Lake Michigan, Sheboygan (all postings)

There's another Ziggy tournament this Saturday the 22nd weather permitting.It was supposed to be held 2 weeks ago, but got postponed due to weather. You can sign up at the wharf. There are some spots left.

It may sound like a broken record, but what else is there to say. This years salmon fishing here in Sheboygan doesn't get any better. Non-stop action during our afternoon & evening trip this Monday with some return guests visiting from Florida. The water temperature cooled down and the fish moved in shallow. Used all plugs again on every rod in the water. A cold front moved through early Tuesday morning with some strong NW winds keeping us inside the harbor. Went 3 for 6 Tuesday morning landing 2 cohos and a king. Will be back out again this afternoon. I posted a short video of one of this weeks trips on my website at:

http://www.sheboyganfishingreports.com/video.html

July 21st or 22nd.

when was the last "ziggy big king shootout"?

Fishing in and around the harbor has been good. lots of fun out there. Combos of plugs and spoons have been working well. Don't forget the Ziggy Big King Shoot Out is this Saturday being held at The Wharf. The last one was a blast. There are a few spots left last time I checked. See ya there.

Please forgive this "No Report". I'm trying to hitch a ride some afternoon this week. Seems few people here read the Rideshare thread on the GL forum so I thought I'd try here.

Heading up for the races, working until 4pm, Weds-Sat. Evenings open. I have rods, tackle, gas $$, good attitude, and have done this deal before with lots of LakeLinkers.

Please call,

608-719-9744

Thank you.

Fished this morning off the south breakwall from 6 till about 8:30. Ended up with a king about 12lbs. It hit on a 1oz chrome little cleo. I saw a total of 5 fish caught while I was there. I caught mine casting off the end into the clear water. I normally fish out of the boat but hit the pier today and saw some of the ugliness from both a boater and a pier fisherman. I want to say thank you to the Dumper Dan 5's first mate for showing the courtesy of winding in his planer board as he neared us on the breakwall. Not many boats would do that. There was a 16 foot boat with 4 people running a mast system that ran tight to the wall and of course tangled a line of a guy soaking a bait. The guy on the pier starting challenging him to a fight and of course the guys in the boat had to mouth off and say the pier fisherman are a-holes and have an attitude. Nobody wins here. This was on a monday and there were hardly any boats in the harbor, I can't imagine the circus on the weekend. Again, thanks to Dumper 5's first mate.. You are one of the good guys.

Here we go again. Fast paced salmon fishing around the Sheboygan harbor. Cooler water moved into shallow water and the fish moved in with it. All plugs this morning on all our rods. This is by far the best salmon fishing here in Sheboygan in years. Had all kinds of fun catching 16 big kings with a local group from Sheboygan. I posted a short video of our mornings fast paced fishing action on my website at:

http://www.sheboyganfishingreports.com/video.html

The unbelievable fishing continues here in Sheboygan. I am still fishing the harbor area where the larger king salmon are staging for their fall migration up the river. The early morning bite has been like feeding time at the zoo particularly with the current clear water conditions. The past couple of days every rod on the boat has taken off even with the heavy boat traffic. It doesn't take long to fill a cooler with these big ones. I have been running all plugs on every rod, mostly green and glows. Once the sun comes up we have to work a little harder for a bite. This is my favorite time of year catching big fish on light tackle close to shore. I posted a short video of one of this weeks fishing trips on my website at:

http://www.sheboyganfishingreports.com/video.html

Pretty slow out there today. Started just south of the gap at first light after I could get around all the boats inside and had a hit in 40 on magnum dipsey w/plug. Had another hit as we made our way SE and ended up out in 120'. Headed north for a couple hours not marking anything from 90-120'. Headed back in closer to shore just north of the gap and finally picked up one on a silver dodger/green peanut. Marked fish in 40-60 the whole time but they just wouldn't bite on anything we put down. Finally called it quits at 2PM as the wind was picking up from the SE. Got the friends kid his first salmon.

Fished the gap this morning. Went 4 for 7. Ran plugs. What a circus wasnt really worth it today, seemed to be slower than it has been lately too. And the boats were in there today who think they own it....... (sure you can figure it out) Time to hang it up for the year soon, had enuf ring around the rosy............

FISHINGFESTUS, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, CAPTAIN JIM'S REPORTS ARE ALWAYS ACCURATE. I HAVE ALSO RECOMMENDED HIM TO A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THIS YEAR. THEY BOTH HAD GREAT TRIPS AND ONE COUPLE TOLD ME IT WAS THE BEST FISHING TRIP OF THEIR LIFE !! I LIVE 2.5HRS AWAY, BUT HIS INFO IS VERY HELPFUL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SEA DOG, AND THANK YOU !!!!

I just want to send a thank you to Sea Dog Charters for consistently posting daily info throughout the summer. I follow lake link daily and am located 600 miles west and only get to the big lake about 4 times a year, but because of Jim's postings have always had good trips with my own equipment and a lot of my success is because he is willing to share his day to day info. He may be in the fishing business, but he is also an advocate for you state and city to bring outside dollars to your area. Everyone should appreciate the time and thought he puts into keeping the local and NOT LOCAL fisherman up to date as well as adding dollars to your economy. Thank you from an appreciative South Dakotan.

The rough water has me land locked for the moment, but I have been fishing the harbor area for days. We are still catching the bigger chinook salmon close to shore. Went 8 for about 15 this Monday morning trolling the gap. The water temperature has again warmed up along our shoreline, but the larger salmon are still here in good numbers. We have had some good action using a variety of plugs trolled on diver rods and planner boards. There has also been plenty of bait fish in and around the harbor keeping the salmon close to shore for all area anglers to enjoy. I posted a short video of this Monday mornings fishing trip on my website at:

http://www.sheboyganfishingreports.com/video.html

went out last night fishing from 3 till 8 went 5 for 5 2 king 2 cohos 1 bow fishing 90 to 130 fow green glo number 3 j plug took all but the bow down 40 back 30 on the downrigger the bow came on a wonder bread pro king and a 4 color lead core going 2.4 on gps