sheboygan area

[AllEyes]

I'll be relocating to the Sheboygan area, and I was hoping someone could shed a little light on the fishing on the lakes around Sheboygan County. I've fished out of Sheboygan a few times and am familiar with that game, but I'm really looking for some panfish, bass, walleye, etc... info on some smaller lakes to hit when Winnebago and Lake Michigan get a little too rough. Any info on winter/ice fishing would be greatly appreciated too. I've iced fished the harbor a few times with decent success, but woud like to ice fish/wade the river for browns/steelies, and really don't know any of the access points etc... Anyone on here willing to help please post or email. Thanks much. Good fishing.

[walleyewackr]

sheboygan steelie

[walleyewackr]

buddy george with a beautiful brown

[avid1010]

Did they leave the gates open or did you sneak under the yellow tape I saw up the other day when I drove by. Won't be long and we'll be jigging through a hole:D

[walleyewackr]

fishing this weekend was tough, lots of unwanted ice at this point made it hard to fish where i wanted to making fishing pretty tough, did stop down by the power plant,didnt actually fish but there is tons of bait in there right now-maybe worth a shot



Scott S Goldapske
Fond du lac, WI

[walleyewackr]

fishing the last 4 days has been pretty decent, last wednesday and thanksgiving were both good days to get brownies and steelies on cranks and small spoons, then that swithed to a jig bite the last few days, we had good hook up percentages but were losing a bunch of them during the fight, the ones we did catch were barley hooked, must of been just comin up behind it and nippin at the baits, i also lost two browns that were pushin 20, frustrating when they lay out of reach of your net and just shake there heads

[walleyewackr]

me with a nice brownie

[walleyewackr]

buddy cory with a steelie

[walleyewackr]

me with a dark steelie

[walleyewackr]

cory with a brown

[walleyewackr]

another little pretty brown

[walleyewackr]

cory with a gorgeous steelie

[deadeternity]

Love the steelhead you are catching. Beautiful coloration on them fish. I just tied some hair jigs recently for fishing crappies in open water, and trout through the ice. I think they may work under a float for trout right now. I am thinking of heading out for them and trying these jigs. I fish twistertails and tubes below bobbers for crappies so I figure it is the same concept. I tieda few offbeat jigs that are purple/chart. tinsel, and some white/gold ones. I think the white/gold would work due to the fact it looks like a shiner,alewive, or smelt........

[walleyewackr]

wind and warm temps have sheboygan ice not lookin to great right now, was there over the weekend and could almost lose your tip up when teh waves went up and down, water is extremely dirty, and i stepped off one of the piers and went in up to my waste, fishing sucked due to dirty water only managed one mid 20s pike jiggin, decided to leave after i noticed the crack i was sittin next to started to raise almost 10 inches up and down due to waves, checked it out today and there is a lot of open water, almost enough to get a boat out again, to bad its going to get cold again, oh well wont be over there again to till the water clears up and the walleye bite slows down

[Eric Haataja]

Thanks for the report I wish I lived closer to Sheyboygan that is a fantastic fishery up there!!!!!!!!

[walleyewackr]

no doubt about it eric it is definitley a great fishery for almost every species of trout and salmon, looks like the ice withstood the winds and rain fro the past weekend,water is still very dirty so going to wait a while before i get back out there

[Needtofishmore]

Does anyone know of a decent place to pick up spawn sacks in the Sheboygan area?

[Pistol Pete]

Hi all. Wondering how the ice fishing has been out in the marina lately. I will be out this Friday to try my luck. NEEDTOFISHMORE I have had good luck ordering spawn sacs off the internet. (google: Spawn sacs). Here are some pics from Kenora, Ontario last winter. I hope to have some pics from this coming weekend to post.

[Eric Haataja]

Welcome pistal Pete I hope you put the hammer on the fish! if spawn is not working try minnows, hair jigs, jigging spoons, and gulps on a jig!

Best of luck!

Eric

[walleyewackr]

here is a few i have been getting

[walleyewackr]

sorry havin trouble uploading my pics will get em up when i fix it

[Needtofishmore]

If you're ever wondering about ice conditions, this live shot of the harbor might help:

http://www.visitsheboygan.com/live/view.htm

[walleyewackr]

here are some pictures from the last week and a half with my buddy cory and his two sons christian and cody and my other buddy cory

[walleyewackr]

some more

[walleyewackr]

few more

[walleyewackr]

here is a few pics from yesterday, my buddy brad did a tv show for keyes outdoors to maybe get a few more clients for his guide service, i helped him out and it was a blast, an above average day we ended up with 7 browns and had a fresh batch of two different strains of steelhead show up, got 5 of them, lost 2 fish under the docks that wrapped around chains or poles and had 2 more get off, and then had another 5 or 6 bites that were there just didnt get to them in time, but anyways here is a few of the keyes guys with fish. also the show will be aired on saturday the 28th at 8 am i believe on fsn

[walleyewackr]

also one other thing i wanted to add, there was a lot of open water that skimmed over sunday night and with the amounts of snow were are supposed to get that could be a very dangerous situation not knowing where you are walking, especially if the ice holds up under the snowfall, so be very careful out there

[Walleye1]

Wallyewackr:
Very nice!!! I love the pics with the young boy. What a catch.

[addison]

Wallyewackr - What are you using and around what times are they biting best? My brother and I have been out casting long rods in the open water of the marina with no luck using salmon eggs, gulp alive, little cleos, cast masters, etc. Would like to land one to smoke. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[walleyewackr]

there really hasnt been any certain time better than any other, kind of have to just be out there, you will go sometimes up to an hour between bites on slow days-also keep chuckin gulp, try the black shad , we had a nice brown on saturday that spit up 2 smelt that were about 4" long or something that imitates that

[Needtofishmore]

Had a good day in Sheboygan. Our group went 7-15. Water was a little cloudy but not bad.

