Lake Michigan,Sheboygan

[Rempump]

Fished Saturday afternoon out of Sheboygan. Got on the water at 4:30 and had a fish on at 4:45. Fish hit a wonder spread spoon ran of a 6 color rod ran off the back of the boat as a high line. A nice 4 pound rainbow.

We set the rest of the rods. We fished in 50-60 ft of water with our lines set from 20 to 40 ft deep. We ran 2 dypsises with monkey puke and electric cool aid. Then ran a rigger at 25 and a swr at 30.

Most of the action was on rods with lead core any where from 25 to 35 ft deep. Ended up going 4 for 11 with 1 giant fish breaking the line and 2 getting off. The rest of the misses we never even got to the rods. Fish ranged from 4 to 23 pounds. The big king of the day came at 8:45 off a rigger on electric cool aid spoon in dark blue. He stripped off 100 yards of line before I could get the rod out of the holder and ran another 75 yards off before I could even begin fighting him! It was a absolute monster, big fish for the boat in 2 years of fishing the big pond.

The fishing got better as the night went on. Also found the fish moving in shallower. A lot of boats in the 35 to 50 ft range north of the harbor.

[Rempump]

Fished Sheboygan Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Fishing was very good both days.

We fished in 50 to 90 ft of water on Saturday evening, graually going shallower as the evening went on. The fishing was slow up until about 7:00 and then it picked up. Went 5 for 9. All the hits were on spoons. Dipsises, riggers and high line all took hits. The lead core took a majority of the hits. The best rod early was a 6 color ran starit behind hte boat with a monkey puke spoon. The dipsises were silent until the evening set in. And the riggers took 3 fish/hits and the swr took 2 fish. The resulte were pretty much the same on Sunday. We started around 5:30 in 40 ft of water and had a fish on in 30 seconds, just got the rigger down to 25 ft and it went off. The fish had stopped biting by 8 oclock.

All in all a good few days on the water. We did catch a nice 22 pound king, it is nice to see the big guys back again.

[Rempump]

Fishing continues to be good. I was out last Thursday, Saturday and my buddies were on the water today. We have been fishing from 25 to 60 ft of water. Fishing in shallower in the morning and moving out as the morning goes on. Then going shallow in the evening. In the evening we have been as shallow as 30 ft with some good succes. A lot of boats seem to stay deeper so there might be some action out there.

The high line with no wieght a glow in the dark J-plug took a lot of fish this morning for the guys. They were running 125ft strait behind the boat. It picked up their fist 4 fish. The dypsies took the rest of the fish for a total of 9. The riggers with 2 color of core each took 1 hit and that was it. They missed a good 15 fish either fighting them or before they could get to the rod.

Lost the biggest fish right at the boat when the fish tangled the J-plug hooks in the net and the fish was outside of the net...errr...rookie on board!

Spoons and plugs were all hot, nothing on the flasher/fly. Colors in purple/black/green and anything glow seemed to work the best.

[AtRandom]

Well, the fishing has been on and off for us in Sheboygan. This past weekend we fished the Scotty Offshore challenge in Manitowoc. We left Sheboygan early, and powered north. When we got to about Cleveland around 4:40am, we shut 'er down and threw the lines in and it was non stop. 10 fish in the first hour, and went 27 for 30 by 9:30am. They chowed down on everything. All action was in 70-80 FOW and riggers set 45 and 55 down,,, Wire Mag Dipseys set on 2, 65 and 75 feet out. Diet dew flashers, Bullfrog and holdout flies were snapping, as were anything holographic on the spoons. Half cores on the boards and PowerPro with 2 and 4 oz keel sinkers were hot.
Come Saturday,, all that changed. Fishing sucked for the most part and only boated 7 fish.
Yesterday went 3 for 4. Wire Dipsey, Slide Diver, and board took fish. Green/Glow/Ladderback horde on half core took 14 pound king.

Tight Lines
Jason on At Random

[FIRSTMATE4LIFE]

made it out yesterday afternoon for a while and let me tell you it was really slow till we hit the power plant and then after that a small flurry of action and that was it except for 1 more rainbow. ended up with 3 kings and 3 browns and the rainbow all in all it was fun will be putting boat away soon so had to get out one last time

[FIRSTMATE4LIFE]

well here is the down low on the marina. did great friday had 3 fish 2 bows and a brown all around 4 to 6 lbs then went out saturday and me and 2 buddies got 5 three were browns and the other 2 bows. then fished yesterday and only had 1 flag and no fish. will try again this week and post if anything goes on.

[Eric Haataja]

Thanks for the great report!!!

[FIRSTMATE4LIFE]

well the ice looks to be iffy and i hope it gets out of there soon i want to get out and find some browns

[FIRSTMATE4LIFE]

was hoping to get out this weekend or next weekend but still ice infront of boat landing hoping that we get the warm weather that we are suppose to cause every good friday i get out and have great action with the browns trolling but we will see. if not i will have to drive to milwaukee

[fishfanatic64]

Made it out Saturday for MISS ALANEOUS' shakedown cruise for the year. It was truly a shakedown cruise cuz I forgot the net! Anyhow set up fishing North of town in 28 FOW and quickly trolled into 15 FOW. We ended up catching 7 healthy browns, Two 10 lbers, Two 8.5 lbers, and three small ones that got to go back in the drink. The best lure for us was a silver/black rattlin rapala that I got free at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports show from Chevy with Chevy and its logo on the side. Can't beat free lures, especially when they're your secret weapon. A orange and gold little cleo also ended up taking 3 or 4 hits and a few fish. I'm pumped up for open water fishing.

Nothin like bein with your ol' man for a morning, breathing in the freezing air, seeing huge flocks of swans, ducks, and geese, let alone getting some awesome brown fishing to let you know you're alive!

Get out there and live it up

Dave on MISS ALANEOUS

[fishfanatic64]

Fished on Sunday north of Sheboygan and ended up with only two. one was an awesome rainbow my dad caught on an orange mepps spoon in 14 fow. a brown came on the same chevy lure from my last post in 6 fow. trolled at about 2.2 mph

Good luck to all

Dave on board MISS ALANEOUS

[fishfanatic64]

I am a student at UWGB looking for more work as a first mate on Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Algoma and every port in between. I am going to school to be a teacher so I will have summers off for a long time. If you are or know a charter captain that is still looking for a first mate or relief mate please give me a call at 920-980-8557 and ask for Dave. I am available during the week and weekends and I am looking for everything from one trip to full time work. I have one summer of mate experience on Lake Michigan and I can provide references.
Thanks in advance

Dave