Waters · United States
Sheboygan River fishing report
Updated Thursday, 15 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
A Lake Michigan harbour river with kings and coho staging off the mouth in late summer and running the lower river in autumn. Like most Wisconsin tributaries it needs rain to pull the fish in.
Today's report: excellent (83/100)
Chinook salmon is the most promising species on Sheboygan River today. Water temperature is around 11.2°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN, WI shows the water level falling (1 cm/24h).
Sheboygan River water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 5.1 m³/s (180 cfs) — down 8% over 24 hours
- Level trend: falling (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN, WI · reading 30 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Sheboygan River live cam
Cameras are run by their owners, not by Cast & Scan — a frame can be stale or a stream offline. Use the picture to judge colour and height, and the gauge numbers above for the trend.
Best time to fish today
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 84/100
- 17:00–19:00 local time — score 84/100
- 05:00–07:00 local time — score 83/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 15 Oct | Friday 16 Oct | Saturday 17 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook salmon | 83 — excellent | 81 — excellent | 70 — good |
| Coho salmon | 83 — excellent | 85 — excellent | 66 — good |
| Steelhead | 71 — good | 73 — good | 69 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Sheboygan River rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.95)
- wind: helping (+0.9)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
Forecast computed Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:29:38 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN, WI · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- Trout stream tactics, read through the forecast
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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- Pere Marquette River (Scottville) — Michigan, USA (120 km away)
- White River (Whitehall) — Michigan, USA (126 km away)