[Needtofishmore]

Came acrossed another fisherman with a beautiful Steelie that didn't have a camera. Here's a pic for you Bud!

[Eric Haataja]

Nice job!!!!!!! Glad to see you guys put the smack down on them!!!

[walleyewackr]

yes good job guys, been chasin walleyes around so havent been over there since monday, heard from a budy they lit em up saturday, had a fresh batch of browns come in, today not as good buddy and friends have 15 lines in and only 1 fish, will be fishin the river this weekend and will post how i do, here is a few pics from monday and the last snow storm we had

[Needtofishmore]

Good day again today. Fished in the rain. Everything on spawn.

[badgerfisher]

Nice pics, I like the third one, two thumbs up for rainbows

[Lake&Pond]

Got out last friday. Really slow morning, didn't get our first bite till 2 ish, ended up 2-3. My buddy caught a 14/15 pound male brown on 4 lbs test. Ran into the maker/owner of the automatic fisherman, really nice guy, their group had some luck in the morning but i couldn't tell you exactly what they did.

[addison]

Anything happening out there guys? Planning to head out tmw morning on open water using medium shiners and spawn, as well as casting spoons/rapalas/etc. Any other suggestions?

[walleyewackr]

good luck with that, water is pure chocolate milk and all the ice blew back in making that almost next to impossible unless things change over night thats how it is right now, was down there not less than a half hour a go

[teamice21]

Was wondering how long does it take for the water to have good clarity?

[Needtofishmore]

Water is still cloudy. Did manage to go 3 for 5 today, including my son's first Steelhead!

[walleyewackr]

was also there saturday, went 2 for 5 with a steelie and a nice buck brown around 14-15lbs, both fish were caught 3ft under the ice, would post pics but camera got ruined yesterday when i decided to take aplunge on bago wiht it in my pocket

[Lake&Pond]

Was out last friday and sat. Friday started out good, I lost a fish in the first 5 min. but that was pretty much it. We caught one brown later in the day finishing 1-2. Sat. report is posted by needtofshmore.

[Needtofishmore]

Had a good morning. Went 4-5 with one Steelhead and 3 Browns, including one real nice fish. Didn't get her on the hand held scale because we had another fish on at the same time. She actually hit 3 times ... once she broke the line, then she came back five minutes later and we didn't get a hook in her, and then 10 minutes later she hit again. Still had the line from the first hit in her mouth! It was nuts! We took a full bag of eggs out of her before the pic was taken. She was probably in the 13-14 lb range. All fish were CRP'd. Water is starting to clear up.

[Needtofishmore]

Anyone been to the marina this week? I haven't seen anyone on the webcam since Tuesday. Did they close of access to the piers?

[Eric Haataja]

Great fish and thanks so much for taking the time to post a report! I do appreciate it!

Eric

[walleyewackr]

just got the heads up form a my buddy cory that they are starting to get quite a few fish off of south pier, hes gettn his fish on skein and others are gettin them on spoons, maybe try to get over there and post a report if i do, knd of torn between depere and the pier right now-if there gettin that many on spoons just imagine how many you could get fishin with "the good baits"

[Needtofishmore]

Got to the Marina this morning to find the gate locked. Ice did not look good and the edges were all open. Fished of the rock wall with spinning gear and caught a 30" 8 lbs Steelhead buck, a sucker, and a catfish. I quit when I reeled in the catfish.

Went to the Pigeon for a few hours. It looked pretty good but I did not see any fish or have any bites.

Man, I can't wait for summer to get over with and the harbor to ice up again! :)

[Needtofishmore]

Had an incredible day in the water. Started in the river and went 4 for 5 on Steelies. Left at 10:00 when the crowd showed up and went to the harbor. Went 0 for 1 on Browns in my float tube ... but the one I lost was an absolute monster. Got it within 10 feet before it spit the Rapala. It rolled on the surface and I got a great look ... it was in the 18-20 lb class. It really hurt to lose that one. Went back to the river after my feet went numb :( and went 1 for 3 on Steelies again. I won't forget the good and bad of today for a long time! Only got one picture because I was alone most of the day.

[Needtofishmore]

Started in the river today. Went 4 for 5 on Steelies. Unfortunately ... the 4 I caught were all under 8". What in the world are they doing in there? Must have just been dumped in. Went to the harbor with my float tube. Took me 1/2 hour to kick against the wind to get to where I wanted to fish. Once I got there I got a 31" Brown within 10 minutes. Real thick female. Hit and jumped and was actually higher in the air than my head. REALLY cool! Landed her took the hooks out. Took a pic of her in the net across my legs ... at which point she went nuts ... twisted in the net and somehow drove the treble hooks from my J-13 into my tube. Grrrrrrrr... Fortunately I got to shallow water in a hurry. Half the air was gone within 5 minutes. Monday I pick up my new "marina cruiser" ... 14' jon boat with a 3 hp Evinrude. Perfect for the protected waters of the marina.

I think the smelt are the harbor in Sheboygan. I saw a lot of fish swirling on the surface like they were chasing something. The J-13 I was using was black and silver and got inhaled by that Brown. I'll post a pic if I can find a way to get it out of the camera I dropped taking my waders off.

[Needtofishmore]

Pics from yesterday. The second one is the fish going wacko and destroying my float tube. :(

[sruege]

hey needtofishmore that looks like a blast can you send me a site i can take a look at the tube you have I'm interested in purchasing a tube myself..the pics just crack me up ..must be fun trying to net in that! mail me at sruege@mac.com thanks man!

