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Recent weather making fishing for lakefront Chinook more variable, snagging for Chinook and coho opening Friday at select spots on the Illinois lakefront, closing dates for cooling lakes, and early catch-and-release trout opening Saturday are in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Provided by Ryan Merkel ILLINOIS’ LAKEFRONT CHINOOK Hi Dale, Pete Merkel, my cousin, caught a new boat record for us today out of Winthrop Harbor. (Two photos of the fish are attached below)This king was 28 lbs and 42” long. Hit on a green/white flasher with an Aqua Howie’s fly behind a rigger. We were in 125 feet of water and the rigger was set 110 feet down. Fish took a massive initial run pulling 500+ feet of line off the reel. Great day on the water, we also got a 23 lbs king a just few minutes prior. Not a lot of bites but the two we got were awesome.

Provided by Capt. Scott Wolfe Big Chinook starting to show up lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there’s also the usual summer inland fishing for bluegill, catfish and largemouth bass. Capt. Scott Wolfe emailed the photo at the top and this: Hi Dale. Some big kings are showing up in Waukegan. Here is long time customer Troy Lund of Schaumburg with a 26 pounder caught Saturday afternoon. Sorry about the Twins hat. Nothing I can do about that. Capt. Scott Wolfe As to the Twins hat, I can think of some worse hats to wear. LAKEFRONT PERCH The season reopened Wednesday ...

Lake trout on Lake Michigan as well as crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and flathead catfish on inland waters, and an update on the Shabbona Lake concessionaire are highlighted in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report as summer seems to be coming.

CHAIN O’LAKES AREA Art Frisell at Triangle Sports and Marine in Antioch said catfish are unbelievable, try stinkbait or crawlers; bluegill are excellent on ice jigs tipped with waxies or spikes, use light line and small bobbers, shallow; walleye are great on leeches and fatheads on a split and hook; muskie are fair on topwaters or big bucktails, especially on Fox; look for white bass in 8-15 feet, try Cubby jigs tipped with small fatheads or spikes, no bobber, just cast out and let it sink. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. NOTE 2: The Stratton Lo...