Last weekend when getting my “house batteries” from my trailer I tweaked my right wrist a little bit. It isn’t a big deal but it is sore enough that I don’t want to try to catch a big fish. It’s too bad cause the weather during the last few days has been beautiful.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Supposedly there are some steelhead and brown trout in the Milwaukee River. It has been pretty cold the last couple of weeks but is supposed to warm up on Tuesday. Maybe I’ll give it a try a couple of times this week.
During the second week of October, I caught several large salmon in the Milwaukee River about two miles from my home.
The river was and still is loaded with big salmon. They are making their way upstream in an effort to spawn. They are a moving target. At times I could see up to five big fish in front of me. They aren’t eating but they will pick a fly up probably out of habit or irritation. The females, I think they are called “Hens”, are loaded with eggs. An egg fly and a split shot just big enough to get the fly down so it just ticks the bottom is all you need. If you are doing it right you will lose a lot of flies to the bottom and to big fish.
Soon, when the water temperature gets below 50 degrees, steelhead will start their run up the river. I’m looking forward to taking a shot at them.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
I live in Glendale Wisconsin, about a mile from the Milwaukee River. Sometime around the end of September and into October King Salmon (Chinook Salmon ) “run” up Lake Michigan tributaries in an effort to spawn. The Milwaukee River is a Lake Michigan tributary. They don’t spawn but they go through the motions. Sometime in October and into November Steelhead along with Brown Trout and maybe other types of salmon make their “run” up the river. The salmon showed up a week or two ago. I caught a couple of these monsters this week and hope to catch more and get some photos. I’ll take and post some photos of the flies I’ve tied and use.