[pmjasper]

Any word on whats been going on in the Sheboygan area? I'm planning on heading out on Saturday and searching for brown trout. Just curious on how it's been up that way. Thanks guys.

pmjasper@yahoo.com

[Needtofishmore]

There were browns in the harbor last weekend. I caught / saw them in the marina. However, there are boats moving into the marina now so that makes things more interesting. I would guess you'd be able to catch them off the breakwalls, trolling in the harbor, or out in the main body right now.

[pmjasper]

Thanks for the update. My wife and I will be heading out with a local charter in search of browns. Hopefully, we'll be able to get a few. Thank again.

pmjasper@yahoo.com

[Needtofishmore]

Good luck!

Just a comment ... if you really want to catch big browns and a lot of them ... give Eric Haataja a call. He is the BEST!

[walleyewackr]

stopped over by south pier on my lunch break today and was amazed at the amount of seagulls dive bombing alewives today, litterally hundreds of seagulls and not just in one area the whole harbor must have been just chocked full of bait, never seen that many before they were fighting over each and everyone, all that bait in there i wish i had a rod with me, not one person fishing on the inside either ???????, bet a guy pile some fish up

[walleyewackr]

late report, got a few smaller salmon from the piers doing unstandard things. watched about 50 people cast spoons with little success. not much bait around the piers, pretty scattered but seen some birds dive bombing here and there. lost a pretty big king in the rocks and had a few others get off due to dull hook points

[walleyewackr]

only got to get out on saturday morning for a few hours, but here is a few nice kings that we managed, did lose one other one my buddy george had on but said his miller high life knot failed on him. fish were feeding aggressivley on the top of the water column why we were there, kings and seen some browns cruisin around. again did things that others were not doin for our bites. my buddy matt with his first big king from the pier on lite line, took about 20 minutes for him to get him in. really nice king matt, also wanted to add that the fish are all running this size its going to be a fun fall. havent seen them built like this in a few years. good consistent average

[TJPike]

Anyone with fish info on area inland waters like ELKHART,SHEB.MARSH,CRYSTAL ?

[walleyewackr]

tj i started this sheboygan thread, it was meant for the pigeon and sheboygan rivers and the big pond just out of sheboygan but if you want to add some things about those bodies of water go for it of you can start your own threads on them. either way not a big deal

[TJPike]

Hey Wackr, Maybe i will start one for inland lakes closer to winter when there is more interest..As for big lake,pier fishing fun right now on lakeside.Went out on north pier hour before dark.Caught 8lb king and a awesome 27inch 9 lb Coho !! Back home at 8:30.. Know need to use boat right now,more fun on spinning gear..Probably go again this evening.

[walleyewackr]

yes it is heating up in a major way right now, browns are starting to show up in some numbers to.

[TJPike]

Jumping Fish dont bite...Last evening they were flying out of water all over the place,browns and big silver kings. Not a fish caught anywhere that i could see..Boats or Piers,one of those days i guess. Called fishing not catching.:D

[walleyewackr]

have you tried skein yet?

[TJPike]

No not yet,planning on it this coming week. Have you? How do you preserve your skein?

[walleyewackr]

only got a few times this weekend with short periods of time each time out, water has definitly warmed up some, however plenty of kings in and plenty of baitfish around. seen quite a few browns on saturday morning and almost none yesterday morning. here is a few of the nicer fish we got this weekend, one is of my girlfriend with her first king ever, took her about 15 minutes to get him in on 8lb test, made me a proud, proud boyfriend. she caught it on a 1/4oz hopkins jigging spoon

[walleyewackr]

sorry here are a few pics

[walleyewackr]

sorry havin problems with the pictures

[TJPike]

Nice fish photos of you and your lady !! Daughter got married over weekend so i havent been out since last thursday.. Still recovering yet.. Will try skein this week sometime..

[deadeternity]

I fished the Sheboygan Area with my friend Troy and my fiance and I caught and released 14 bass and 3 pike, my fiance caught her share of bass also. Between us around 25 fish were caught and released. It was a slow,hard, and at times frustrating day. Bluebird skies, NE Wind, high barometer, and the challenge of clear water added to the stress of finding and catching fish. Rapala DT-10, weedless rigged Bass Assassin jerkbaits, and shakey worms were the best baits. Seen a few pike also and some big carp in the shallows. I also missed about 6 solid strikes on the DT-10 and, my girl had a pike bite a Mimic Minnow swimbait right of her Power Pro braid. That fish must have had fillet knives for teeth......

[walleyewackr]

tj bring the whole kitchen sink and throw everything at them, guys i know got a few on bottom soakin alewives if your into that kind of fishin, i personally am not so dont do it very often. will soak skein or sacs from time to time but i need to cast for them and keep movin around lookin for active fish or bait balls. plus i get about 10 times more fish then when i would just sit and fish bottom

[TJPike]

Only bottom fishin i have done for long time is on early spring browns with smelt.. Years ago this time of year the hot bait in harbor and lower river was a gob of nightcrawlers on bottom.. What ever happened to that for Kings ?

[TJPike]

Anything new for me wackr?

[walleyewackr]

some of the toughest fishin i have eve expierienced has been in the last week. fish are around but extremely spooky, water is crystal clear and way to warm and fish are not cooperating. alewives are around in decent numbers but fishn sucks, could see my bait on bottom in 16-18ft of water. thats how clear it is right now on the inside, and tons of boats cruisin around makes it frustrating. cranks are workin a little bit, threw tons of different stuff. anyways gonna cool off and hope we get some offshore winds to cool it off and bring in some fresh runs and make a nice mudline again. off to pick up my 17lb steelhead i got last year from the taxidermist on 4lb test, heard it looks great cant wait to see it

[TJPike]

Got a pair of 20 lb plus females[eggs very ripe] on lakeside jigging big white/green glow cleos after dark. Tried to use skein but something was cleaning off hooks in a few minutes,i guess gobies.This was on Fri. 9-11..Havent gone since..Nice Bow!!

