On a historic path of shore fishing in Chicago?

Laurance Reed has caught a pink salmon, a Chinook and a coho from shore on Chicago’s North Side in September. Can he add other salmon and trout?

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Laurance Reed with a coho salmon, caught from Chicago’s North Side, joining a pink salmon and a Chinook caught from shore in September. Provided photo

Laurance Reed with a coho salmon, caught from Chicago’s North Side, joining a pink salmon and a Chinook caught from shore in September.

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Laurance Reed walks a historic path of shore fishing for salmon and trout in Chicago.

In September while shore fishing on the North Side with a K.O. Wobbler, he has caught a pink salmon in the hump mode, a Chinook and, last week, a coho.

“Same spot, same lure, same rod and reel, same knot (not recommended - should retie) same time, same hat, only it’s a coho this time,” he emailed last week. “Oh, and same `I just caught a fish!’ smile.

“Now we need a steelhead and a brown trout next?”

Why not go for all six and hope on a lake trout, too?

FOTW, the celebration of big fish and their stories (the stories matter, as this one shows) around Chicago fishing, runs Wednesdays in the paper Sun-Times. The online posting here at chicago.suntimes.com/outdoorsgoes up at varied days of the week, depending on what is going on in the wide world of the outdoors.

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