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Keith of Willie Bee Charters fishing straight out of Two Rivers. In 60 to 80 feet of water. The temperature on the water surface was in the low to mid 70’s. They were using all moonshine glow spoons between 5 and 10 feet off the bottom and running sliders on the lines. They were able to catch their limits of kings and had some cooler water with the rain coming in so with luck there should be better fishing close to shore soon.
If you are going to head up north for some good fishing. Up around the Peshtigo River. A lot of anglers were out picking up a good share of Perch. Many of them up anywhere between 8 and 12 inches long. Crawlers were the bait of choice, but many of the larger Perch were being caught using minnows. Around Green Island and Chambers Island Walleye were being caught. Trolling crank baits worked out very well.
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures is checking in. He was not able to get out over the past few days, but he did say that you will have to do your fishing down deep and towards the bottom of the lake in and around 80 feet of water. Down there the water will be cooler and that is what the fish like. Best catches for him were flasher fly combinations. You will have to fish with in 10 feet of so from the bottom. Any higher and you may not catch much. He also noted that many of the bigger fish are heading upriver. Many of the catches he has been getting were younger fish.
Fishing Report as of 8/28/24
Anglers on Lake Michigan. Over this past week, a few anglers were out on Lake Michigan fishing straight out of Manitowoc. The ones that I had talked to were fishing either early in the morning or later at night. Fishing seems to be better during those times this time of year. Spoons or Flasher flies did well or a combination of them both. Deeper water and fishing below the water thermals and down towards the bottom were doing the trick. Depending on where you were fishing. Water temperatures on the surface were anywhere between 70 to 73 degrees and below the water column were between 55 to 59 degrees. Kings and a few Coho’s are still being caught with some Rainbows mixed in. Glow spoons in just about every color were doing the trick and flasher flies combos in White/Blue and White/Green and some red combos did okay.
Fishing Report as of 8/27/24
There were quite a few anglers fishing on the shoreline going for Yellow Perch and Small mouth bass. Small mouth bass and round goby were being caught using worms. Many boaters were fishing in shallow water using worms, minnows, and hellgrammites for bait. The smallmouths were being caught in 15 feet of water using soft plastics. The water temperature was about 70 degrees on the surface. Some anglers were going for Northern Pike. They were being caught in around 20 feet of water. Some boaters were fishing for trout and salmon. Kings were being caught between 45 to 70 feet of water using a variety of spoons and flasher flies. Blues, Greens and many glow in the dark colors worked out well.
Some odd weather conditions and some strong winds made for some spotty fishing at best. Many of the boaters were going after Yellow Perch. Crank baits and crawlers seemed to work out okay. Few fish were caught. Many of the boaters were blaming weather. Strong west winds and some choppy water kept a few of the anglers at home. Few Yellow Perch and Walleyes were being caught. A few white bass and some white perch were also caught. Crawlers and even some plastic baits were used. As the weather calms down it should make fishing a bit better.
Up in Oconto County fishing has slowed down a bit because of the high winds. Walleye were being caught but in low numbers. Many of the anglers were reporting a 10-to-15-degree water temperature drop in many of the areas. Some of the best fishing seemed to be around the Oconto Shoal around Youngs Reef. Many of the fishermen were using crawler harnesses but some used crank baits. Sheepshead and White perch were being caught in good numbers. Yellow perch were being caught along the Oconto Shoal in deeper water around 20 to 30 feet of water. Areas with weeds around 5 to 10 feet deep had Perch as well. The bait of choice were night crawlers.
Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of Sheboygan. Water temperatures varied from 70 degrees on the surface to 58 degrees down to 80 feet of water. Kings were being caught between 80 to 150 feet down below the water column. Flasher flies in green worked out well on wire drivers and copper boards. Magnum spoons also did well, anything in glow in the dark. Color combinations used were white, green, and white, red on down riggers. Trolling speeds were 2.2 to 2.6 miles per hour. They fished in the harbor as well and landed some good-sized kings. They used J plugs and silver hoards and regular spoons in sly divers, down riggers and coper board set ups. Check out their Facebook page for pictures and the website for additional information. www.dumperdan.com
Fishing Report as of 8/15/24
Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store had all six boats out. There were fishing straight out of Sheboygan and as far south as Whistling Straights. Kings were doing great. They were fishing in 100 to 140 feet of water. Rotating Flasher Fly combinations on down riggers, wire drives, and copper wire set ups. Trolling speed was 2.2 MPH. The water surface temperature was 72 degrees. The bottom temperature was at 65 degrees around 140 feet if water. South of town they were fishing in 150 to 250 feet of water. They were fishing the 80 feet of water for Coho and Rainbows on spoons. Water temperature was about 60 degrees 100 feet down. Trolling speeds were 2.2 to 2.6 MPH. Check out their Facebook page for pictures of the website for more information. www.dumperdan.com
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures was fishing straight out of the Manitowoc Harbor. Spoons are working best for just about everything. Mostly Kings were being caught with a few Rainbows being mixed in. They were fishing between 60 to 90 feet down. Surface water temperature was still in the lower 70’s. Towards the bottom it went down to 55 to 57 degrees. Spoons and some flasher flies did well. Natural colors were working out the best. For more pictures check out their Facebook page or the website. www.averageguyadventures.com
Keith of Willie Bee was fishing outside of Two Rivers. Fishing in the early morning hours seams to be the best time to get out and fish. Water temperatures are warm on the surface at 75 degrees. So, you will have to get down below 70 feet of water to get to the cooler temperatures. Glow spoons seem to be doing well. Bloody Nose did the best. Mainly glow in the dark with black spots seem to work out. They were catching a mixed bag of fish. Everything from Kings to Trout to Coho’s. Good depths were at about 85 to 110 feet and as far down as 140 feet of water. Check out their Facebook page for pictures of for more information check out their web page. www.williebeecharters.com
Boaters out on Bailey’s Harbor, Rowley’s Bay and Gill’s Rock have been doing very well going after salmon and trout. Many of the anglers were catching kings and rainbows. Many of the catches were in 115 to 160 feet of water and has some slightly better luck using spoons then flasher flies, but fish were still being caught on both. The colors that gave the best results were blue, green, white, aqua, and purple. The surface water temperature was rather warm and ranged from 65 to 70 degrees. Trolling speeds ranged from 2.4 to 2.7 mph.
Fishing Report as of 8/6/24
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures was fishing straight out of Manitowoc in 160 to 185 feet of water. Most of the fish caught were down 60 to 120 feet of water. The thermal climb was down 60 to 80 feet down depending on where you were. Dippsies and down riggers were used. Spoon and flasher flies were working. Kings were being caught on green spoons while the rainbows were being caught in orange. The coho’s that were caught were flasher flies on King rigs. Check out their Facebook page for pictures or the website for additional information. www.averageguyadventures.com
Fishing remains excellent around Sheboygan. Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out and just south of town. They were trolling out to 3 to 5 miles out in 130 to 250 feet of water. They were catching a bit of everything Kings, Coho’s Lakers, and Rainbows. The largest fish was around 25 pounds. Some of the boats caught their limits. The catches were made down by a thermal climb that was about 50 feet down. The water temperature dropped to 58 degrees. Spoons and flasher fly combos were doing the trick. The color used were bloody nose, moonshine, salmon candy, Pro Kings and yeck spoons also worked out well in white orange and white green. Check out the Facebook page for pictures or the website for more info. www.dumperdan.com
Some good fishing was reported this past week for perch and walleyes. Anglers trolling crawler harnesses and crankbaits were catching walleyes in waters 10 to 20 feet deep. Area’s off Oconto County Park 2 and south of Oconto towards Pensaukee were popular. A few anglers reported going over to Larsen’s Reef towards Sturgeon Bay as well and finding fish. Sheephead and catfish were being caught along with walleyes. Perch fishing continued to be as good with some anglers reportedly catching their limit. The rock piles between Oconto and Oconto Park 2 remained popular. Deeper waters off the Oconto shoal and Young’s Reef had perch around as well. Live bait such minnows and night crawlers did very well.
Fishing Report as of 7/25/24
Out by Bay Shore Park, many of the boats were out catching their limits of Walleye and Yellow Perch. A lot of the anglers who were going after yellow perch reported that many of the catches ranged from 8 to 12 inches long. Many of the catches were in 18 to 20 feet of water. Many of the anglers going after Walleye were using leeches and crankbaits and some using hair jigs in 12 to 20 feet of water. Trolling speeds are about 2.1 to 2.4 mph depending on the boater. The water temperature was rather warm at 72 to 77 degrees depending on where the boaters were getting their catches.
Fishing Report as of 7/16/24
Jim of the Violator was out on Lake Winnebago out by stock bridge on Wednesday. He said the water was very high almost up to the docs so you may want to use a bit of extra caution when backing your boat into the water. He said he did catch two walleyes but threw one back. He did not mention the baits he used, but many of the anglers have been using live baits such as worms or leeches. Others have been using small soft plastics. The lake is also very murky from all the runoff from the heavy rains we have had. The water temperature was 78 degrees.
