Fishing at Indiana Dunes suggestions?

[Haris122]

I’m going to be heading to Indiana dunes in a few days, and I was interested in finding out some fishing spots while there. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’d most likely be just fishing from shore but I might be able to bring along a kayak if really worth the trouble, though fishing would be limited to one day, so I’m not sure if its worth the more cramped cab as a result on the drive. 

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Took a little perseverance but I did have some luck eventually, thanks Siusaluki. Your advice really helped get me started in some good directions. Didn't pan out the first day, but as we were leaving Monday, dreary weather kind of got them going, and I stopped at another pier for a few more hours again, and lucked into some sort of salmonid. Nothing too big, but decent nonetheless. It was maybe 2 foot, or maybe a bit smaller, but fought pretty good. Especially at first. Did kind of tire out eventually. I kept expecting it to be pulling a fast one on me, and get off close to shore but it didn't. At least until I got down the rocks to it, to release it. At which point it released itself, by thrashing around some more as I had the line tight to get the lure out with pliers. Unfortunately it broke the line before I could remove the lure out of it's face, so hopefully it got it off eventually later on somehow, without much damage. I didn't get a picture of it, but if I had to guess, I would say it was probably a steelhead. Not to familiar with how different coho's look from them, but it was light gray/silvery, with some of that typical rainbow trout green on it's back. Hell of a fight for a good chunk of it. It actually took me very much by surprise when it didn't give me problems getting it in towards the end of it, but it definitely was a hell of a fighter even with that first long burst it had before it tired out. Glad I had braid on the reel, cause I think regular 6# mono it probably would've broke earlier.

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43 minutes ago, siusaluki said:

I'll be chasing the steelhead that are in the creeks over the next few weeks.

 

I hope you post up some pictures. 

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3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I hope you post up some pictures. 

Same here. Looking forward to some pictures.