Fishing Report as of 9/4/2026

Sheboygan: Dumper Dan Fishing, Lodging and Water Front Store were fishing right outside the port of Sheboygan and closer to shore in depths of 25 to 45 feet of water. They were catching kings on spoons mainly glow in the dark as well as silver hordes and smaller j plugs. Green or White Lighting work out the best off of a Sly Diver. They were fishing rather shallow in between 12 to 18 feet down using 1,2 or 3 color lead core. The water surface temperature 62 degrees. The temperature near the bottom was at 52 degrees. Trolling speeds were at 2.2 to 2.4 miles per hour, close to shore and about a mile out. Check out their web site for more information. www.dumperdan.com or their Facebook page for additional pictures and details.

9/2/2026

Duck Creek: Fishing in Brown County is going fairly well. Up in Duck Creek, many of the shore anglers were catching Perch. Soft plastics and crankbaits were doing the trick. Many of the boat anglers were also doing well with catches near the boat launch.

Fox River: On the Fox River. White Bass, Drum and even Catfish were being caught. Spinner baits were doing well with the White Bass. Perch fishing around the Suamico River shore line was doing very well. Once again soft plastics and crankbaits were doing well. A few anglers I spoke with were using live baits

Green Bay: Fishing in Green Bay was doing well especially around Ephraim Pier. Many of the anglers going after Smallmouth bass were doing well with live baits, Drop shot, Tube and Ned Rigs. A few anglers were doing well with hair rigs.

Egg Harbor: Around the Egg Harbor Pier Yellow Perch and rock bass were being caught using soft plastics, crankbaits and some live baits with variable results. Some of the boaters were also mentioning some good catches closer to the piers and shorelines. They were mainly going after yellow perch and smallmouth bass.

Bailey's Harbor: Many of the Boat anglers were around Bailey's Harbor in the very early morning hours were going after rainbow chinook and King Salmon, with a variety of lures on dipsies and downriggers. Magnum spoons in Bloody Nose and Wonderbread and other colors such as blue or chartreus and a few other shades of green were catching a fair amount of fish. Boats were fishing anywhere between 80-90 feet of water, with fish caught around 40 feet down. Surface temperatures were up to 71 degrees, with temperatures around 52 degrees at between 70 85 feet of water.

8/28/2026

Bayshore Park: Many of the Anglers that were out there were going after yellow perch had the best luck fishing out by Vincent's Point in around 15 feet and deeper of water using nigh tcrawlers and live minnows. Anglers going after walleye had the best success fishing near 2 Mile Reef. Even with the windy conditions There were some good catches made Some other fish were caught that were in the area but were set back in the water.. The water temperature was between 72 and 75.

Green Bay: Smallmouth bass remained a very popular target. At Ephraim Pier, anglers caught smallmouth bass using slip bobbers with worms, drop-shot rigs, tubes and Ned rigs. Anglers noted that smallmouth activity increased ahead of approaching storms. At Peninsula State Park Pier, anglers targeting smallmouth bass also caught a few incidental freshwater drum while using worms and jigs. At Egg Harbor Pier, anglers fishing for a variety of species caught yellow perch, rock bass and smallmouth bass on worms.

8/19/2026

Manitowoc County - Anglers have been catching some Chinook salmon, along with a few rainbow trout. The average group had 4-6 fish, with a couple groups reporting catches of 11. Anglers reported catches from 40-220 feet. Some groups reported catches from 80-90 feet, with the best results coming from 55-70 feet. Most groups had success with spoons, and cracked ice and spotted baits produced solid catches. Surface temperatures ranged from 66-69 degrees, with 50-degree temperatures anywhere from 50-60 feet down. Anglers caught some smallmouth bass in the harbor and river areas. Pier anglers have caught a mostly Chinook salmon with a couple of rainbow trout. Cleos and spoons have been good baits. 

