If you like to fish, Lakeshore State Park is the perfect setting with great views of Downtown Milwaukee from the water and cool breezes on a hot summer day. The lagoon is becoming a popular fishing spot. "It's exciting to see the variety and abundance of fish," says Eric Skindzelewski, President of Lakeshore Fishermen and former Friends of Lakeshore State Park board member. The DNR, Lakeshore Fishermen, the Southeast Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Milwaukee Great Lakes Sports Fishermen have conducted many fishing clinics with kids at the Park since it opened in 2007.
Tom Burzynski, a Fisheries Technologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said that, "since the construction of the protective breakwater and better water quality after the Park's construction, the lagoon's populations are on the rise." You can find large and small mouth bass, brown trout, northern pike, walleye, perch and coho and king salmon. Last fall, over 2,000 brown trout were released in the Park's lagoon. You can even find pan fish such as blue gill, sun fish and pumpkin seed.
Ice fishing in the lagoon was also good this winter. In April, the DNR, the Southeast Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Milwaukee Great Lakes Sports Fishermen held a fishing clinic with 22 kids. And earlier this month, Eric Skindzelewski and the Lakeshore Fishermen donated 25 reels and rods to the Friends group for fishing clinics in the future. Thanks Eric! So bring your pole and enjoy a relaxing time fishing at Lakeshore State Park.
Source: Water's Edge - Friends of Lakeshore State Park Newsletter - Summer 2008
Tom Burzynski, a Fisheries Technologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said that, "since the construction of the protective breakwater and better water quality after the Park's construction, the lagoon's populations are on the rise." You can find large and small mouth bass, brown trout, northern pike, walleye, perch and coho and king salmon. Last fall, over 2,000 brown trout were released in the Park's lagoon. You can even find pan fish such as blue gill, sun fish and pumpkin seed.
Ice fishing in the lagoon was also good this winter. In April, the DNR, the Southeast Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Milwaukee Great Lakes Sports Fishermen held a fishing clinic with 22 kids. And earlier this month, Eric Skindzelewski and the Lakeshore Fishermen donated 25 reels and rods to the Friends group for fishing clinics in the future. Thanks Eric! So bring your pole and enjoy a relaxing time fishing at Lakeshore State Park.
Source: Water's Edge - Friends of Lakeshore State Park Newsletter - Summer 2008
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