OUTDOOR NEWS

Manitowoc Co.

• Anglers boating on Lake Michigan have been reporting great success throughout the past week. On Memorial Day several boaters were out enjoying the nice weather and catching steelhead and some salmon.
• During the 3rd and 4th, anglers were out in Two Rivers for the Carp Tournament. The first day started out slow with not many carp being collected, however there was more success on Sunday. There were a great amount of boaters using the ramp Sunday morning at the Manitowoc Marina. Boaters interviewed a lot of success with chinook.

Kewaunee

• Salmon fishing has remained consistent in both Kewaunee and Algoma, although it seems that the boats fishing south of Kewaunee, near the power plant, have produced the most fish. Most of the fish coming in are rainbows and cohos still, with only a few chinooks. Many rainbows in the 10-12-pound range have been caught, with the biggest recorded this past week at just over 15 pounds! Cohos have been under 4 pounds for the most part, but that has many anglers ready to head home and fire up the grill for some fresh fish! The chinooks that have been caught have been quality, with half or more recorded fish over 12 pounds. Rainbows and cohos are still being caught high in the water column, often down 30 feet or less, and some rainbows have taken spoons dragged right under the surface. Bright colored spoons have been working well for rainbows, and cohos have been taken most frequently on red/orange dodgers with a green/blue coho fly. The chinooks that have been caught have come deeper in the water, with most anglers reporting fish 50-80 feet down, up to 150 feet down. The reported lures that have taken the most chinooks have been green flashers with a green or blue fly, and some have also come on blue spoons. A few lake trout have also come in this past week, and most reports of them come from 300+ feet of water, higher in the water column like the rainbows and cohos. Fishing reports were best this past week when the weather had been consistent from about Tuesday-Friday, and water temps were reported to be mid-40’s near-shore and up to low 50’s in 200-300 feet of water. Most anglers still targeted the 80-200 foot-deep range this past week.

Sturgeon Bay

• Most anglers fishing in the Sturgeon Bay area are still targeting smallmouth. Boat anglers are reporting more action with the warmer weather this past week, and reports say that fish are -present in spawning areas, including larger females. Some anglers have reported fish in the 17-18-inch range, but no monsters have been reported yet. A few anglers also tried for some pike with limited success. Some boaters took to bowfishing with the warm, sunny weather over the weekend, and their reports indicated that many carp are in the shallow, weedier water preparing to spawn as well. Shore anglers at Sunset Park and Stone Quarry landings have still been struggling from the reports I have collected, and some anglers are reporting that the fishing isn’t as good as previous years at this time, so hopefully with some more warm weather the shore anglers will have better opportunities for fishing. A couple anglers fishing near the Stone Harbor Resort managed a couple rock bass on plastics, but that was the extent of reported catches.

Algoma

• Anglers took advantage of the nice calm weather this weekend out on the lake and mainly trolling close to shore for Brown Trout. Late in the week anglers were doing well close to shore with limits for Browns being reported. As of Tuesday, May 23, a boat fishing off Algoma reported a mixed bag of steelhead and chinooks with good action early in the morning. Not many anglers were seen accessinrg the Ahnapee River or Stoney Creek this weekend and most anglers reported seeing very few Steelhead in the Rivers most likely due to very low water conditions.