[TJPike]

Walleyewackr,I was wondering if you could give me any info about whitebass in the east branch Fondy River.A report i heard there were alot of them in there?? Where would i go to fish them and what works best ?

[walleyewackr]

you can go anywhere on the fondy and get them, hickory st bridge and behind somewhere the bar would be good places to check out, and also down in supplies marsh there are tons of places to try. try twister tails or try jerkin some streamer flies or wolf river rigs or slip bobber rigs with minnows would work to if you like that kind of fishin. stinkys point would also be a good place to try particularly at night, its lit up there at nighttime and that light attracts minnows and usually there is other fish there in that case. hope that helps, i am actually going to be goin up to oshkosh to fish for some this weekend since salmon fishin is spotty

[TJPike]

Dont you fish em in Fondy or is it better around OSHKOSH.?

[walleyewackr]

when i fish them i fish them in both places, usually have more success in oshkish though

[TJPike]

There are no whitebass in east or west fondy.. Someone idea of a joke not very funny. Maybe if there was more than a few inches of water that didnt look like raw sewage.I would like to meet them 2 morons and show them how funny doing that to honest people.Anyone wants there user names i have them.:mad::mad::mad:

[TJPike]

Nothing posted here for 3 yrs,would like to see some from someone.. How about sheboygan marsh south channel,has anyone been there? It can get red hot for pike and gills this time of year,Great eating fish out of there.Also alot of largemouth using golden shinners or Banjo minnows.Nice place to go if anyone has a small boat with electric motor or even canoe.Give it a shot you will like it.

[walleyewackr]

fished the last couple of nights of the pier with limited success in the rain and crap. had a nice brown get knocked off by the net tuesday on my third cast and then nadda after that. conditions were perfect for fish but it sucked. big kings are everywhere, buddy from wolfpack had a few guys out on a charter the same night and didnt hook up once. yesterday had 3 on and didnt land one of them, never happens to me but oh well. yesterday jigging spoons were the ticket because there was awesome currents a long the pierheads yesterday and fish were stacked up. the mudline from the previous night was gone due to east winds again but conditions were almost perfect to get a bunch, got my bites but couldnt get any in and also couldnt keep the dam gobies off.

[TJPike]

Wallywackr have you been out in the area lately?

[walleyewackr]

was out last night for a while, waves were goin over the pier pretty good so couldnt really fish the areas that usually produce for me, i had to good fish on slip corks and spawn sacs but was casting cranks and wasnt fast enough to my corks. seen some silver fish jumpin on lakeside but was unable to fish them, other then that was trying some new casting techniques last night to no avail, caught enough dam gobies again. water has definitly cooled off a bunch compared to saturday. people were jumpin n off the pier, dont think they will be doin that now. also dumper dan and seadog were trollin the harbor last night and only seen them hook up one time

[TJPike]

Do you mean after dark or evening before dark? Think i will try south pier with skein and soft plastic swim baits. Water in lake in the 50's..

[walleyewackr]

plastics bite has sucked lately, havent had much success doin that in the last few weeks. was super hot and will get hot again just isnt right now. jigging spoons has been about the most productive technique as far as getting bites anyways. been missin quite a few with them, they smash and set the hook with nothin there and it like as hard as they hit em how the heck dont you stick em. had a few bites on spawn sacs but thats kind of been inconsistent. this past saturday was a ton of browns cruisin the rocks, couldnt fish them yesterday and didnt have the right stuff saturday. its gonna be good just a matter of when, i went there right after work and fished till around 8 ish. my bites of sacs came between 330 and 5

[TJPike]

Tried it yesterday evening at south pier habor side.Only one hit on skein.Very miserable out there with that stiff east wind it was cold and difficult to fish.Two other fisherman there and nothing doing for them either.:(

[Eric Haataja]

Thanks for the reports guys I heard from a buddy that he did well on coho's FYI up there....

Eric

[walleyewackr]

couldnt imagine it being very fun out there yesterday, decided to stay home and snuggle with the girlfriend. back out on saturday morning, winds are suppose to switch so hopefully its not going to be that misserable.

[JBGOOD]

Provided the lake lays down, I'll have my boys out again this weekend. last weekend we caught a couple in the 130-140ft range. It was awesome watching my 4yr old wrestle with a 7 pound rainbow (his first ever). And an awesome job he did.
Will report how we do.
Tight lines to all

[Eric Haataja]

Congrats JB and thanks for the report!

[TJPike]

I didnt fish this past weekend,did anyone fish out of Sheboygan ?

[JBGOOD]

Saturday I stopped down by the boat launch at Deland Park for a few casts after my sons practice. Had one hit and that was it. Their was a few other guys trying their luck with some success. Not sure what was working for them.
Sunday I took the boys out in the boat for a few hours in the afternoon. We fished mainly out front to the Nun buoy. It was a nice day despite the wind. The graph looked promising with tons of marks and bait pods. However, the fish being tight lipped is an understatement. When we thought all hope was lost, the rigger took off with a nice brownie that wanted to scrap with my son.
After a short struggle a nice 6 pound brown was in the livewell. They sure are colored nice this time of year. I'll try to get a pic on here soon of his trophy.
Lots of fish around still to be had. With the low boat traffic and calm seas I'll be back out soon..
Tight lines
JBGOOD.

