[tedcantwait]

is it me or do the kings look like malnourished zombie fish this year, all they do is chase away all the perch an porpoise,to annoy fishermen,maybe IDNR should stock walleyes instead of kings,keep the cohos though they taste great,those kings are the real garbage fish of lakemichigan

[Bubbalouie]

Great introductory post Ted Cantwait. I do agree with one thing - those Salmon must have chased away all the "porpoises"- I haven't caught one yet.

[Tom]

That garbage fish you speak of supports a multi million dollar sportfishing industry around the Great Lakes. From boats and fuel, to tackle, charters, retailers, mom and pop bait shops... There are still big fish to be had out there. Fall is not the only time to chase them.

Tom

[nak983]

Well, there are a bunch of malnourished zombies every year. It's part of their life cycle. If you want a real garbage fish to target, try gobies.

[DIRTY WHITE BOY]

have you ever tried fishing for kings in aug. or sept. ?
they are not always zombies
i catch beutiful silver kings that fight like torpedos
next year start earlier you'll change your mind

[ChancesR]

What! Who failed to tell me that there were porpoise in Lake Michigan????? I have had a childhood dream to slap the water and have one pull up so that I could ride him like the television show "Flipper".
I'm not happy about this guys, for gosh darn sakes share every once in awhile will yah.....it's not like I'm stealing fish from your honey hole you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bolio]

Love fishing for Salmon- but! .......shore fishing in Illinois gets worse every year. Every year I think twice about buying the salmon stamp.

[gaff]

I never seen the porpiose but I have been kicked out of the Shedd twice for trying to Snag Belugas-

[salmonhunter]

correct me if im wrong but it is november isnt it?????? try fishing for the kings in early aug and sept by now they are usually porpoising ........upside down

[salmonhunter]

Bolio wrote:

Love fishing for Salmon- but! .......shore fishing in Illinois gets worse every year. Every year I think twice about buying the salmon stamp.

Thats why I go north my friend

[Bolio]

Yep! I don't mind paying the fee to fish north. Well worth it.

[pjmz28]

So basically everyone is saying Kenosha is the way to go? I fished Waukegan last Tuesday but all that kept hitting were 5-6" Coho? Otherwise it was a school swimming back forth not hitting anything just waiting to die.

[joelreiser]

Those fry are steelhead and not coho.

[walleyecatcher]

Ktown is doing very poorly this year. I have fished there multiple times and i saw 1 fish caught each time I was there. Some people think that the DNR fudged on the stocking one year, which in turn caused fewer mature fish to return to the harbor this year. Hopefully its just a bad year class. However, most of the harbors have been doing poorly this year. I think it's because of that.

[vard]

Yep, Ted, I pretty much think you're alone on this one...