July 2006 Trip to Lake Michigan at Sheboygan, WI

Mel Anderson, Tom Tidemann, and I traveled to Sheboygan, WI and fished for King Salmon. We also caught a couple of really nice Rainbow Trout that went about 10+ pounds or so. Our hosts were Herb and Jane Tyler (Mel's brother-in-law). Herb has many years experience on Lake Michigan and was nice enough to share his boat and his expertise with us. We caught fish in 40 to 120 feet of water and were anywhere from 1 miles to 6 miles out. We arrived on Sunday and fished Monday and Tuesday morning, then drove to Sioux Falls Tuesday after we got off the water and our stuff packed up. The schedule is like this: get up at 2:50 am, drive out the edge of town where he stores his boat, hook up the boat,drive to the lake, on the water by 3:30, set up the down riggers, and sit back and wait for the action to start. Off the water by around 10 am, prep the days catch, eat breakfast, take a nap, eat dinner, go to bed and do it again the next day. Monday afternoon after our naps we went to Herb's Sportsman's Club and he gave us some pointers on shooting (which we all needed). Then we moved to the rifle range where Mel sighted in a rifle with Herb's help. Mel is preparing himself for his first deer hunt this fall in Gregory county, SD. (that outing I am sure will be reported here at a later date)