[walleyewackr]

yesterday it was misserable out there but we still fished the marina and it was one of the better days we have had in a few weeks, lots of kings with a lot of dark ones and some still fairly silver ones caught. skein was the ticket yesterday under slip corks set at all different depths. no specific one worked better then others just kept changin up. one brown on a crank that was pretty small and couple of other hits on stickbaits. will be back out on saturday and will post pics later

[Needtofishmore]

Are you fishing from the rocks or a boat? Any idea of when they open the docks for use?

[walleyewackr]

we were not in a boat, as far as the docks it is usually the end of october, depends on how soon they get the boats out usually. sometimes faster then others

[Needtofishmore]

Hey thanks. Hopefully will see you over there this fall. It would be fun to get together with you during ice fishing sometime as well. I met Doors over there ice fishing one weekend. I really appreciate gaining some insight from those of you who have this stuff mastered!

[walleyewackr]

will be there on saturday morning alone if you want to hook up, message me if you want to hook up

[walleyewackr]

anyone try the new berkely transoptic yet, seems like a good line for visiblilty but have had quite a few fish break me off already. just wonderin if anyone else is expieriencing this at all...as far as report for sheboygan, bite is great with lots of kings being taken on skein and some on rattle traps, fish were gettin hit pretty hard in the marina on saturday by the boat launch. funny how people think that is the only place to catch em, could show them some spots that would blow there minds, they know who they are. wasnt goin to fish there was just askin you how you were doin, dont need to be so protective of your spot. on a side note, stating to carry around small plastic bags to pick up garbage that gets left behind, dont ruin it for everyone else becasue you are lazy. gonna hit the browns hard this week!

[gmjammer]

sounds like i should of gone to the lake instead of the river sunday morning all we saw in the sheboygan river were all spawned out ready to die salmon nothing willing to hit anything flies, spoons, spinners, spawn nothing. sometime ill get a salmon. maybe i should try hooking up with walleyewacker although i believe some people actually call you guppie if im correct?

[walleyewackr]

was out yesterday in the wind and rain with some success, had 4 small steelhead, lost 2 that were hooked and had 3 more breakoffs. not sure about this new berkely transoptic line, gonna re-spool with some other stuff i think. ended up with about 12 bites on spawn sacs, missed a few bites as well. were bitin funny yesterday for sure, steelhead were fresh in, very silver fish. here is my buddy paul with his first steelhead

[walleyewackr]

also all bites but one were on 1 color sac, tryed 5 colors. thats like 10 breakoffs with the new berkely line

[TJPike]

GOT SKUNKED,very light fishing pressure.. :(:(

[Dahji]

GOT SKUNKED,very light fishing pressure.. :(:(

Boo!

[walleyewackr]

just recovered from h1n1 virus, really do not wish that upon anyone. was the most misserable 9 days of my life with no fishin, not to many reports so when i get out which wont be until the weekend i will post some pics, sure the browns are goin good, should be anyways as well as a few steelies. cant wait to get back out been dyin for some fish

[pmjasper]

I feel your pain.

I didn't have H1N1 but I've been sick for about a month and went through a week and a half of fevers, sweats, inability to eat or drink due to swollen tonsils. etc. Visited the Immedicenter, my doctor twice and finally the hospital for IV drugs and fluids. I still have a nagging cough but at least it's managable. I missed all of the chinook run but am hoping to be able to get back out before the weather gets nasty and try for some browns or steelies.

Hope you feel better man. Wishing ya all the best.

[Eric Haataja]

Lots of fish showing up in the harbor now, both browns and steelies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TJPike]

Fished RW property friday and went 0-10 :( 3 breakoffs,should have caught a slam. Pulled in 2 browns hooked in the belly. What a aweful afternoon of fishing,good for the fish. Couldnt do anything right !!! :( Sat. went to a different spot then it gets weird.!! Caught 7 pike,24",two 26",28",29" and two 30" all in 1 1/2 hrs from one spot on mepps #3. Never caught pike in that spot before. Strange days,but it was Halloween !!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :D True story i swear !!!

[walleyewackr]

never made it out because wasnt feelin well enough yet but am itchin big time, tj catch a lot of small pike this time of year in the marina. actually at times they can become a nuisance with bite offs. still fun to catch when nothing else is goin, havent got any big ones yet although i have seen them havent caught any pigs. hopefully i get out this week, feelin better but not well enough to risk gettin sick again

[TJPike]

The boat launch docks are out of the h2o in Sheboy marina..FYI..

[walleyewackr]

finally got out yesterday for the first time in like 3 weeks, needless to say was rusty. had four great bites on gulp, hooked up 3 times and lost all 3 fish. one felt fairly nice, never seen it but was definitly a brown, seen another brown that looked around 6-7lbs and didnt see the other one. fished for around 3 hours or so int the marina, guy had his boat and was casting small musky plugs, seen him land 5 in an hour, should of brought some plugs along. were sitting int he truck, oh well good to back out. will be back out on thursday and will try some sacs along with some other stuff

[walleyewackr]

no brownies to speak of yesterday, casted gulp for almost 4 hours with only one hit so we switched it up and fished some spawn sacs under corks for a little while and ended up 3 for 8, had 2 break offs again...i am officially done with this new berkely transoptic, thats a lot of break offs so far this year and we missed a few others. only steelhead today on blue spawn sacs, blue has been pretty hot for me this year. tried pink, chartreuse, orange, and red and only had 1 bite on a chartreuse the rest came on blue. here is a pic of my buddy paul with his biggest steelhead to date

[walleyewackr]

fished with needtofishmore again yesterday and it wasnt very good, lots of fsih around but was a tough bite. we threw the box at them and more and only had a few bites, got this one on shaky shad and 3'16oz darter head. had on eother bite i missed on gulp all in about 10 minutes and that was it.tough day, need some cooler temps

[avid1010]

Fished all over today without much luck...two smallish browns. Fished various spots from the harbor to the Kohler dam. There didn't seem to be many "fresh" fish around. Two hits, two fish, all on a green/blue/silver spinner.