8/12/2026

Marinette - Many boat anglers were still catching salmon. And were trolling in deeper waters. Depths of 80 and deeper were more productive . A good mix of spoons.  Glow spoons in orange and some greens did well and flasher flies were catching Kings with  some walleye and not too many  sheepshead were also being caught . Those going  after  walleye were doing pretty good, with some anglers finding fish around Green Island and Chambers Island. Some of the best results were from crankbaits and crawlers.  Reported surface temperature was between 67 and 69 degrees.

Manitowoc - Early morning  anglers were having the best results  catching  Kings and have also had some good luck catching rainbow trout. The average group caught four to six fish per trip. Some of the boaters I talked to were catching fish from 70-100 feet of water using mainly medium to later glow spoons.  Orange, Chartreus, green and  wonder bread worked out well.  Surface water temperature went from 67 to 69  degrees, with the mid 50’s degrees down 40-50 feet down. Most of the fish were caught on spoons with a few on flasher flies. Green/white combos worked well. Anglers fishing the piers have caught a few fish using casting spoons with silver and green doing the best.  

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of the port of Sheboygan and doing very well with King Salmon in 70 to 110 feet of water.  The surface temperature was at 68 degrees.  Going down to 48 feet of water the temperature went down to  44 degrees and that was where you wanted to be.  Magnum spoons  were doing well in Salmon Candy, Yuk Spoons and Pro Kings also doing well.  Flasher flies on wire divers and down riggers.  5 and 7 color lead core on the planer boards.  Trolling speeds were 2.2 to 2.4 miles per hour.   For additional info check out  the face book page.  www.dumperdan.com or their facebook page for pictures.    

8/7/2026

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Water Front Store were fishing straight out and north of Sheboygan. Fishing has been excellent with a calm lake.   Surface water temperature was 60 degrees.  Half way down the water column the temperature went down to 50 to 52 degrees.  There were fishing in between 70 to 90 feet of water catching some good numbers of salmon.  Good trolling speeds were in between 2.2 and 2.4 miles per hour.  Best baits magnum spoons mainly in glow in the dark.  Mainly on down riggers or copper board set ups.   J plugs and silver hordes also started to do well in green white glow.  Rotating flashers in green also did the trick.  Check out their web site for more information. www.dumperdan.com  or the face book page for a lot of good pictures.   

Keith of Willie Be Charters were out in the early mornings getting some good catches of both rainbows and king salmon.  Water temperatures were just about perfect between 66 to 69 degrees.   Glow spoons were doing well on down riggers and dipsy divers.  The best depths were between 60 to 65 feet of water.   Good baits were spoons in bloody  nose and wonder bread.   Orange spoons on high lines worked out well with Kings and rainbows.  They also got their first brown trout the past week.  Brown trout will be heading in to the area in the coming days.   Check out their website for more information.  www.williebeecharters.com or their face book page for more pictures.  

Charlie of Average Guy Adventures was out early morning fishing out of Manitowoc and south to silver creek park.   They were fishing in 50 to 90 feet of water.  They had some good bites in the top 45 feet of water on spoons in brighter colors such as orange and chartreuse.  Water temperatures were pretty good and were in the high 60’s on the surface and down to 45 to 52 degrees in between 50 to 60 feet of water.   Check out their web site.   www.adverageguyadventures.com  or their facebook page for more pictures.  

7/23/2026

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of Sheboygan.  Fishing was very good for Kings, Rainbows and Coho’s.  Down deep was were the Lake Trout were at.  Surface temperature was around 70 degrees on the surface and 64 degrees down 80 feet.  Spoons are still working out the best.  White glow in the dark,  Salmon Candy. Pro Kings.  Yuk Spoons also doing well.  Bloody Nose, White red,  White green, Silver back with white glow.  All on lead core  on sly divers and down riggers. Flasher flies were also working well with 8 inch flashers with green fly or aqua blue green fly on copper board set ups.  Trolling speeds were between 23.2 to 2.4 miles per hour trolling north and south.  Check out their web site for more details.  www.dumperdan.com  or the face book page for more pictures.  

