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 northern Door/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 by Scott Mansur’s Northland Taxidermy of Algoma 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. Second place is $2,000 cash and a pair of Cannon electric downriggers, and third place is $1,000 cash and a pair of copper wire setups from Howie’s Tackle.
Other major sponsors of the 30th annual K/D Salmon Tournament include Bay Lake Bank, Big Lake Lures, Big Lake Tackle (makers of Dragon Fly) Big Weenie Trolling Flies, Brad’s Cut Plugs, Costa Sunglasses, Flanigan Distributing, Luhr Jensen, Moonshine Lures, Plano Tackle and P-Line.
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. Limited 30th anniversary clothing is also available.
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