Bring on the winter browns!

[badgerfisher]

Took the day off today, so I decided to try for some browns and steelies in the harbor this morning. No luck. Tried spawn sacs, gulp, J-11 rapalas, and spoons. On the positive side, I had the entire marina area to myself most of the morning.

[walleyewackr]

fishing the last 3 days has been pretty rough for me needless to say, thursday only fished for about an hour and a half but didnt get any bites, friday had 3 steelhead and lost one buck brown, and saturday got one buck brown and missed a few others. all that seems to be in the marina are a few steelhead here and there and buck germans, no seeforellens have showed up yet. buddy said he got a few out on the piers along with some dandy lakers. fished the pier on saturday for a few hours with only one bite. hopin this cold weather we get starts things a little more, seem to be a few weeks behind due to mild nov temps. here is a pic of my biggest steelie from the weekend

[walleyewackr]

fished yesterday for a few hours, couldnt fish where i wanted to due to northwestern winds but managed to get this steelie on a 4 spinner

[blitzfish]

Great looking hen steelie walleywackr!!! If only the fish would start cooperating a little bit more we would be in fishing heaven!!!

[walleyewackr]

talked to my buddy while i was there yesterday and he is still getting lakers off the piers also seeforellen browns are stacking up, this cold snap should turn it on bigtime. need some more fresh fish to show up, that will make them cooperate. also pickin up quite a few steelies on the piers, more and more fresh fish are startin to show up. should be good as long as it doesnt ice over, even though if it does it will still be good. just rather get them on long rods

[badgerfisher]

Got out to the marina today to find the 3 doors to the piers locked. So I fished from shore for a couple hours. Managed to get my first steelie of the season though.

[Needtofishmore]

Pretty buck! Nice job. Spawn? Were there other people fishing that you could see?

[walleyewackr]

talked to the guy why i was there last and he said they will be opened up for ice fishin. never got an answer as to why they were padlocked but makin a lot of people mad, espicially a few of the older guys who fish that cant climb down on the rocks or walk that far out on the pierheads. after what the yacht club did after remodeling there are only a few places to fish and for older guys only 1 place that i can think of thats not trespassing.

[Needtofishmore]

I'm sure its a liability issue. It's happening at many of the harbors. I'm sure their insurance company has something to say about it.

I'm just hoping it freezes soon and we get some good ice. I noticed the forecast is for 3 to 7" of snow Tuesday night. If that falls on fresh ice it could reallty screw things up ... unless they open those gates and we can set AF's on the piers.

[badgerfisher]

Yep, got it on spawn around 7:30 this morning. There were three other guys on the piers close to the boat launch. (not sure how they got on, maybe they know something I don't). Other than that, we were the only ones out there.

[walleyewackr]

i dont think you have to worry about the ice getting messed up, suppose to be east winds up to 25mph, that break any little ice that there is up and then with the cold front im sure there will be a west wind or north wind that will blow most of whats there and broken up out. will get a fresh batch of ice after all is said and done. will be out there this saturday and will let you know whats up, either ice fishin or with the long rods

[teamice21]

wondering when there will be safe ice in the harbor to fish

[avid1010]

Fished a local lake this afternoon/evening. Needed the portable shack today! I don't want to give lake names, as most of the lakes in the Sheboygan area are pretty small, but I fished 20ft of water and was on fish all afternoon. Never needed to move, had to do lots of sorting, kept a mix of a dozen crappies and gills. Didn't release too many other keepers though. I have a hard time finding lakes with decent sized panfish in this area, but plenty of action, and enough for a good meal.

Fished spikes (multiple colors) on glow shrimpo. Don't think it really mattered what I put down there. I literally marked 5ft of fish all afternoon.

[TJPike]

Avid 1010 are you new to the area ?

[avid1010]

Relatively new. Any suggestions?

[TJPike]

ODD 1 R :rolleyes:

[luv2fish]

workin on the spam...

[SMOKNZ]

wondering when there will be safe ice in the harbor to fish

Was out there today on the north side of the marina and there was a good 6-8" of ice there. Was alone all early afternoon till we left around 3 and another group came in. They ventured a little closer to the open water along the last long set of docks. Watched them drill a few holes and it didn't take to long for them to get thru. Got Skunked at 2 different places today with shiners on tipups and jigging some waxies. Ice right near shore is kinda thin, had to skid the shack across and then walked on the rocks and squeezed thru an opening on one of the ramps. Getting the shack up and down the rocks was a treat! Warmed me up when I was cold though :D

[walleyewackr]

late late report from christmas eve morning, fished the harbor with automatics and spawn sacs, had 3 bites in 5 minutes with my buddies first ever steelhead around 11-12lbs. water was muddy, marked tons of fish but couldnt get any to go jiggin and didnt really want anything else. should of had the long rod with me, water was open on the other side of the dock we were ice fishin off of, ice was going up and down and buckling pretty good and didnt think it would hold up ot much longer. havent been over there since but it looked like it was froze over on the live camera, but would use exreme caution if venturing out. got some videos to post but just cant seem to figure out how to do it.

[badgerfisher]

I tried fishing the harbor last night for a couple hours. Fishing off the piers into holes will work, but the ice is definately not safe now. Some areas are a few inches others are 1/2 inch.

