The past week or so has for the most part been very productive in both the morning and afternoon out of Waukegan. A few days winds came into play, along with that cold front, and slowed things a bit but over all very good action

I finally have the opportunity to show why I, as stated on my site, "Prefer 6 or 8 hr. trips for the summer months". The morning king bite has not been steady, one day they are inside going strong, and the next... not so much

This is a result of a 6 hr trip where we started inside targeting the kings, and as the bite slowed we had time to go out deeper and get into some steelies and coho. This is where the extra time comes into play, it allowed us the opportunity to move around.



Here is the result of an afternoon trip, proof you don`t need a morning trip to catch fish!



This is a trip where they were just interested in numbers and action rather than trying for the bigger kings.



And here is a morning trip where we targeted the kings and the bite didn`t really slow down at all.



And two of the bigger 4 yr. olds



As far as baits the Moonshine Flounders, Spitfire, Nightcrawler, Happy Meal, and Agent Orange in either Magnum or regular have been very good. White behind a white hot spot or spin doctor has been hot on the dipseys in the pre-dawn, sunrise time frame. Anywhere from 50`-90` out on a #2 fireline. The kings have been swimming between 30` and 100` in the morning when they are around. The deep water mixed bag action has been moving around both North and South, and in and out. One day it`s a few miles South out 180`-260` the next it`s North from 150`-170`. there are a lot of currents out there moving the water around. You need to remember these are migrating fish and for them to swim a few miles is nothing. Once you find them the action is very, very good! The baits preferred out deep are the regular and Stingray size Stingers, NBK, monkey puke, kevorkian, and the green dolphins. The Moonshines are also taking their share of fish.

We are in a similar pattern to what we had last year and the fish were around thru October, so there is still plenty of time to get out.

"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim