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July 18 '07 Powder Puff Derby 2007,
We fished the powder puff derby again this year, and although we didn't place in 2nd place like
last year the girls did have a great time. We boated 9 fish this year for a total weight of just of
over 96 lbs, and had two fish that placed on the big fish board. 1st place coho caught by Mindy
Stopar, and 3rd place Chinook caught by Tina Heinecke which weighed in at over 18 lbs. We
fished 25' to 45' of water just south of the harbor today, and caught every fish on plugs on the
downriggers and side poles.
Fishing has been great so far for most of the entire season, with July being no exception ! I would
expect to see another record year for fish caught off of Sheboygan again this year with the amount
of fish being caught.
June 30 '07
June was an outstanding month again overall this season. The first two weeks brought a lot of limit
catches or close to limit catches, with a nice mixed bag of trout and salmon. The third week,
slowed a bit with the few fronts that had passed over the area, and with the turning water from a
strong westerly wind. But, with more stable weather the last week or so, fishing has improved and
we have had a lot of nice catches the last few trips. Mainly water depths of 70 to 100 feet have
been our most productive working dodger/fly combo's and a mix of spoons. Rainbows and coho's
have favored rattle snake spoons in the top 30' of water, while most of our bigger chinook salmon
have been coming on large dodgers in white/glow or green/glow with teal or light green flys.
June 4 '07
It is looking like another great year ! The last two days brought good fishing again even with the
unstable weather. Our catches have been a mixed bag of Rainbows, Cohos, and Kings along with
a Lake Trout every now and then. The last 3 days have been at least 50% Chinook Salmon, with
very health fish weighing between 9 to 15 lbs being the average.
Friday evening produced some nice sized fish in closer to shore in 15' to 40' of water around the
harbor and to the south. Saturday, that area was not productive so we ventured out a little deeper
and found some nice sized Kings in 115' to 160' of water. Rainbows and Coho's came towards
the top to about 30' down on small dodger/flys and rattle spoons, while the Kings came about 45'
to 70' down on plastic flashers and flys.
Sept. 4 '06
After a slow start to the weekend, fishing was right back to normal again after the cold front
settled in and weather conditions stabilized. We have been still working good numbers of fish in
100' to 160' of water, mainly close to the bottom. Green coyote's with either glow fly's or greenish
teal colored flys working best. Also, the Magnum JB spoons from Jeff's Tackle in wonderbread or
double cracked ice close to the bottom on the downriggers has been doing good for us.
There has been a number of fish caught today off of the piers and boats fishing in or around the
harbor. The water temperature is still much higher than ideal, but the salmon still are staging
around the harbor for this fall's inevitable salmon run.
Aug 24 '06
Limit catches, or close to it has been the story the last week or better. Catches are consisting of
mainly Chinook salmon, but we have had a few lake trout, rainbow trout, and cohos mixed in the
last few trips. We have been fishing water depths of 85 to 120 feet of water, mainly just south of
the harbor. With the warm water still around, most of the fish have been either suspended
mid-depth or near the bottom. Glow Fishlander spoons and glow j-plugs on the downriggers, and
green coyotes or e-chips on magnum dipsy divers or slide divers have been working best.
. . . . .
Aug 1 '06
Fishing has been outstanding the last few days again, with catches ranging from 8 fish to 18 fish for
each trip. This morning we had another nice cooler full of 16 big kings, and had at least as many
that got away. With the cold water tight along the shoreline the last few days, it has made for great
fishing close to the shoreline.
July 20 '06
We fished the harbor area again this morning, with great success boating 10 nice sized fish and had
another 10 on, 9 chinook salmon and 1 brown trout. Fishing still has been very good the last few
days despite some reports of slow fishing for others.
July 19 '06
We finished in 2nd place this year for the Women's Powder Puff Derby and also took 5th place
for the Coho category. The Powder Puff Derby is put on annually the 3rd Wed. of July each year
by The Wharf on Sheboygan's riverfront. We fished offshore in 100' to 135' of water just south of
Sheboygan, and ended our morning with 10 fish being boated and lost 5 others. We had a nice
mixed bag of chinook, rainbows, a coho, and one lake trout. Most fish were suspended in the top
50' of water despite the warm water temps. A combination of spoons and dodger flys in a mix of
whites, greens, and orange.
Tonight we tried to fish the same school of fish we had this morning offshore, but with the strong
south-east winds that have been blowing all day there was a nice 3 to 4 foot chop that was a little
hard on our crews stomach. We opted to give the harbor area a try since there were much calmer
conditions and favorable water conditions. This proved to be a good call, and we managed to get
4 more big chinook salmon into the boat before calling it a night with 5 chinook boated and 4
others that got lucky and got away.
July 16 '06
This morning we fished part of a 3 boat group, working the same water as the last few days in 70'
to 90'. We ended up with 8 nice sized fish which was enough for our group to win their friendly
competition amongst the rest of the group.
Tonight we fished the same area and boated 13 more chinook and rainbows.
July 15 '06
This morning we fished 60' to 80' of water around the north ship wreck,and worked our way
south from there down to just east of the power plant. We ended the morning with a mixed bag of
18 fish. Fishing has been just outstanding all season and today was no different, as we had another
great night and boated 12 more nice sized fish in the same area offshore in 60' to 80' off of the
power plant
July 15 '06
It has been an outstanding season this year, great numbers of fish, and nice healthy fish which have
been putting on plenty of weight for the last few months. With a bumper crop of alewives this
years and the great perch spawn last summer, the fish have had plenty of food and have been
packing on the weight.
I will have to say I'm sorry I have not been able to keep up with this report like I would have liked
to, but we have been busy getting the finishing touches done on the boat and fishing, fishing, fishing.
May 17 ' 06
The remodeling is done, and its time to get to fishing ! Fishing has been very good the last few
days, and with nice numbers of chinook salmon this early in the year it looks like it will be another
great season.
Charters
of
Sheboygan, WI
Lake Michigan
charter fishing at
its best !
2005 and
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Charters
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Sheboygan, WI
Lake Michigan
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its best !
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