Milwaukee Salmon Fishing Report : Grant Park
I had 45 minutes to fish in Milwaukee on a quick pitstop while taking care of some bussiness in town. I swung into grant park and am happy to report that in the 45 minutes there, prior to the sun setting I saw one fish taken. You could feel your spoon hitting dozens of alewifes on the way in on each cast. I snagged 5 alewifes in the half hour of casting that I got done. This tells me that salmon should be in close. The water temperature was favorable as well, the spoon came out of the water very cold, like it just came out of the refrigerator. Most snagged alewifes were similar in size to my 3/4 oz. little cleo and my 1 oz. kastmaster. Although some were much larger, about the size of a magnum trolling spoon, roughly 4.5-5 inches.
This says that Salmon and Trout are starting to stage in front of Oak Creek in Grant Park and will be entering the river within 2 weeks or less. A well timed rain should push the first brave fish up into the running waters.
There were a few anglers at the South Shore Yacht Club fishing as well, I did not see them take any fish in the short time I was there.