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Sheboygan River

WI · Sheboygan

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The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Sheboygan County
Last stocked
2025
Species
Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brown Trout130926.222025
Chinook Salmon1532853.472025
Coho Salmon651946.59, 6.482025
Rainbow Trout307306.7, 6.62025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

Full Brown Trout gear guide

Chinook Salmon

Rod: Trolling: 8.5 to 10.5 foot medium to medium-heavy downrigger rods. Rivers: 8.5 to 9 foot drift rods rated 15 to 30 lb.

Line: 15 lb mono for big-lake trolling; 20 to 25 lb for drift fishing for river Chinook.

Baits: salmon roe or spawn bags, cut bait, sand shrimp

Lures: spoons, flasher or dodger with a fly or cut bait, plugs

Full Chinook Salmon gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Muskellunge, Ninespine Stickleback, Popeye Shiner, Silver Lamprey

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.