MonacoMike
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- Sep 15, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2000 Cruisers 3870
8.2 Mercs
- Engines
- 85 Sea Ray Monaco 197
260hp Alpha 1
Sounds like the fishing in Michigan City is pretty good right now...
"If you knew the fishing would be this good on the other side, would you be willing to put up with every winter being as miserable as last?
For shore-bound salmon and trout anglers, that's a certain "yes."
A phenomenal few weeks of coho catches have been complimented by a sensational steelhead run on the local streams.
Both have been the best in decades and appear to be linked to the record-cold winter.
Steelies of all sizes and shapes continue to surge at the Springland Ave. lamprey barrier on Trail Creek. Officials have lifted 1,000 above the dam in recent weeks and its likely an equal number of steelies have leaped the dam on their own during high water.
The scene at the barrier was impressive at mid-week.
There were bright, silvery fresh-runs and gorgeous, rainbow-colored spawners. Two-pound skippers and 12-pound, loggerhead Skamania. All were in a rush to get upstream.
The oddest thing is this is April. Normally, the local steelhead spawn is winding down, if not completely over by now.
Seems like the steelies were stockpiling for a break in temperatures, which only came recently."
http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2014/04/13/sports/doc53474e3fb5b6c518530759.txt
MM
"If you knew the fishing would be this good on the other side, would you be willing to put up with every winter being as miserable as last?
For shore-bound salmon and trout anglers, that's a certain "yes."
A phenomenal few weeks of coho catches have been complimented by a sensational steelhead run on the local streams.
Both have been the best in decades and appear to be linked to the record-cold winter.
Steelies of all sizes and shapes continue to surge at the Springland Ave. lamprey barrier on Trail Creek. Officials have lifted 1,000 above the dam in recent weeks and its likely an equal number of steelies have leaped the dam on their own during high water.
The scene at the barrier was impressive at mid-week.
There were bright, silvery fresh-runs and gorgeous, rainbow-colored spawners. Two-pound skippers and 12-pound, loggerhead Skamania. All were in a rush to get upstream.
The oddest thing is this is April. Normally, the local steelhead spawn is winding down, if not completely over by now.
Seems like the steelies were stockpiling for a break in temperatures, which only came recently."
http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2014/04/13/sports/doc53474e3fb5b6c518530759.txt
MM
