If they're chasing shad around, you can't be throwing worms in. That's my opinion. Anthony Johnson, an apprentice mechanic, calls this location on Lake Michigan facing the downtown skyline a favorite hole. A derby with even small prizes just made fishing that much more attractive. If 10 grand were at stake, I'd be pushing people in the water.
Fishing is the calmest way of life and the most exciting at the same time.
When you get a hit, it's like lightning shooting through your arm. Johnson felt a hit. He reeled in to see a chunk ripped out of his worm bait. A passer-by fish. Johnson said he prefers marshmallows and Gummi Bears as bait for coho.