troublemaker

Good luck with the shoulder surgery! I myself will be sidelined for a few weeks with knee surgery. Kinda sucks not be on the boat!

You can't go wrong with Winthrop or Waukegan for spring coho in IL waters. We fished right out of Waukegan harbor mouth for 3 weeks straight, never having to get on plane. But it got so crowded on calm days we'd run about 2 miles south and still have excellent action with mixed kings and steelhead. This was the whole month of may for me.

What are your guys most productive ports in the early spring coho action? I fish mainly the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan but am toying with the idea of the Illinois water early (Winthrop Harbor maybe?)