The end run of summer begins and it is time to get on the water.  As we move into August you'll find fish in the traditional summer places but watch for them to have periods of time where they feed actively around rock bars and transition areas. The changes in the photocycle and the length of day are signals to the fish to start charging up and you...

Hey gang I hope you are all well. I know I haven't been quite as regular with reports as in the past   but thanks to those of you who reach out about the timeline for updates. It is nice to know I'm not talking to empty space here. This blog started when I was heavily involved with Musky Mike's and guiding full time...but life has moved on some fr...

Coho salmon seem to be here in full force on Lake Michigan out of Port Washington. If you want to fill a cooler up with fish now is a good time to get out on the lake. Most weekends are full but there are some weekday openings. Looking forward to fishing with you soon!

The Outcast is in the water and ready for another great summer charter fishing here out of Port Washington. Stay tuned everyone!

It was a very busy summer aboard the Outcast and now unfortunately or charter fishing season out of Port Washington has come to an end. Overall fishing out of Port Washington was decent for most of the summer however there were many days where we really had to work hard to get fish. Thank you to all those that fished aboard the Outcast this past se...

It was mostly a Reaper Magnum Spoon bite the last several days. with a few fish on silver 8 inch flasher and green Howie flies. The pattern for me yesterday was deeper presentation on 300 copper or downriggers 100 down. A mixed bag of Coho Rainbow and Lake Trout added to the catch.

Lake Michigan Salmon Fishing Report 6/24/2019 Hello all thank you for reading my reports. Joe Laura and Jonathan Wolf from Mansfield Texas had fair weather and a multi species catch on a beautiful day on Lake Michigan. I enjoyed the opportunity to fish with them.

The most exciting fishing on the lake is now and will continue through the Summer don’t miss out. Good weather and lake conditions will fill the cooler in the future.

The colder spring lead to a slower than normal start to the Port Washington Charter fishing season. In May we were targeting lake trout due to the cooler than normal water temps and lack of kings and coho salmon. Today however we finally had a decent morning with mostly king salmon and and a couple of coho salmon. With the water warming up numbers...

We have definitely turned the corner and have seen a major improvement in angling success. The ups and downs of past weeks are behind us and good weather and lake conditions will fill the cooler in the future.

I see improvement as we progressed through the week. The water is warming up and there is pods of forage from 70 feet of water to shore. The recent changes has brought some Chinooks and Coho in.

Mostly Browns with some Rainbows and Coho. Not much has changed since the last report. Plenty of cold weather and rain has slowed catch rates with fewer anglers on the water.

Early May fishing is very good. Most of our charter trips are catching 10 to 12 fish. Mostly Browns with some Rainbows and Coho.

Fish are in the colder water out over 80 feet. We fished north and south in 80 to 120 feet. We did not get out over 120 feet of water yesterday. Have a great fishing season.

For all fish speed has been very critical with the warmer 70 degree water. A temp break to 52 degrees is at 55 feet. I use the Depth Raider to measure speed and temp at the ball. The boat speed of 1.7 to 2.0 has been best.

With July coming to an end Port Washington Charter fishing has remained fairly consistent. Coho salmon have surprisingly stuck around in good numbers for most of the month and have made up a good part of our catches. There have been some slower trips  but most morning we have been getting double digit catches. We were fishing anywhere from 80 feet...

Charter fishing out of Port Washington has become a little more challenging this past week however we are still bringing in some good mixed bag catches. We have had to work a little harder and fish a lot further out than normal but have been getting a good variety of king salmon coho salmon steal head and lake trout. Now is a great time to get out...

If you want numbers now is time to go charter fishing out of Port Washington. As of this week there are definitely more coho salmon around which can make for some easy limits. The water off of Port is warming up and there is an abundance of bait fish around that should make for good fishing through the next couple weeks.  If you want in on the acti...

Fishing is definitely picking up–We have been bringing in some mixed bag catches of kings coho and rainbows.

Awesome catch this morning - what a great way to start out the 2018 season!