Linssen Wins K/D

Walker Linssen of Green Bay is the winner of the Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament. He weighed in a 41-inch, 32.76 pound chinook caught near Kewaunee on Saturday for the top prize of $15,000 dollars. Josh Johnson of Tomahawk wins $8,000 for second place with a 32.58 pound fish while Walter Zdaniewicz of Illinois takes third place with a 32.02 pound salmon for $5,000. The K/D … Continue reading

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Fish Tales Week 2

The Fish Tales lecture series continues tonight with Dr. Dan Isermann from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point speaking on the topic of Where Fish Wander in Green Bay. The presentation will discuss the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System as Mark Holey explains… Holey adds that Dr. Isermann will discuss the reports of his research on the movement of walleye and whitefish throughout Green Bay…. … Continue reading

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SBOBT Results

The team of Gary Adkins (Green Bay) and Carl Scharenbroch (Saukville) won the NABC Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament. Their two day total of 42 pounds 12 ounces earned them a total prize package of $44,995. The second place team of Adam Rasmussen (Sturgeon Bay) and Sam McSharry (Fall Creek) weighed 36-12 pounds for $6,000. Finishing in third place was Mitchell Huenik and Mark Capelle … Continue reading

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FLW Championship Starts Monday

Four weeks after Major League Fishing Pros caught thousands of pounds of bass, the FLW Tackle Warehouse Title is coming to Sturgeon Bay. While the competition starts on Monday, you will likely see the fishermen around Door County this weekend as Tournamnt Director Daniel Fennel explains…. The organization has brought the top 50 fisherman from the 2020 FLW Pro Circuit to Sturgeon Bay, and while … Continue reading

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New Leader in K/D Tourney

Angelo Bortolini and Harold Shaw weighed in a 32.78 pounder in Kewaunee and currently lead the 38th annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament. The top five in the tournament has seen a lot of changes in the last 24 hours….. Angelo Bortolini 32.78 Jesse Picard 31.35 Keith “Buck” Felhofer 31.23 Shawn Krause 30.99 Devin Buhr 30.49 *Courtesy of K/D facebook page

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30 Pounder Tops K/D

Devin Buhr of Brussels is the current leader of the 38th annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament. His 30.49 chinook that was caught on opening day and weighed in Algoma is the leader as of Monday morning. Gary Welch of Sturgeon Bay is currently in second place. Tickets are still available at all ticket outlets and the tourney continues through Saturday, July 25. Devin Buhr 30.49 … Continue reading

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Lucas Wins MLF Championship in Sturgeon Bay

Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama won the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour Championship event is Sturgeon Bay with a record 110 pounds, five ounces on 38 fish. For Lucas, it was his first win in four years…. Tournament officials allowed fishermen to trailer to where they were fishing, but Lucas made the decision to stay close to Sturgeon Bay…. He said that he caught … Continue reading

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Major League Fishing Coming to Door County

The Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event is scheduled for July 10-15th in Sturgeon Bay. Michael Mulone, senior director of events and partnerships with MLF says that while there will not be any fan events this time, he didn’t rule out the possibility for something bigger and better in the future…. The tournament has a catch, weigh, and immediately release format and goes on … Continue reading

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Free Fishing Weekend

Free Fun Weekend 2020 is this Saturday and Sunday. Wisconsin DNR Conservation Warden Chris Kratcha says it’s your chance to fish for free…. You will also be allowed free entry to Wisconsin State Parks and access to trails this weekend as Kratcha explains…. Wisconsin state parks are now operating from 6am-11pm seven days per week, however, Rock Island Sate Park remains closed through June 30th.

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Let’s Go Fishing

Good news for charter fisherman. Gary Nault, president of the Sturgeon Bay Sport Fishing Association, says that area guides and captains are now back in business…. While fisherman were always allowed to fish during the COVID-19 pandemic, the official word had been no guided trips. And just because things are opening up now, it doesn’t mean that it’s back to normal as Nault explains…. In … Continue reading

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