Nightcrawlers are tops one morning, then squid the next and maybe spawn another day. All the baits have been best suspended four or five feet beneath a bobber. Spinners, spoons and plugs have taken coho as well. Small boats have been into fish outside the breakwall when lake conditions have allowed. Stream fishing has been steady for steelhead with some silver bullets arriving during the week.
Most activity is in the middle stretches with a fair number of steelies working redds.
More bad news from the Mixsawbah Hatchery, which raises steelhead and chinook for stocking in Trail Creek and the Little Calumet River. The Hoosier Coho Club will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its annual Classic on May 1-2 in Michigan City, and if plans work out it will be the richest contest on the Great Lakes. We re doing a few things differently, understates Ron Maglio, tournament board member. The Classic will run pretty much the same but we re having a Big Boys event that will run in conjunction. One hundred percent of the Big Boys entry fees will be split among the top three entrants.