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Summer fishing and school's-out fishing, in all their manifestations and wide variety (hybrid striped bass, coho, yellow perch, cicada fishing, big carp), lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

It's late May and aptly enough just about everything is going, even the cicadas, to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

As befits May, all forms of fishing are going and so are the cicadas to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Leading this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report are spring signs on Lake Michigan and inland waters plus the perch closure beginning May 1 on Illinois' Lake Michigan waters and Wisconsin's general inland opener coming Saturday.

Spurts of lakefront salmon and trout along with inland fishing heating up lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

It feels like we are finally truly slouching toward spring around Chicago fishing and that leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

The spring trout opener in Illinois and other spring signs (spring signs?) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Coho on southern Lake Michigan and the openers on Monday for smelt netting in Chicago and Heidecke Lake lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Some lakefront coho, some spring signs and the reopening of LaSalle Lake are among the highlights in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Fishing through seesawing weather (how many times can you go from unseasonable heat to snow in one week?) leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.