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Who is Captain Mel?

Captain Mel is an expert, professional, full-time fishing guide providing his services in the Midwestern U.S. region. In the early 1970s, Mel offered his services as a skilled guide for finding and catching Coho Salmon in Lake Michigan off of the Port of Waukegan, Illinois. Since then, Captain Mel has guided numerous fishing enthusiasts in their quest for walleyes, muskies, and bass.  Captain Mel with another excellent smallmouth

Mel has spent numerous hours on the water from Chequamegan Bay Wisconsin to Lake Erie off the shores of Ohio catching walleyes, bass and muskie.  By taking advantage of an early retirement, today Captain Mel fishes full time during an extended three seasons. From "ice out" to "ice in."

Sport fishing may be Capt. Mel's specialty, but his mission is to make sure his clients and their guests have a good time.

 

In addition, Captain Mel:

bulletIs a licensed Charter Captain authorized by the United States Coast Guard
bulletA member of Walleyes Unlimited since 1976 and current President
bulletSince 1999 has places within the top ten of annual Walleyes Unlimited fishing contests.
bulletIs a member of Muskies Incorporated
bulletFinished in the top ten in the Illinois Chain-O-Lakes Walleye Tournament in 1999

What others are saying about Captain Mel

The Waukegan News Sun

This is the perfect time to fish for salmon
By Jim Zegar  | May 15, 2004
NEWS SUN OUTDOORS WRITER

"Mel, the port-side down rigger is gonna pop first. I just know it. Look at the vibration of the rod tip. It will be our first fish of the day."

"Yeah, sure," came his unconvinced reply. I knew he was laughing to himself.

Capt. Mel Christensen and I had launched his Lund 2025 boat out of Waukegan Harbor a few minutes earlier. Six trolling rods were rigged for salmon and we were ready to bang 'em.

Two rods were set up on downriggers and four with Yellow Bird planer boards.

I stood next to Mel as he sat behind the steering wheel. He was watching the depth finder and guiding the boat toward a "hotspot" waypoint marked on his GPS unit. I was watching that port-side downrigger rod. Sometimes, when you're fishing, you just know.

It wasn't more than 2-3 minutes later when one of the rods suddenly bent in half. I yelled, "Fish on!" and with the speed of a predator, I grabbed it to fight the surging salmon. After a good run, I brought the fish to the side of the boat where Mel scooped it into the net. Into the cooler it went, five pounds of beautiful coho salmon, the first fish of the day.

And which rod do you think it came on? Yup, the port-side downrigger. I had called it!

Lake County offers access to world-class salmon fishing and now is the time to get them. Boat launches are available at Waukegan Harbor and Northpoint Marina in Winthrop Harbor. The fish are stacked up between those locations and most days are in 10-35 feet of water.

Launch your own boat or hire one of the many charter captains available. The salmon are there for you to take.

We fished this past Wednesday and had our limit of 10 fish (5 each) in 2 hours or so. On some days, the action is even faster.

Three fish came on spoons and seven on tinsel fly/herring dodger rigs.

All fish were in the 4- to 5-pound category, really big for this early in the season.

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