On the Ahnapee River many of the anglers were fishing for  smallmouth bass and northern pike. Some were even catching freshwater drum, The preferred bait was worms and soft plastics  Many of the boaters on Lake Michigan were out fishing for both trout and salmon. Many were catching  manly  Kings and rainbow trout with some coho salmon being caught but not as many Lakers were being caught down deeper around 75 to 85 feet   Some of the other boaters were fishing in 80 to 120 feet and reported most fish were biting between 35 to 50 feet down. Some glow in the dark spoons did good as well as flasher fly combinations. Surface temperatures ranged from 65 to 70 degrees.

Kewaunee: Along the pier, anglers committed their time fishing for trout and salmon and had success catching rainbow trout. In town, shore anglers were able to catch common carp and bullheads. Groups fishing on Lake Michigan were targeting trout and salmon. Anglers had the most success catching good numbers of Chinook salmon but also caught coho salmon, rainbow trout and lake trout. Anglers reported that most bites came from 30 to 50 feet down, while fishing between 80 to 110 feet of water. Green colored spoons and flasher flies were commonly used. Surface temperatures ranged from 62 to 71 degrees Fahrenheit with the temps rising as the week progressed. 

7/16/2026

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and water front store were fishing shallow in 50 to 80 feet of water early mornings before sunrise and just after sunrise and again in the evenings before and after sunset.  They were getting a lot of good catches.  Kings were being caught on magnum spoons.  Anything glow in the dark white, green white, orange white or red on copper and lead core on planer set ups and down riggers.  The water surface temperature was 64 degrees.  Down 20 to40 feet down it dropped down to 48 degrees.    Over to 100 to 180 feet of water.  Lakers were being caught near the bottom.  Coho’s and Rainbow’s suspended.  Small spoons  and dodger fly combinations worked out very well.  Trolling speeds depending on what you were after were 1.7 to 2.4 miles per hour.  Check out their web space for more information.  www.dumperdan.com or their face book page for more pictures.  

Manitowoc County-

Many of the local boaters have had some great luck catching kings and rainbow trout with a some Coho and brown trout mixed in. Many of the catches were 25-110 feet. A few others were able to get some success in 80-100 feet.  A few others had  catches in 40-60 feet of water.  Spoons and flasher flies. Black and green along with glow colors were working well.  Some of the best times reported were just around sunrise or before sunrise.  The surface temperatures ranged between 58 to 63 degrees on the surface to around  45-degrees 30 feet-down. Trolling speeds  trolling speeds ranged from 2.1 to 2.5 miles per hour depending on what you were after A few who were fishing off the north  piers reported a few kings being caught along with a few rainbow trout caught.  Small spoons in blue and green seemed to be doing the job 

Brown County-

Fox River: Most of the interviews this week were from pleasure boaters that were not fishing. Most of the anglers that were interviewed were having success catching catfish using bottom rigs and live bait both from shore and on boats. A few anglers also reported catching smallmouth bass using swimbaits. Freshwater drum were also being caught using live bait on a variety of rigs.

Suamico River: Most boaters using this launch were recreational boaters that weren’t fishing, but some anglers ventured out targeting walleyes, yellow perch and largemouth bass. Yellow perch were being caught on night crawlers at the mouth of the river as well as from shore along the river itself. Anglers targeting walleye seemed to have more success the further north they fished. Trolling crank baits in 10 to 15 feet of water seemed to be working best for walleye. Bass anglers reported limited success. By the end of the week the surface water temperature had warmed to around 76 degrees Fahrenheit.

7/8/2026

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing strait out of the port of Sheboygan in 60 to 120 feet of water.  Kings are more shallow with Cohos and Rainbows down a  bit deeper.  The surface water temperature was at 64 degrees but cools off fast as you get deeper.  Good Trolling  Speeds were 2.2 to 2.4 miles per hour.  Rainbows and Coho’s were being caught on spoons.  Yuk spoons were doing the best. Orange/Silver also doing well.  Lead core in 1, 3,  5 and 7 color did worked out on planer boards.  40 to 70 feet down.  Kings were being caught on 8 inch flashers in green, green chrome and green flies.  Check out their web site for more information.  www.dumerdan.com or the facebook page for pictures. 