[walleyewackr]

here is my buddy matts first ever trout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ax1SfORns

[Needtofishmore]

Spent 6 frigid hours in the Marina yesterday. Tried spawn, minnows, and jigging. Had one northern bite a minnow off and that was it. Counted 12 guys in our area ... total caught was one steelhead and one brown. I'm now 0 for Sheboygan in 4 outings this fall/winter. Time to start trying somewhere else.

[walleyewackr]

dont think you missed to much anywhere todd, very shi___ fishin since this cold snap rolled in everywhere, you also know that sheboygan this year hasnt been the easiest, fish to be caught but very wierd year to say the least anyways, think its almost baydenoc time. have a few trips planned for up there this year, 3 lines will be nice compared to 2. might even try some autos up there and see if i can get a hog on a sucker on an auto

[Steelheader]

That was great, and a very nice looking steelhead as well. I love watching fishing videos. It never gets old. Look forward to more in the future.

here is my buddy matts first ever trout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ax1SfORns

[walleyewackr]

thanks i just got it for christmas so will be posting lots of videos in the future for sure, love doing it...just wish i could get myself on some of them...lol

[badgerfisher]

Fished the harbor this morning. Went 0 for 2. Used a couple kinds of spawn and shiners. One bite on spawn and one on a shiner. A group of three guys next to us got two I believe. Not much other action. The one bite on spawn/auto looked great, but as soon as I ran up to it, it spit the hook as I was bending down to get the rod :(.

[Fishingaddict]

Thanks for the report. I've been watching the camera from time to time to judge the amount of guys and pressure out there. I usually fish there once or twice with my brother in the winter and am waiting till it really heats up. It's a blast to catch trout on two and half foot rods for a change instead of 9 foot rods:)

[TJPike]

Has anyone been to long lake lately for gills,crappies,perch? PM me if you would rather tell me that way..Fish week days,will return favor...

[teamice21]

Hows the flow on the river and whats the harbor clarity look like

[TJPike]

The water in river is dropping finally. There is ice jams in places. Saw a guy fishing on the ice near Taylor Dr. bridge on fri., there was open water there a few days earlier. Water color last i saw was alittle brownish but improving. The upper river ice has really been messed up this year.I think the 2 high water surges moved alot of fish up river but dangerous ice is the problem.. BE CAREFUL, USE CAUTION..

[Get Hooked]

sunday,
went out to a kettle moraine lake and found dink perch, moved across the lake and then found small crappie. gave that lake up and went to crystal lake. got a perch on a tip-up in 30 f.o.w., 2 small pike on shallow tip-ups, and 3 bigger pike, but still small, jiggin in 30 f.o.w.. also had some bigger perch look at jigs, but did not bite. amazing how you can see bottom in 30 f.o.w in that lake. fish were just too small for pictures. not to mention they were glazing over real quick with the temps and wind. so all released immediately. biggest pike went maybe 24.

[badgerfisher]

Fished the harbor on Friday with my future father in law, had 3 bites in 2.5 hours. Fish were skiddish, we would watch the bobber on the auto rise 1-2 inches then stop even before all the slack was taken out. Bites were on steelhead spawn. Saw two other fish caught.

[TJPike]

The Kings have moved in close and being caught off piers as well as trolling along with some Browns..Trollers are also doing good in deeper water for coho, rainbows, and a few lakers..

[TJPike]

Rainbows are very catchable off piers the last couple weeks..They are feeding heavy one small alewives so small spoons and alewives under slips are working..Some kings being caught at night or low light conditions.

[Eric Haataja]

Yea I will possibly up there this week thanks a ton for the heads up, near shore water temps seemed a bit cooler up there than down here.

Eric

[TJPike]

"According to Sheboygan Breaking News, 3 fisherman rescued by Coast Guard shortly after 10 a.m. today. One of the fisherman did not survive." My thought's are with the person's family and friends. :(

[TJPike]

This past week the shore fishing window has become very small with a 4:30 to 6:30 bite for trout and salmon. Some whitefish are being taken by those targeting them.Noticed they are larger size whites than the ones we caught thae past few winters on Green Bay..There goby feeding habits are causing them to spend more time close to shore instead of out in the deep water.

[TJPike]

Went out on south pier yesterday a.m.,wind and water color was perfect but the water temp on surface was to warm at 68.Had one on but lost it.Found out when i left that there is colder water out on the end of pier at the bottom.That kind of explains the 2 Skama's caught off bottom on spawn.Next time out will try spawn,shrimp,crawlers and gulp near and on bottom.

[walleyewackr]

got out yesterday with my buddy george foe a few hours. got 1 king, 1 small coho, 3 whitefish and my buddy got this 14lb2oz steelie. not as much bait around as i thought would be but still enough for a decent fishin.

[Eric Haataja]

Nice job nice fish!!

Eric

[walleyewackr]

yah eric it was a beautiful fish, unfortuantaly we were unable to release her. tried for a good twenty minutes and she just wouldnt go. we wayed her four hours later so she was prolly a few ozs bigger. she was actually longer then my 15.4 i got 3 years a go but just not as stocky. anyways buddy george was out agian this morning and got a smaller size coho and that was it. said the bottom fisherman were doing pretty well with alewives. i can only go so much now a days, found out 3 weeks a go me and my wonderful woman are havin a baby so i have to be around more. but its all worth it to me, there will always be time for fishin one way or the other. its only going to get better anyways.