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures was fishing straight out of Manitowoc, Kings were being caught in 60 to 120 feet of water. Flasher flies did well mostly in chrome bases. Chrome and green along with black market flies. Rainbows were being caught 80 to 150 feet of water higher up in the water Collom. Spoons in orange and blue worked out well. Especially baby blue. Coho’s are still out there but the numbers are down a bit. They are being caught on spoons in orange and blue as well. Check out their Facebook page for pictures or the website for more information: www.averageguyadventures.com.
Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing during the early mornings and evening hours. They were fishing just outside and north of Sheboygan. Kings were being caught in close to shore in 40 to 80 feet of water. Flasher fly combinations were doing well. Eight-inch flasher flies in green, or white with a green fly on wire divers and down riggers. Mid-day Lake trout were being caught out deeper 150 to 200 feet and fishing 20 feet off the bottom. Rainbows were being caught up high on spoons. Anything in orange worked well. Orange, gold, and orange silver worked well. Check out their Facebook for pictures or the website for more information: www.dumperdan.com.
Keith of Willie Bee Charters were fishing in between Two Rivers and Manitowoc, the fishing was good, and the fish were biting. Kings and Rainbows were being caught, there were a lot of smaller fish, but there were some Kings being caught that were in the mid 20-pound ranges. All the fish were caught close to shore at 40 to 60 feet of water. Spoons worked out well in orange, green and glow, silver, and a few other bright colors. Down riggers and dippies were used. Limits were caught. Check out their Facebook page for pictures and the home page for more information: www.williebeecharters.com.
Fishing Report as of 6/27/24
Kewaunee: There was a mixed bag of results. On the Pier some anglers were able to catch a few Salmon and trout. While others were not able to land one at all. Boaters fishing on Lake Michigan targeted trout and salmon. The depth of bites was reported to be between 40 to 70 feet. Flasher flies were used spoons with green and lighter colors were also working well. The average trolling speed was 2.2 mph to 2.5 mph. Surface temperatures fell between 55 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures was fishing straight out and just south of Manitowoc by the University. King Salmon we’re being caught in deep. They were being caught in 140 to 160 feet of water. Flasher flies in a chrome base were used with good results. Rainbows were scattered in between 115 to 120 feet of water. Orange spoons did the trick for them. Coho’s were also being caught in the same depths with orange spoons and orange coho rigs. Check out their face book page for pictures on the website. www.averageguyadventures.com .
Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of Sheboygan. Fishing remains excellent. They were chasing Kings in 80 to 150 feet of water. A few of the Kings caught were in the 20 to 25 pound range. Green dodger, Green fly, White dodger, Green Fly Chrome with Green Fly worked out. All suspended on wire divers. Cooper board setups and down riggers. Trolling speeds were 2.4 to 2.6 mph. Trolling east to west. Water temperature was 54 degrees on the surface. Rainbows were being caught on the bottom with spoons. Coho’s on red dodgers and green flies. Lake trout were being caught on the bottom with spoons. Check out the face book page for pictures or the website. www.dumperdan.com
Fishing Report as of 6/14/24
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures were fishing straight out and south of Manitowoc. Coho’s are still doing good. Two different groups were targeted. One was found in 60 to 80 feet of water. The second in 120 to 150 feet of water. Small orange dodgers and peanut flies work well. Flasher flies were also working well. Kings are starting to move in thicker. They have been found in 60 to 120 feet of water. Flasher flies in various colors were doing the trick. Rainbows were being in towards the surface. Mostly bright colors work. Orange, chartreuse, blues did well. Check out their face book page for pictures. Also get more information on their website. www.averageguyadventures.com
Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Waterfront Store. Were fishing north, south and straight out of Sheboygan. Coho’s are still doing very well. In 40 to 60 feet of water. Red dodgers and green flies also yellow dodgers and green flies were working well.
Small spoons in orange, gold, green/gold did very well. In 80 to 100 feet of water. Lakers and kings were being caught just south of the power plant. 8 inch flashers with green flies and white flashers with green flies. Water temperatures were 54 degrees on the surface. Good trolling speeds were 2.4 to 2.6 MPH. Check out the face book page for pictures and the website www.dumperdan.com
Kieth of Willie Bee Charters was fishing straight out of Two Rivers in 60 to 80 feet of water. The water surface temperature was 55 degrees but got a bit cooler as the day went on. Rainbows were being caught towards the surface using orange and UV spoons off the planer boards. Blue peanut flies and orange spinnies were used on the Coho out on the lake to be caught. Some kings were also caught using down riggers near the bottom on aqua flies and green flashers. Check out their face book page for pictures and for additional information on their website. www.williebecharters.com
Fishing Report as of 6/7/24
Keith of Willie he was fishing just outside of Two Rivers. He stated that the recent storms and rain has clouded up Lake Michigan with all the runoff and had to venture out further into the lake to get his catches. He was able to get past the muddy water and into 160 to 180 feet of water. He was able to catch some Coho’s using double “0” flashers with peanut flies. Kings were being caught in about a depth of 120 feet using down riggers with glow in the dark flashers some also in UV with aqua flies. Rainbows were being caught closer to the surface. The rainbows were being caught using darker spoons in green and blue.
Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Waterfront store. Reports all boats had some fantastic fishing. In 60 to 160 feet of water Coho’s and Rainbows were being caught up high. The Coho’s were being caught with a flasher in fire engine red with a green fly. Kings were being caught near the middle of the water column suspended with wired dipsies and down riggers. They were able to get some good-sized ones. One at 23 ½ pounds, a couple at 21 and 20 pounds. With an 8-inch flasher with a fly in green and white with a green fly. Lakers were being caught towards the bottom. Water temperatures were 52 degrees on the surface. Trolling speeds were 2.4 to 2.6 mph. Check out their Facebook page for pictures or the website www.dumperdan.com.
Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures were fishing straight out and just south of Manitowoc. The Coho’s are just starting to go away, but you can still catch them in about 80 to 120 feet of water using small orange dodgers and peanut flies. Kings are being caught out deeper in about 200 feet of water. Flasher flies worked out well in deep water. Rainbows were being caught more towards the surface. They were being caught with bright colors in orange and chartreuse and blues seem to workout very well. As well as using small orange dodgers and peanut flies. He also noted that the water is also starting to clear us after the storms.
Fishing Report as of 6/6/24
Coho fishing is still doing very good in our part of Lake Michigan. Charlie Blish of Average Guy Adventures told me that they were having about as much for catches this week as they were last week. They were fishing in 80 to 120 feet of water. Most of the catches came in 25 to 50 feet of water. They were caught with small orange dodgers and peanut flies, flasher flies and spoons also doing the job. Kings were being caught out a bit deeper in about 140 feet of water and going as deep as 180 feet. Flasher flies and spoons worked out very well. A few Rainbows were also caught in deeper water from 200 feet of water and a bit deeper. Spoons in orange and blue did very well.
DNR Fishing Report as of 5/30/2024
Kewanuee: There wasn’t much for fishing activity. Anglers fishing on the pier were going for brown and rainbow trout. No fish were recorded caught. Anglers did claim to see rainbow trout surface in the distance.
Algoma: The pier saw anglers fishing for brown and rainbow trout with no fish reported caught. Anglers fishing next to the dog park and at Olsen Park were fishing for brown trout, rainbow trout, and northern pike. These anglers reported catching white suckers and bullheads and noted the water clarity being less than a foot of visibility. Boaters launching out to Lake Michigan were targeting brown and rainbow trout. Surface temperature reportedly fell to between 41 – 43F.
Bay Shore Park: Anglers were targeting walleye. They had mixed results with the best success coming from anglers trolling flicker minnows in 6 to 10 feet of water. The reported water temperature was around 57 degrees.
Little Sturgeon Bay: Anglers were targeting smallmouth bass. Anglers were finding good numbers of smallmouth bass using swim baits and ned rigs below 12 feet deep. The reported water temperature was around 55 degrees.
Rowley’s Bay: Anglers were catching smallmouth bass in Rowley’s Bay using dark sleeper baits, paddletails, and other plastics of varying colors which included blues and greens. The anglers here were targeting shallow water of 2 to 5 feet, and the water temperature was 61 degrees.
Ephraim: Smallmouth bass anglers have been heading up to Ephraim and fishing in 5-15 feet of water. Anglers have been catching bass on ned rigs, swimbaits, and paddletails. Success has been seen with the colors of green pumpkin, perch, and others. Water temperatures around Ephraim ranged from 41F to 51F.
Oconto County: Anglers trolling crawler harnesses during the day were catching walleyes. Gold-bladed harnesses with purple or green colors were popular. Anglers were trolling at night as well and catching walleyes. Popular baits were jerkbaits. White perch and sheephead were all very active in the mouth of the Oconto River. Both shore and boat anglers were catching numerous fish using crawlers. Surface water temperatures in Green Bay ranged from 50 to 56 degrees from Marinette south to Oconto. Smallmouth bass were also caught up in the river’s upper stretches below the Stiles Dam.
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