Salmon Fishing

I have liked fishing since I was very little. My father was not all that much of an outdoors kind of guy, but even so, he loved being out on the water. We were lucky enough to live near Lake Michigan, and we would go out for a sail almost every day during the summer. Although he did not like to have to kill anything, be it fish or fly, he made an exception for salmon fishing. The fish, after all, tasted too good to resist.

Of course, half of the time when we went out for salmon fishing Lake Michigan, we did not catch anything. We paid very little attention to the weather, the time of day, or even the season. We simply fished when we felt like fishing. For us, salmon fishing was an excuse to be out on the water spending some time together. If we caught fish, so much the better, but if we did not, we were never all that disappointed. It would still be a great day sailing on that lake.

A lot of the people I have seen salmon fishing are pretty serious about the whole thing. They will go out on their giant fishing yachts, using high tech gadgets to locate the fish, and timing everything to get the perfect time of day to maximize the catch. To me, this is pure folly. Of course, they might catch more when they go salmon fishing, but catching and eating fish is not really the point. If you want to eat fish, go to the supermarket and buy some. It takes a whole lot less time, and you have to do less work. When I go salmon fishing, I am there to enjoy one of the most beautiful bodies of water that there is. I like sailing around, feeling the wind at my back, and watching the water sparkle around me. If I catch fish, so much the better.

If you have never gone Lake Michigan salmon fishing before, I recommend that you do it in the summer. It is not the best time to catch salmon, but it is still a good time. If you go any earlier, it will still be cold from the winter. If you go any later, you are liable to be swamped by the gales that are so destructive during the fall and the winter.