Captain
Darren Meier

Member since July 2021 Sheboygan, United States
Background
The captain started guiding at a young age when he realized he was born to fish! He loves being on the water as much as possible and he also found that he enjoys teaching and watching someone else catch fish just as much as he does. The captain is passionate about fishing and has a tremendous amount of respect for the outdoors. He wants to see the fishery only get better and follow the rules and regulations in place for protecting the great outdoors. He fishes for many types of Wisconsin fish, his favorites are fishing for Salmon and Trout on Lake Michigan. The captain also loves to fish for Muskie and Northern Pike in Northern Wisconsin.

Hey, I'm Captain Darren Meier

Sheboygan, United States
Background
The captain started guiding at a young age when he realized he was born to fish! He loves being on the water as much as possible and he also found that he enjoys teaching and watching someone else catch fish just as much as he does. The captain is passionate about fishing and has a tremendous amount of respect for the outdoors. He wants to see the fishery only get better and follow the rules and regulations in place for protecting the great outdoors. He fishes for many types of Wisconsin fish, his favorites are fishing for Salmon and Trout on Lake Michigan. The captain also loves to fish for Muskie and Northern Pike in Northern Wisconsin.
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Top Notch Sportfishing Charters

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(159 reviews)
Sheboygan
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Fishing Reports

Coho Salmon Action on Fire!
Coho Salmon Action on Fire!
May 17, 2025 Sheboygan
The action is on fire right now out of the Port of Sheboygan! We are catching mostly coho salmon now and expect to also catch more king salmon as we go along. These are great tasting fish and are a blast to reel in!
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Coho salmon and king salmon!
Coho salmon and king salmon!
May 31, 2024 Sheboygan
Today we fished the mid day and we caught our limit of coho salmon and we lost quite a few others! Them we went out in the even and caught a huge king salmon!
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Coho Salmon On Fire!
Coho Salmon On Fire!
May 10, 2024 Sheboygan
The coho salmon fishing is on fire right now! Great tasing fish and a lot of fun to catch!
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King Salmon on fire!
King Salmon on fire!
Aug 18, 2023 Sheboygan
We have switched from targeting mostly Lake trout over to targeting the king salmon which seem to been very plentiful and cooperative lately. We are seeing great numbers all hours of the day and we are expecting the action to remain good though the end of our season. As always fishing is fishing but we have been having many more good days then bad days. We have many days available in September if you want to get in on the action!
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KING SALMON, COHO SALMON, RAINBOW TROUT!
KING SALMON, COHO SALMON, RAINBOW TROUT!
Jun 3, 2023 Sheboygan
The fishing remains hot out of the Port of Sheboygan. We are fishing typically 5 miles off shore and catching some limits of salmon and trout with some of the kings over 20 pounds. The coho are smaller salmon but are the best tasting fish! We are also catching rainbow trout and many of them are big, 8-14 pounds so far. We have many dates available for the season yet but they are filling fast. The photos are all from the last week of fishing.
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Salmon and trout fishing on fire!
Salmon and trout fishing on fire!
May 29, 2023 Sheboygan
The salmon and rainbow trout fishing has been outstanding this week! We have availability this coming week if anyone wants in on the action!
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Excellent
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Great Coho Trip!
Great crew, and boat
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Another great trip with Top Notch

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip AM on July 26, 2024
We have booked with Darren and crew several times and have never been disappointed.ย  Plenty of room for the six of us and...
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Excellent Fishing Experience

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip AM on July 6, 2024
We had an excellent day of fishing with a crew that worked really hard to make it a good and productive day on the lake. We...
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Paul G.
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A good experience for my first charter

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip Mid Day AM on July 19, 2024
We got on fish and cought plenty of them. The captain and deck hand weโ€™re knowledgeable and on top of things. Would definitely...
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Tyler G.
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We Pounded the Kings!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip PM on June 29, 2024
It was an amazing trip. 21 fish in the cooler. Everyone went home very happy and tired from fighting those fish. I highly recommend...
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Frank G.
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Would highly recommend

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip AM on August 24, 2024
Capt tony and his first mate where excellent putting us on the fish. Will return next year.Thanks for everything.
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