Fishing, at any rate ... About halfway up the sandy and extensive shore of eastern Lake Michigan, charter boats in early August leave slips at Ludington, Michigan, before the sun finds them.

Schmidt is a captain of the "Nicky Boy II," one of the fleet of four boats the Port Washington-based charter fishing company ... on board for $14 that covers Lake Michigan," Schmidt explained.

An angler fishing last Sunday on a charter boat based in Algoma, Wisconsin, reeled in a Lake Michigan rarity — a salmon that eclipsed the 40-pound mark. Brian Sollars of East Bethel ...

An angler fishing last Sunday on a charter boat based in Algoma reeled in a Lake Michigan rarity — a salmon that eclipsed the 40-pound mark. Brian Sollars of East Bethel, Minnesota ...