Spring coho

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am SICK OF WINTER ALREADY!!!! Can't wait to troll and bang up some delicious cohos! I am converting my downrigger rods (Shimano Talora) over to keel weighted planer board lines this year, and using some ugly stiks for the riggers. My spread will consist of 2 rods with 3/8 oz keels, 2 with 5/8 oz keels, a 2 color and 3 color, and 2 medium dipsies set at 28 loc on a 1.5 set. Running all coho rigs (red dodger and peanut fly). Might run 1 rigger deeper for early kings/big browns. Anybody else getting the itch?

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Any Coho north of Milwaukee at all?

I know the reports south of the border (Waukegan to north of Chicago) look really good, just wondering if it is really worth it to launch in K-town and fish south toward state line for hos. Not interested in taking 5 hours to get 5-10 coho, if something out in 100+ is better for multi-species. Anyone who has been out recently and could make a solid suggestion I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys/gals and tight lines!! Work has consumed me lately so I have little to no recon to go on. Again thanks. Jimmy

OK. I was gonna work tomorrow morning, and I still may, depending on the wind and any favorable reports. I wanted to launch out of Racine and target cohos very early a.m., and switch gears if necessary for kings/lakers. I am wondering if anyone has any reliable intel as far as fishing a bit deeper for kings/lakers, or am I wasting my time? Mother Nature has conspired against us lately with colder temps and NE wind. Just trying to formulate a reasonable plan and get on some silver fish if possible. I have caught enough seefo's and would like to avoid them if possible. Thanks guys for any sage advice. Tight lines! Jimmy

Chased them out of South Shore and notta. 3 browns, 0 hos. Guess it is still early for the main school. Some guys have gotten them, not me. I will tho. Just a matter of time.

Started catching them from shore over a week ago and met a guy who said he them with browns off the rocks when the last ice cubes were still in floating near the rocks. (Btw, just like last year)

Years ago, about 30 years ago, when I reported to my first school out of Navy boot camp in Great Lakes IL, I would go down to the south breakwall and cast out tiny traps (1/8 oz) in chrome/blue back for cohos. I would work them just under the surface and you could see the v's in the water chasing it down. What an incredible way to catch them! I wondered if anyone else has tried this/does this? I had to replace the cheap hooks or they got trashed right away.

What's crazy is when you're checking speed with the bait 10 feet to the side and a fish smacks it! Hit it right and you can limit off the government pier...

Mid-April in Kenosha and maybe Racine. Early May is usually prime. Once the water temp reaches mid-forties generally, so it seems to me anyway.

When do you guys typically start coho fishing?