Charlie of Average Guy Adventures was fishing outside of Manitowoc.  Rainbows and Kings were in more shallow water.  They were being caught in 50 to 85 feet of water.   Spoons were working very well, but fishing on Lake Michigan will be going into a summer pattern soon so flasher fly combinations will be working better for kings.  The kings will also be heading a bit deeper into the cooler waters.   Rainbows were doing well on bright colored spoons such as orange, chartreus and blue colors.  Check out their web site for more details www.averageguyadventure.com  or their face book page for additional pictures.  

Pier fishing seems to be doing fairly well.   Mainly on the north pier.  With cooler waters near the shore. It has brought in Kings close by the shores.  A few of the pier anglers I have had the chance to talk to have been using flashes in various colors.  Blues, aqua, green and some combinations of Green and chrome, chartreus and chrome and a few others using bloody nose salmon candy and moonshine.  Patients is also a big part of the catches as there are not as many catches this week as over the past few weeks.   Early morning or later evenings  were also doing better then those fishing through out the day.  Mainly staying out of the heat and sun.  

Fishing Report as of 7/2/26

Fox River: There were a  days with strong north winds making it very difficult to access Green Bay from the Fox River. A few walleye anglers tried to catch fish in the lower bay with little or no luck. Boat anglers fishing on the Fox River itself reported some good  catches of channel catfish ranging in size up to 7 pounds, many freshwater drum and a few largemouth bass. Most of these anglers were fishing bottom rigs with live bait. Many of the shore anglers reported that the run for white is pretty much over. Some small white bass and a few white perch were caught by shore anglers along with a mix of channel catfish and freshwater rum using Shinners and jerk baits. 

Algoma: There were a lot of folks fishing off the south pier were fishing for trout and salmon. In town, Ahnapee River anglers were mainly going after northern pike. Lake Michigan boaters  were trolling for trout and salmon. Both rainbow trout and king salmon were being caught .  Catches varied widely from 15 to 80 feet down with an average range of around 50 to 60 feet in between 130 to 160 feet. Darker colored spoons and flasher flies were most preferred. Surface temperatures ranged from 46 to 53 degrees depending on where you were. 

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fighting out of the port of Sheboygan and up to whistling straits.  The fish were closer to the shore thanks to a southerly wind cooling off the water.  Kings were being caught in 40 to 60 feet of water.  Spoons worked out very well in various colors including salmon candy, silver and chartreus, silver green, bloody nose, red or green glow and silver orange.   Yuk spoons and stinger spoons.  Sly, dipsy divers with 3,5 and 7color led core.  Trolling speeds were 2.2  to 2.4 miles per hour.  Check their web site for information www.dumperdan.com  or for more pictures check out their face book page

Fishing Report as of 6/18/26

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of Sheboygan in 180 feet of water. Good numbers of Kings, coho, rainbow as well as lakers were being caught. Lakers were caught about 20 feet from the bottom. Coho were being caught higher up with the go-to red dodgers and green flies. Small orange or gold spoons were working for the rainbows that were also being caught up high. 1,2,5 and 7 color lead core were used. Kings were being with 8 inch flashers on wire divers 50 to 70 feet down. Trolling speeds were 2.2 miles per hour. Water temperature was almost perfect between 55 and 57 degrees. Check out their website for more information at www.dumperdan.com or the Facebook page for more pictures.

Around Manitowoc, the boaters and pier fisherman were able to get some great catches of Kings, Rainbows and some good coho salmon. Many of the boaters were in 150 to 170 feet of water. The kings and coho were caught up high in around 20 to 40 feet down. Coho’s were caught using flasher fly combinations of red or orange dodgers with green flies and a few with small spoons with various lighter colors. The kings were caught using spoons in orange, gold and some various green colors. On the piers some rainbows were being caught using spoons in orange, chartreuse or a combination of lighter colors.

