anglers have foul-hooked more than they have had strike.
• In the river, salmon have been caught using the same technique as the previous weeks, that being fishing pools along bends with egg flies or some other lure resembling an egg. Chinook were coming up all throughout the day, and anglers were also catching a few coho mixed in. The coho seem to be a lot more aggressive than the chinook, but anglers have had success with both. No anglers have been interviewed from either the piers or the boat ramp, and none have even been seen fishing, due in part to wind and waves keeping anglers off the piers.

Sturgeon Bay

• Chinook can be seen jumping on the east end of the canal as they make their way to Strawberry Creek. Anglers have been trolling the canal with crankbaits and spoons with limited success, one fish per boat or less. The same can be said for pier and shore fishermen. The hot weather and warm water temps are likely to blame for the salmon’s lack of appetite. A few boats traveling out to 400-500FOW in search of immature salmon and rainbows have had a little success but warm water and winds out of the south have not helped. In the canal a few anglers are still finding perch but action seems to be slowing down. Early morning is best. Walleye fishermen have had some success trolling flicker minnows and jigging on Larson’s Reef and other offshore structure. Most activity at the boat ramps over the weekend was from pleasure boaters taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather.

Algoma

• Algoma has had a decent week of salmon fishing. No anglers have been interviewed fishing the lake from boats, but a couple have taken smaller boats up the Ahnapee for salmon with no success. Only a handful of anglers have fished the piers on the days when weather allowed, but none of them reported catching any fish either. The success has come in the rivers. Both the Ahnapee River and Stony Creek have produced fish consistently throughout the week, rain or shine. Mostly all fish reported have been chinook salmon, but some anglers have reported seeing brown trout in the Ahnapee. Anglers have reported catching fish on either lures resembling eggs or spoons in deeper parts of the Ahnapee River, and on Stony Creek most anglers have been catching fish on egg flies. On Stony, anglers have caught fish in the pool adjacent to the lake and upstream. Anglers fishing upstream reported low water that made it difficult to fish anywhere but pools, but those that have made the trek into the dense terrain have had some action on chinooks. It seems as though salmon have been coming up the streams consistently, and some much needed rain this weekend should provide more opportunities for some good fishing in the coming week.

Green Bay Fishing Report: October 16, 2017

Door Co.

• Inclement weather has made for very low angling effort in the last week. Bites have been slow but a few fisherman have had luck out of Gills Rock, Ellison Bay and Sister Bay targeting smallmouth in 15-30fow off of deep rock piles using weighted plastics and live suckers. The chinook spawn is in full swing, salmon can be spotted in most marinas and in many area creeks. Bailey’s harbor marina has been the most popular spot. Crankbaits, spoons and spawn are all being used with mixed success. Anglers in the Sturgeon Bay Canal have been catching a few nice walleye along with the occasional northern pike and smallmouth.
• Chaudoirs Dock – No interviews were taken. The lot averaged one trailer at the tail end of the week.
• Sugar Creek - No angler’s observed
• Rites Cove - No angler’s observed
• Little Sturgeon Bay – The lot averaged 2 trailers, but no interviews were taken.
• Sawyer Harbor – An average of 3 trailers were observed during the week. Anglers reported targeting yellow perch and came in with 3-5 total.

Brown/Kewaunee Co. - Bay side from Sturgeon Bay area south

• Bayshore - The unfavorable weather kept anglers off the water at the later half of the week. Most all anglers were observed on Thursday and reported targeting yellow perch and walleye with little luck. Anglers came in with 0-4 perch caught and only 1 walleye and only a handful of freshwater drum and round gobies. The lot averaged 30 trailers on this day, and 3 trailers on subsequent days.
• Suamico – During the week there were 2-6 trailers in the lot, no interviews taken.
• Longtail Lauches- no anglers or trailers
• Metro launch – An average of 8 trailers were observed at the beginning of the week and nearly 60 trailers over the weekend with the warm weather. At the beginning few boat anglers reported targeting walleye and caught approximately 6 fish for a half day out. This weekends unseasonably hot weather brought out more recreational boaters than anglers, though the anglers which were out had fairly consistent luck as anglers earlier in the week.
• Fox River Mouth – High trailer counts all week which ended up resulting in high number of interviews from pleasure boaters. With the nice weather we have had lately the public is getting on the water and enjoying the sun. As for anglers, walleye has been the main target with anglers launching from the mouth and running a couple miles north usually. Walleye angler have had a tough time finding decent numbers of walleyes and they are also struggling to keep the non-target fish off their lines, many times white perch or freshwater drum will hit their baits before a walleye has time. Shore anglers from the river mouth have still been doing good catching freshwater drum with the occasional channel catfish mixed in. The river’s water temperature is quite high right now with many anglers reporting 82-85 degree surface temperatures.
• Fox River- Almost all of my interviews from the upper portion of the river came from pleasure boaters with most of the anglers targeting fish out in the bay right now. Fish species that have been caught by anglers in the upper portion have been, freshwater drum, and channel catfish.
• Fox Point Launch – No trailers observed
• Fairgrounds – No trailers observed
• Duck Creek - One angler was observed fishing from shore, no interviews taken.
• Voyager Park – One angler observed, he was fishing for yellow perch and caught a few small ones.
• Red River - No anglers observed.
• Bay beach launch- Couple trailers were observed, no interviews taken