Christopher Alfe News Today

The start of parking meters at Montrose Harbor headlines this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there is also lots to note on white bass, lake trout, crappie, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass.

Provided Joseph Christopher Alfe looks at muskie fishing differently. ‘‘My goal is to get one over 45 inches on the fly,’’ he messaged with photos of recent catches from the Chain O’Lakes. There are different ways to experience the outdoors, be it fly-fishing for muskie or kayak-fishing for walleye on Lake Erie, as William Somerfield did. † † † ‘‘Interestingly, but not surprisingly, the fish do not want larger or quickly moving flies,’’ Alfe messaged. ‘‘They are lite...