A Giant Brown to Get the Season Started

As I have said before, there are only a few places in the world you can catch a Brown this big and we are sitting on one of them here in Milwaukee. This one went 39” long with a 23” girth. It was released but I am guessing it weighed about 25 pounds.

She inhaled a 3.5” pearl tube jig on a 3/8th ounce tube head poured with a 1/0 saltwater hook. A heavy hook like this is necessary on Lake Michigan just for this very reason. You always have that shot at a super-tanker and the standard tube heads won’t hold up.

Bottom line, the fishing is underway and in full swing. The action for the trollers is off the hook this week. There are jack Coho all over the shallows in 15-30 of water. Boats are taking limits in less than an hour. From what I have heard, it doesn’t matter what you run. Yes, the typical 00 orange dodgers and hair-cut tinsel fly, but also Thundersticks, Flicker Shads, Shad Raps, #9 jointed Rapalas, and all kinds of small to mid-sized spoons.

There is action all over the harbor for shore anglers. You may need to move around a bit to find active fish, but they are somewhere. Wind blown areas are going to be the best place to start. Suffer a little if you can, it normally pays off. Wind blowing across a point, even better. Overcast, rain, snow, better yet.

Get out there and catch some fish.

Tight Lines and smooth drags…

Marc