Great Lakes Salmon And Trout Fishing

The most up to date and complete "manual" on how to catch salmon and trout on the Great Lakes. Focus on equipment, techniques, rigging, and seasonal fish patterns.

Steelhead is the most sought-after Great Lakes species, attracting fly fishers from around the country. Guide extraordinaire Karl Weixlmann provides a thorough compendium of information, tips, and tech niques for any angler chasing the elusive salmon, trout, and steelhead of the Great Lakes. Includes recipes for 86 flies and photo sequences of five casting and fishing techniques.

Essential tactics and seasonal strategies for finding and catching king salmon, coho salmon, steelhead salmon, brown trout, and lake trout.

Over 500 of your salmon and trout questions answered. Answers to all questions about tackle and lure selection, locating fish, environmental variables, strategies, tactics, line spreads, boat control, species characteristics and weather influences in an easy-to-read format.

Thousands of lakes and streams await anglers in Michigan State; pick almost any spot on the map and chances are there's a fishing spot nearby. But the fun and challenge is in catching fish, not just searching for them. Now with Michigan's Top Fishing Maps finding - and catching - fish just got a whole lot easier. Fresh water, trout, salmon, steelhead, bass, walleye... the opportunities are endless. Michigan native Chuck Lichon takes the guess work out of fishing some of Michigan's top rivers and lakes, including areas of Huron, Superior, Erie and Michigan lakes. Each river and lake is individually covered, Lichon discusses fish species and average size; seasonal availability; run timing; most productive techniques; best tackle and flies; shore and boat access; known structure such as sunken islands and drop-offs; and much more. You'll also find everything you need to plan a successful fishing trip - local hotels, lodges and B&Bs; campgrounds; National Parks and Ranger Stations; guides; tackle and fly shops; sporting goods stores; restaurants; chambers of commerce and visitor's centers; the amount of information is incredible. The 86 detailed maps alone are worth the price of this book.

Tactics for Great Lakes steelhead, including new two-handed and switch rod techniques and Spey and tube flies.

Veteran fly fisherman Bob Linsenman is your guide to the best steelhead fishing the Great Lakes have to offer. The Great Lakes Basin has become home to some of the best steelhead fishing in North America. Several world-record fish have now come from this region, and its popularity has grown along with the health of this fishery. Now, for the first time in a single volume, Bob Linsenman gives you the background on these fish, how they came to be in the Great Lakes, what they feed on, what flies best imitate their food base, plus the low-down on tackle, tactics, and where to go to have the best luck. No other volume offers this detailed assessment of the best fly fishing streams along the shores of all five Great Lakes. This indispensable book is a must- have for every angler contemplating a shot at these great fish. 50 black & white photographs, 8 color pages, 10 maps, index.