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By Capt. Jim Hirt

We are catching Chinook, Coho and Lake Trout. The fish are from the 50 to 155 feet of water fishing the top 50 feet. A thermo cline is setting up at about 25 down with temps of 50 and colder below. There is some fish deep however working the top fifty will put more fish in the cooler.

The best action is from east of the north gap all the way to Fox Point. Wow this is a huge area and I cannot define it better because there is not a concentration of fish anywhere.

Church Walleye planer boards with 2,4,5,8 and 10 color Cortland Kerplunk leadcore with Reaper Magnum Peacock, Fish n Chip, and Big Joe Silver spoons in silver/blue, silver/green or silver/chartreuse caught Chinooks Coho and Lake Trout.

For you anglers that have not tried the Reaper and Vulcan I recommend you give them a try. Most of my fish are on Vulcan's and Reapers everyday. They are offering a buy 4 and get 1 free at this time. The fish ranged in size from 3 to 20 pounds.

The 4-year-old Chinook have been more active the last several days with chins to 20 pounds. The surface temperature is 57.5. The smaller Vulcan regular size Dolphin Green Silver spoons are taking a few Rainbows. Downriggers from 15 to 50 feet down 125 behind the ball picked up Chinooks and Laker's.

I am running all spoons I think the 8-inch flashers are turning the fish off with the calm clear water we have had lately. Trolling at 1.8 to 2.1 miles per hour on the Depth Raider speed and temp gauge will get more fish. We ran Slide Divers with the big ring they took their share of fish with 25 to 70 feet of line out set to number one and a half.

I used 50-pound Power Pro on all my divers this year and it allowed for better hook sets and deeper running with less problems. The only place you will find Reaper and Vulcan spoons is on the Badger Tackle web site at http://www.badgertackle.com Jim charters out of Milwaukee, WI. With Blue Max Charters He can be reached at 414-828-1094 or visit his web site at http://www.bluemaxcharters.com If you are going out on the lake please call me for an update.

Let's go fishing!
Captain Jim