“I always thought this type of scene could only be found in British Columbia, Alaska, Oregon and other famed salmon destinations,” Aurora resident David Thomas wrote of an October experience in, of all places, the Milwaukee River, smack in the city limits.
Thomas told of “hundreds of fish fighting for spawning rights, jostling for position and launching themselves up waterfalls” in the annual run out of Lake Michigan that titillates anglers in dozens of rivers in a three-state area.
Thomas traveled to a family wedding in Milwaukee, where he learned of the king salmon run, broke out his fly rod and headed for the river with his 7-year-old son, Grey. Thomas caught six kings of up to 30 pounds using Woolly Boogers and egg patterns.
“I’m completely blown away that we could have a quality fishing experience like this in the home of Pabst Blue Ribbon and ‘Laverne and Shirley.”‘