While in Kewaunee, anglers fishing on the pier were going after both trout and salmon. Boaters were also targeting both trout and salmon with rainbow trout and coho salmon caught. Depth of bites averaged between 15 to 35 feet down, and the average depth of water was around 110 to 160 feet. Surface temperatures ranged from 44 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit with an average of about 48 degrees.

Fishing Report as of 6/10/26

Up in Green Bay, Smallmouth bass were the primary target species for those out fishing. Catch were pretty much regulated to the water temperature. Anglers were getting better success in warmer water, while cooler areas produced fewer fish. Some of the better fishing was reported out of Sister Bay, Egg Harbor and Ephraim. Those out at the Sister Bay Ramp reported finding fewer fish in 48 degrees water but significantly more fish in areas at 57 degrees. There was Similar continued throughout the week, with productive fishing primarily occurring in water temperatures above 50 degrees  

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were fishing straight out of the port of Sheboygan were getting some excellent numbers of Coho catches.  Red Dodger with green flies were working the best.  Small spoons in orange, red, gold and silver with I, 2, 3 and 5 color lead core were used with Sly and Dipsy and Sly divers were used.   The catches were made in 80 to 120 feet of water.  They also caught the largest King Salmon to date this season.  It was 25 poundes and 38 inches in length.  Trolling speeds were 2.2 miles per hour. Check out their face book page for pictures or the website for additional information. WWW.Dumperdan.com. 

Kieth of Willie Bee Charters were fishing out between Two Rivers and Manitowoc in 120 to 130 feet of water.  Rainbows were being caught with Orange near the surface.    Coho rigs were also used with green flies.  Some cohos and Rainbows were biting on them as well.  There are still not a lot of cohos out there as there is rainbows.  Kings were a bit spotty.  Green flasher flies were used towards the bottom, but not a lot of catches were made there.  The water surface temperature was 56 degrees down 30 feet the water temperature dropped to 35 degrees.  You can find pictures on their face book page and for more information..  Check out the website.  www.williebeecharters.com.   

Fishing Report as of 5/22/26

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store had some good Brown Trout fishing in Sheboygan all the way to Whistling Straits.  The fish were being caught in 10 to 20 feet of water.   5 pound all the way up to 16 pounds were being reeled in.  They were being caught on spoons mainly stinger and salmon candy trolling on planer boards, down riggers and sly divers, with 1 or 2 color lead core.  Trolling speads were 2.1 mph. check out their website for more info www.dumperdan.com  or the face book page for more pictures.  

Dumper Dan Fishing Lodging and Waterfront Store were reporting Coho Salmon south of Sheboygan all the way down to Port Washington.  There were found in 30 to 60 feet of water.   Dodger Fly combinations were working very well.  Red Dodgers with small green flies did the trick on Sly divers with one or two color lead core.  Water temperatures were 45 degrees on the surface.   Check out the web site for more information. www.dumperdan.com or their face book page for pictures.

Up in Sturgeon Bay many shoreline and boat anglers were going after and catching their share of Small mouth Bass.  A good mix of Soft and hard plastics lures were being used with some good results.   Many of the boaters were fishing in 6 to 12 feet of water.  The surface water temperature was rather cool yet at between 45 to 55 degrees depending on the location.  There were also a number of boaters going after Norther Pike in 15 to 25 feet of water.  Plastic lures were also doing well with catching the pike.  

Little Sturgeon Bay: Anglers targeting smallmouth bass had the best success fishing rock points, reefs and humps in water depths between 5 and 15 feet using tube rigs. Some anglers stated the water temperature was still too cold for smallmouth bass. Anglers targeting walleye mostly had limited success, although a few anglers had some success catching walleye using hair jigs in depths under 17 feet. The water temperature over the weekend was 48-50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sawyer Harbor: Moderate fishing activity was observed this week. Walleye anglers had the best success fishing with hair jigs in depths under 18 feet of water. Anglers targeting smallmouth bass had limited success. Some shore anglers fishing in Potawatomi State Park observed smallmouth bass cruising near the shore in the shallows but were unable to catch any.