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Racine is located in the southeastern part of Wisconsin just north of Kenosha.
Thousands of anglers come to this area to fish Lake Michigan and the Root River. The
Root River is well known throughout the midwest. There is a Root River Steelhead
Facility that is used by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The facility
helps the DNR manage Lake Michigan's trout and salmon fishery more effectively.
There are good runs of Chinook and Coho every fall. Steelhead and Brown Trout can
also be caught during the spring and fall. For anglers that are willing to deal with the
cold temperatures, brown trout and steelhead can be caught very late in the year with
good reports coming in November. It is common to see around 10,000 Chinook pass
through the weir during the fall spawning run. The downside of fishing the Root River is
that there are a lot of anglers on the river. There will be crowds on the weekends and
some weekdays aren't much better either.
Lake Michigan provides some excellent fishing from May through November. In May
and June, the coho fishing is very good. Coho are close to the shorelines and many
boats enjoy catching their limits. In the summer, Chinook and Steelhead are the
primary targets. Once the water cools in the fall, chinook and coho are very close to
the shores. Boaters stay close, shore fishermen have a lot of success and the river
fishermen have a blast once the fish make their run up the Root River to spawn. Good
reports of Brown Trout are reported early and late in the year.
Thousands of anglers come to this area to fish Lake Michigan and the Root River. The
Root River is well known throughout the midwest. There is a Root River Steelhead
Facility that is used by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The facility
helps the DNR manage Lake Michigan's trout and salmon fishery more effectively.
There are good runs of Chinook and Coho every fall. Steelhead and Brown Trout can
also be caught during the spring and fall. For anglers that are willing to deal with the
cold temperatures, brown trout and steelhead can be caught very late in the year with
good reports coming in November. It is common to see around 10,000 Chinook pass
through the weir during the fall spawning run. The downside of fishing the Root River is
that there are a lot of anglers on the river. There will be crowds on the weekends and
some weekdays aren't much better either.
Lake Michigan provides some excellent fishing from May through November. In May
and June, the coho fishing is very good. Coho are close to the shorelines and many
boats enjoy catching their limits. In the summer, Chinook and Steelhead are the
primary targets. Once the water cools in the fall, chinook and coho are very close to
the shores. Boaters stay close, shore fishermen have a lot of success and the river
fishermen have a blast once the fish make their run up the Root River to spawn. Good
reports of Brown Trout are reported early and late in the year.
| DNR Weekly Fishing Report Root River Access Sites (DNR - PDF file) Root River Stream Flow Root River Steelhead Facility |
