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Fishing Reports from Captain John Milbourne - Lake Michigan
 5-15-2004
Left the harbor today and was
greeted by some very large chop, bucked it out to 40 fow and
tired of taking them in the wind shield so we reversed course
and headed for breakfast. Tried it again at 10 am , the laid
down a bit, to 3-4. made it out to 70 fow and set up went 3
for 9 in about 2 hours and the lake started to build again so
I put her back into port.
5-16-2004
Yesterdays blow really screwed up the water. fished 50 to 125 fow and had 1 knock off till 9 am. lit it up and headed west till we found a break. wasn't hot and heavy but we managed to limit out. Coho, lake trout and steelhead were willing to play. got one really nice laker. Picture is on my home page (ed: and to the right). Great weather to be out today. 05-11-04 The fishing in St. Joseph Michigan Continues to be outstanding with many limit catches coming in short order. All the typical salmon stuff seems to be working as of late and I have been feeding them a steady diet of green dolphin spoons. Our catches have been mostly kings but we are also seeing steelhead, lake trout, Brown trout and Coho's in the mix. Get out on the lake and enjoy some exciting action ! 4-24-2004
We had a good day off the dock ,
Forgot to take fish pictures though. we hit a limit of kings by 9:30
and trolled till 1:30 throwing back who knows how many kings and
we kept 3 Coho for supper. After the First 3 fish hit green
Dolphins I stacked ''em on every rod. 40 fow bottom 5 foot was best
for me.
4-25-2004
I wasn't sure we would get the trip in
today, woke up to rain and wind. rain quit at 6 Am and we met 2 to
3 footers at the pier heads. we bucked 'em south for a while and
set up. the wind picked up to 25 and it was looking like a short
trip. 15 minutes into the troll the riggers started to bounce, our
total was nine king and a Coho. we pulled lines at 9:40 am. had
the lake to ourselves today maybe 10 boats out. Green dolphin mag
streaks and raiders did the damage again. took one fish on a mag
raider black & glow latter back, all the rest came on the dolphin
pattern.
4-8-2004
I kicked off my salmon season on Friday.
The forecast was for 4-7 foot waves in the morning so I was in no
hurry to get to the ramp. Arrived in Benton harbor at about 9 am and
got my dock all set up ,rigged some rods and did all the "work"
associated with launching the boat. I have to thank Merl for giving
me a hand. About 11 am we started down the river. we set up at the
pump house and I put the ol' girl on a south troll. fished about a
mile and took and nice brown. Then my phone rang and Paul said if I
could do a pier pick up He would like to go. As I trolled back to
the pier heads we took another Coho and a King. I hour of fishing
3-4. not bad I thought. I went back to where we started out and did
a reset. all my surface stuff was dead. we switched over to a deep
program and instantly a rigger took a rip. I the next 5 hours we
boxed a 3 man limit of Kings, Coho's and browns. One thing that made
this an exciting trip was I was planning on fishing the beach for
browns. and I brought my Walleye fishing tackle. (5 foot ultra light
rods) Ever done Battle with a 16 pound king on a Ultra light rod ? A
3 pound Coho was a good fight. We never broke off a fish until the
last bite of the day, a nice king took a hot-n-tot off a board, the
battle ensued, and the line broke. I wanted my board back so we
pulled rods real quick like and ran over to pick it up. and the fish
was still attached ! Paul quickly retied the line to the rod and the
fight was on ! We landed a 13 pound king.
Our total for the trip was 8 kings 10 to 16 pounds,2 browns 1 went 11 pounds, and 5 - 2 to 3 pound Coho. The Boat ran good and it was a Great day on the water.
4-9-2004
we fished a half day and tried to
duplicate Friday's catch but the wind switched to the east and the
fishing slowed a bit. we did manage to limit out again ,2 nice
kings, 3 nice browns ( one brown went 11 pounds 10 ounces ) and 5
Coho. we fished 20 to 40 fow till 10 am then I but the bout up in
the troughs on the beach. red stingers were best on a 6 foot rigger
with a 5 foot stretch. rapalas were going as well.
4-16-2004
Had a mid day trip today, the lake was
pretty calm and the sun was high. the fishing was less than red hot
and we lost fish in any shape and fashion possible. we had 12 or 14
bites and boated 2 fish one king and a Coho. I guess every body has
these days. still was a great day off the dock. We fished from the
pump house to the condo's, dolphin's were the best on low divers in
35 fow.
4-17-2004
Tried to fish the same water I did
yesterday but the wind made my fish disappear. But luckily Ed gave
me a call and clued me into some fish. went 5 for 9 or 10 with 2
Coho and 3 kings to 18 pounds. best action was on green and blue
dolphins. ( the new ones I just got from Raider sthingys) 30 to 40
fow north of the light was best. half cores and thin red fins took
there share of shots as well.
Captain John Milbourne
Michigan Sport Fishing Company LLC misportfishing@ameritech.net www.michigansportfishing.com
03/26/04 Well boys and girls I do believe our long
winter is over. I kicked off the season today down on the Detroit
river in the rain. Fishing was not spectacular but we managed 5 fish
in the 4 to 6 pound range.
On the other side of the state The
steelhead run is in full swing, with most south western rivers giving
up good catches. Plugs and spawn seem to be doing the trick.
The big lake season is only a few weeks
away, and I can't wait to throw a couple cold water Coho's on the
grill.
Captain John Milbourne
Michigan Sport Fishing Company LLC misportfishing@ameritech.net www.michigansportfishing.com
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