THE 2025 K/D SALMON TOURNAMENT IS WELL ON IT’S WAY AS THE FIRST WEEKEND HAS COME AND GONE AND WHAT AN OPENING WEEKEND IT WAS. LOTS AND LOTS OF FISH WERE CAUGHT AND BROUGHT TO THE SCALES WITH ONE SUPER MAGNUM THAT IS SITTING AT THE TOP AS OF RIGHT NOW. A 33.60 POUND KING CAUGHT ON WASHINGTON ISLAND BY STEVE RAVET WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS FISHING TEAM AND GOOD BUDDIES, MIKE AND DALE PETERSILKA. WHAT A GREAT FISH! FOR UP-TO- DATE INFORMATION ON THE TOURNAMENT GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AT KD SALMON TOURNAMENT. HERE IS WHAT WE’VE GOT FOR YOU.
KINGS/RAINBOWS/COHOS - THE FISHING OUT ON THE BIG LAKE IS STILL VERY, VERY GOOD ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN STAY AWAY FROM THOSE EXTREMELY HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, WHICH CAN BE A BIT HARD TO DO AT TIMES WITH THE TOURNAMENT GOING ON. 90 TO 160 FEET OF WATER HAS BEEN A GOOD DEPTH AND FISHERMEN HAVE BEEN SCATTERING THEIR BAITS THROUGHOUT THE TOP 110 FEET OF THE WATER COLUMN AS THE TEMPS HAVE BEEN FLUCTUATING WITH THE WIND DIRECTIONS. THE FLY BITE IS EXCELLENT RIGHT NOW ALONG WITH A VERY GOOD MEAT RIG BITE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE BIGGER FISH. PLUGS AND SPOONS ARE ALSO TAKING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF FISH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE FLIES AND THE MEAT RIGS HAVE BEEN TAKING MORE OF THE QUALITY FISH AS OF LATE.
PERCH - THE PERCH FISHING REPORTS HAVE BEEN GOOD OVERALL THROUGHOUT OUR AREA. THE FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING THE BEST ACTION ARE THE THE ONES THAT ARE STAYING MOBILE AND FINDING THOSE ACTIVE SCHOOLS OF FISH. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF AREAS TO TRY, BUT A FEW OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS INCLUDE SAWYER HARBOR, LITTLE STURGEON, RILEY’S BAY, THE STURGEON BAY FLATS, AS WELL AS AREAS IN AND ALONG THE STURGEON BAY SHIPPING CANAL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME VERY NICE PERCH CAUGHT DOWN AROUND CHAUDOIR'S DOCK WHEN THE WINDS ALLOW YOU TO GET OUT THERE. FATHEADS, CRAWLERS, LEAF WORMS AND OF COURSE HELLGRAMITES, WHEN AVAILABLE, HAVE BEEN THE BEST LIVE BAITS UP TO THIS POINT. YOU CAN ALSO CAST WITH SMALL PLASTICS WHICH IS QUITE EFFECTIVE AT TIMES.
BASS - THE BASS FISHING REPORTS HAVE BEEN OK. WE WOULD SAY IT’S NORMAL BASS FISHING FOR JULY. LIKE WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST, THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU REALLY NEED TO FISH ALL DEPTHS. SOME FISH WILL STAY SHALLOW, SOME WILL BE CRUISING THOSE MID-DEPTHS, AND SOME WILL BE STARTING TO SET UP ON SOME DEEPER STRUCTURE LIKE OUT ON THOSE OFFSHORE REEFS, SHOALS, ROCK PILES, AND RANDOM BOULDERS. SO YOU WILL NEED TO DO A LITTLE SEARCHING SOME DAYS. SPY BAITS, SHORTY TUBES, NED RIGS, PADDLE TAILS, HAIR AND MARABOU JIGS, DARK SLEEPER STYLE BAITS, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF DROP SHOT PLASTICS ARE MUST-HAVES. ON THOSE WINDIER DAYS, SPINNER BAITS, CHATTER BAITS, AND JERK BAITS LIKE MEGABASS WORK EXTREMELY WELL.
WALLEYE - WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE WALLEYE BITE TO START BACK UP AS IT USUALLY DOES AROUND THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF JULY ONCE THE ALEWIVES START TO FADE AWAY. WE WILL DEFINATLEY KEEP YOU ALL POSTED WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF FISH PLUCKED OFF IN RECENT DAYS, JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GET EVERYONE EXCITED. GENERALLY, WHEN IT STARTS BACK UP THE FISHERMEN THAT LIKE TO TROLL WILL GET THEM ON A MIX OF CRAWLER HARNESSES AND FLICKER MINNOW STYLE BAITS AND THE FOLKS THAT PREFER TO CAST WILL CATCH THEM ON MOONSHINE SHIVER MINNOWS, SHIVER SPOONS, BINK SPOONS, SOME HAIR JIGS AND DEATH JIGS.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE LOCAL GUIDES, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL AND VISITING FISHERMEN WHO SHARE INFORMATION WITH US SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE AND INFORMATIVE REPORT POSSIBLE. AND THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE FISHERMEN THAT PATRONIZE OUR STORE. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
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