The Washington Island area continued to produce big fish Monday, Day 3 of the 9-day K/D Salmon Tournament. Two of the chinooks were larger than 21 pounds, giving the Island area five of the top 10 fish early on.
Sam Siemenski said his 21.29-pounder grabbed a Moonshine spoon about 60 feet down in 120 feet of water off Gills Rock around mid-morning Monday, while Timothy Geyen said his 21.15-pounder smacked a green flasher and fly combination set 70 feet down over 80 feet of water near Rock Island about 7:30 a.m.
If tournament anglers continue to register larger chinooks at the current rate, it’ll likely take a fish of 17 pounds or more to get in on the final payout of prize money.
The lucky fisherman who lands the heaviest “king” will win $10,000 cash, a free mount of the fish and a custom sterling silver chinook salmon ring with a diamond eye by Paul Spanbauer of wisconsincharm.com. John Peters of New London is the current leader with a 26.20-pounder hooked off Kewaunee midday Sunday.
Daily ($13) and full tournament ($25) tickets are still available at Lakeshore Lighthouse and the Kewaunee Marina in Kewaunee; Algoma BP; Howie’s Tackle, Hol-N-One Mobil and the GreyStone Castle in Sturgeon Bay; 57 Depot in Baileys Harbor; and Kap’s Marina on Washington Island.
K/D Top 50 as of 7/23/12
1. John Peters, 26.20 @ Kewaunee
2. Aaron Bresnahan, 22.00 @ Washington Island
3. Jeremy Jackson, 21.35 @ K
4. Sam Sieminski, 21.29 @ WI
5. Timothy Geyen, 21.15 @ WI
6. Brian Kalberg, 21.02 @ Baileys Harbor
7. Heath Peters, 20.30 @ WI
8. Mike Holter, 19.82 @ WI
9. Welcome Kubisidh, 19.80 @ BH
10. Kyle Sever, 19.77 @ BH
11. Andrew Wegner, 19.60 @ WI
12. Mike Cefalu, 19.37 @ Sturgeon Bay
13. John Berken, 19.18 @ BH
14. Jeff Bentz, 19.14 @ BH
15. Greg Kuhn, 18.92 @ K
16. Al Fremstad, 18.88 @ SB
17. Joe Vober, 18.65 @ WI
18. Ellen Knight, 18.63 @ WI
19. Keith Kuchta, 18.57 @ BH
20. Dan Gregoire, 18.55 @ K
21. Terry Bosman, 18.49 @ SB
22. Wayne Lane, 18.40 @ WI
23. Brad Lindenberg, 18.40 @ BH
24. Steve Ravet, 18.38 @ WI
25. Robert Carlson, 18.30 @ K
26. Mark Wachal, 18.26 @ Algoma
27. Jim VanRamshor, 18.12 @ WI
28. Rob Christensen, 17.97 @ WI
29. Stefanny Thorn, 17.97 @ BH
30. Erich Stoffel, 17.97 @ BH
31. Jeff Gunnlaugson, 17.96 @ WI
32. Randy Vandehei, 17.86 @ WI
33. Josh Berken, 17.85 @ BH
34. Larry Strewlow, 17.85 @ BH
35. Al Smisek, 17.82 @ A
36. Mark Baumann, 17.77 @ K
37. Kirk Young, 17.75 @ WI
38. Aaron Luedtke, 17.70 @ SB
39. Jesse Madoche, 17.62 @ SB
40. Andrew Berken, 17.59 @ BH
41. Thomas Tasker, 17.54 @ BH
42. James Humpurey, 17.51 @ K
43. John Reinke, 17.51 @ BH
44. Roger Stein, 17.47 @ WI
45. Steph Mellesmoen, 17.42 @ BH
46. Steve Ravet, 17.37 @ WI
47. Bill Dodge, 17.35 @ A
48. Elgin Hunter, 17.32 @ A
49. Douglas Petersilka, 17.32 @ WI
50. Dan Collin, 17.31 @ K