[TJPike]

Cold water is back in again.Pier fished this a.m.,landed 2 kings and had 2 bigges :eek: on for awhile and they ended up breaking my Seaguar leaders :mad:. Best action on alewife under slip and on bottom.One small one on a Yeck Zipper lemon slice. Boaters catching fish in close also. The alewives used were ones i picked up off the top of the pier, all dried out and nasty looking. Had a total of 6 strikes on them before running out. Also tried preserved gizzard shad,assortment of swim baits and Gulp. Not a bite on that stuff. Cant even out fish dead rotten bait!!!! :rolleyes:

[TJPike]

One 10 lb king this a.m. off north breakwall. The only one landed there all morning between 4:30 and 10. There was a night bite last night bottom fishing. Water was very clear and calm but foggy. Alot of baitfish around again and noticed troller catching fish in the gap in very muddy water, about 6 inch visability, amazing. Thats it for now. ;) i heard a report that the fish turned on or moved in during mid day, hours after i left. One never know i guess..

[walleyewackr]

managed get out this morning for a few hours. got there with a couple hours of darkness and went 3 for 3. all three were kings, 2 four year olds and one 2 year old, 3/4 oz doctored up hopkins jigging spoons took all three for me. was a very good bite while it was dark, then no wind at daybreak made it tough. was surprised how many people were out on the pier, seen about 5 other fish caught and a few others on. i have never had a problem with people having an etticket on the pier in the 12 years i ahve been fishing here. simple someone has a fish on and its running your way you simply wait till its cleared till you fish again. there is group of europeans that i have battled with the 2 times that i have been out this year, not cool really. the one almost tried to start a fight with me this morning. had a king run 140 yds of line off on his initial first run and he was down the side of the pier, so i moved a little bit to gain some line back and thats when all hell broke loose. oh well, i guess it is what it is but i dont think i will be fishin the weekends anymore. cant deal with people like that, anyways fishin is good just have to go outside the box a little bit and do what others are not.

[TJPike]

Wacker i know what you mean about some of the people fishin on weekends north pier. If i go on weekend its on south pier. During the week north pier is ok. It never use to be that way, like u said. :(

[walleyewackr]

yah, its so bad im not going in the morning. will wait till the week when its less crowded. also people are willing to take garbage out on the pier but not willing to pick it up, seriously. its getting real old fast.

[Get Hooked]

I finally made it out here for the first time. ( Sheb. north pier) Lost a nice King while screwing around with my perch rod. I was worried he was gonna spool me.....Cuz he was runnin!,,,, So I started messin with the drag. I made it a little too tight and it gave him the leverage he needed to straiten my hook. He was fun fighting on my lite action rod. I did have him on for quite awhile. The second King was on a spoon.... Got him in. I'm kinda upset with myself for worrying about my dang drag on the first fish. That fish could've and should've been caught. First time out there this year and that was the first fish,,, so had to get the rust off I guess. Only seen 1 whitefish pass by on the way in. But did see another fish caught between me and the north pier lighthouse. The group of people walking by enjoyed the excitement also. :cool:

So is there any such thing as "perch" fishing here?

[TJPike]

Got a late start but still got 3,2 were 4 yr old kings and 1 nice brown. Moss on bait every cast or would have caught more. Using Yeck spoon again. Was north end of town off shore. Fish are very close in.. Get Hooked forget that perch stuff..

[walleyewackr]

got out this mornign for a few hours, had some success in the dark. water is starting to turn a little on the warm side, all the mud is almost completely gone. north winds wouldnt allow me to fish where i wanted to so fished in some different spots. ended up 2-4, and also had 4 other bites that i missed jiggin. were crushin it pretty good this morning, doctored up jiggin spoons were the ticket again today. not sure exactly how i was missin em the way theyt were hittin, anyways 1 four year old and a 2 year old

[TJPike]

Landed a nice king and 2 rainbows this a.m.. They were rippin and slashing into alewife schools in a couple feet of water, craziness !!! Lost a bunch and a few other strikes !!! :eek: :D

[addison]

Let the good times roll... 15+ kings from the piers over the weekend. :cool:

[walleyewackr]

fished yesterday to avoid the weekend crowd and glad i did, buddy went satruday mornign and said they were lined up on the pier all the way to the beach. glad i didnt go, went yesterday for a few hours. nothing special, water was a bit on the muddy side but conditons besides that were great. bait was everywhere and fish to. had a horrible hook up ratio yesterday. went 1 for 1, but missed 7 other bites on doctored up jiggin spoons. couldnt believe how many i missed, were smackin it good and initailly were there when i set the hook but then never stuck them. oh well, was fun needless to say. 1 small king and that was it, should of easily caught my share.

[TJPike]

Was out tuesday a.m. and went 1 for 3 a 12lb king. Water temp was 58. This morning it was 64 and got the skunk. :(
From what i hear pier fishing has slowed way down this week..

[Get Hooked]

TJPIKE you are right about the pier fishing. I went out yesterday from 6-9pm, and got nothin, nor did i see any fish go by. One guy did tell me he had somethin on at 6, but lost it. The cold water was gettin blown out while I was there. :mad:

[Get Hooked]

Well the time is finally upon us Sheboygan area anglers. Fees are now in affect for some of the popular fishing lakes... Enforcement in Aug...( Big Elkhart, Little Elkhart, Crystal, Gerber, Ect....even the marsh....) At least they are starting it off affordable.... $6 or $7 per day or $16 for the year.... Its not alot, but this is just the start. $16 a year is alot better than Random lakes yearly fee of like $70.... And Random lake is just 1 lake. It should be included in the Sheboygan Co. lakes pass......

[TJPike]

Just checked out water along shore, its fairly clear but the temp went from 64 yesterday to 70 today. Even though we have had west wind for 2 days its getting warmer !!! :( :confused: Will check it again tomorrow. Fishing pressure is little to none.