Root River Report

The following information is the latest fishing information for the Root River in Racine. We will post new information to this site every TUESDAY at 4:00 pm from September through December and from March through May. We will also update the number of fish processed at the Root River Steelhead Facility to give you the exact number of fish passed upstream. Depending on water conditions and number of fish in the weir, fish are usually processed on Mondays and Thursdays.

In addition, you can call our Lake Michigan Fishing Hotline at 414.382.7920 to hear the latest fishing information for Lake Michigan and its tributaries.

Root River Steelhead Facility Report

DATE: April 28 2008 RIVER TEMP: 45
  Rainbow Trout Chinook Salmon Coho Salmon Brown Trout
Total Captured 241
Passed Upstream 121
Taken to Hatchery        
Spawned at Facility 89    
Egg Take 48,000 GN

48,000 CC

   

Root River Fishing Report for May 12, 2008

Water and flow conditions

River levels are now low and while clarity is still not great, it is better than it has been since the last week of February.  Water temps are now over 60 and numbers of steelhead are dropping rapidly, leaving only a small few to those willing to work really hard to just locate them.   The few left seem to be done spawning and have been back in the deeper holes....Success rates have been near zero for trout...Sorry for the brevity of the report, but there is really not much of anything to report on right now.

For up to date river conditions, check out the USGS web site of stream flow conditions [exit DNR]  in Wisconsin. Just click on the river that you want to see.

Fishing Report

Upstream of the weir

Quarry park and Horlick dam
River levels are now low and while clarity is still not great, it is better than it has been since the last week of February.  Water temps are now over 60 and numbers of steelhead are dropping rapidly, leaving only a small few to those willing to work really hard to just locate them.   The few left seem to be done spawning and have been back in the deeper holes....Success rates have been near zero for trout...Sorry for the brevity of the report, but there is really not much of anything to report on right now.
 

Downstream of the weir

Very few anglers spent much time fishing below the weir.

Last Revised: Monday May 12 2008