Milwaukee Brown Trout and Coho Salmon

More information to come later, but for now, there are browns in the harbor, there are coho in the rivers, and my friends over at the Chicago Trout Bum, seem to have a pretty good bead on where the Steelhead are, even if I can't find them yet!  The guys over at Illinois-Wisconsin Fishing have locked in on the Coho bite so if that's what you're after have a read over there.

Harbor Brown Trout from Saturday the 13th.  This big fella fought like a champ.

A friend, Keith, caught a gorgeous fresh lake run Brown who still had skeins.  Brown trout eggs work the best and early morning and after dark are the best time to target these roaming harbor monsters.

I found some feisty coho in a couple of my favorite spots to fish and found that very small spawn sacs, only containing a couple eggs drifted through pools just down from bedding fish payed out.  I was able to manage 2 coho, this nice female and a fiery male that jumped like crazy.

Illinois Wisconsin Fishing Blog

A fellow emailed me this week and wanted to introduce me to his blog named Illinois Wisconsin Fishing, and now I'd like to extend the same gesture to you, I'll suggest you click here to visit the site and have a read for yourself.

As it turns out, fishermen make fish stories and, big surprise, we want to tell them.  That's how this little project started out for me.  Now I'm a few hundred posts deep and still look forward to punching keys after a good outing.  It even motivates me to get out sometimes, as I know I can't write about my adventures until I actually have them.  So as David (the Chicago Trout Bum) supports me and I him in our parallel quests to enjoy the aquatic gifts we've been given, I hope you support Illinois Wisconsin Fishing by having a read.  I'm going to start keeping my eye on the site, no question about that.

Chicago Trout Bum : A Year in Pictures

The Chicago Trout Bum, a (becoming) longtime friend of the Great Lakes Angler put together a good looking slide show of Trout and Salmon catches during the fall run of 2009. I make an appearance sporting a hefty Seeforellen Brown Trout, and a few other photographs I have taken of my own fish or fish friends of mine have landed made the show. There is plenty of eye candy from dime bright hens to tuna sized trout in here so buckle up and have a good watch.

Check out the Chicago Trout Bum here.

The Chicago Trout Bum on This Weekend's Steelhead Forecast

I say the fishing should be good this weekend, but the Chicago Trout Bum tells you why:

"Swinging streamers continues to be a productive method though fish in deeper pools behind large sections of shallow spawning gravel are keying in on eggs. Pink, chartreuse and orange egg patterns have all been producing but be sure you are fishing them at a proper depth."

Take a look at his full report here.

Additionally he sells some great Steelhead flies there that he ties himself, when it comes to hand tied flies, he's accomplished!

Views on Domesticated Brown Trout : David @ Chicago Trout Bum

I had the pleasure of reading this article by David, founder of the Chicago Trout Bum. The article goes into man's relationship with the Brown Trout in America which, as we know, was introduced to America in February of 1883.

An excerpt from David's essay : "As a European import, the fish where-ever wild will never be native, but that doesn't bother me much at all. From the angler perspective, any wild born fish will provide me with the thoroughly humbling, sometimes baffling experience I was after in the first place."

To learn more about the foothold Brown Trout have established here in America have a look here at this Smithsonian article detailing just that.

Thanks David for a nice read, I hope some of my viewers get the pleasure of reading it as well.

Chicago Trout Bum Scores some Trout : Milwaukee River Fishing

Yesterday my friend David, who runs the Chicago Trout Bum, hit a personal best Lake Run Brown Trout on the Milwaukee river. Read his report here.

He also got 2 Steelhead, not a bad day out. He's back up there today, I hope he gets a repeat!

Chicago Trout Bum : Find Him on Twitter

The Chicago Trout Bum can now (like the great lakes angler) be found on twitter : if I haven't persuaded you to check his great blog out, let this be the post that does it.

David's blog can be found : HERE

Follow him on Twitter : HERE

Check out the Great Lakes Angler on Twitter : HERE

Chicago Trout Bum : Trout Fishing Video

Compliments of friend of the blog David, who writes the Chicago Trout Bum.

Enjoy the photographs of some great Wisconsin Driftless Area trout.

3 Reasons You Should Visit the Chicago Trout Bum Blog

Reason 1 : The fellow that runs it, David Heyman is a great guy, a good writer, a scholar, and a hell of a fisherman.

Reason 2 : The reason you read my blog is probably to look at some photographs, get fishing reports, and get informed about Great Lakes Fishing opportunities. The trout bum does the same, but in different specialties.

Reason 3 : I'm an aspiring fly fisherman and have learned from reading the blog, which specializes in trout fishing fortuities in the greater Chicago region, specifically the drift-less area in Wisconsin.

Lastly, I consider The Great Lakes Angler and The Chicago Trout Bum's relationship as a sort of partnership, through his blog, readers find mine, and through mine, his in turn. David works at a local fly shop in Chicago and is the man to go to when it comes to tying flies, buying rods, or just plain figuring out what a roll cast is.

Please check out his blog, you'll be glad you did.