Most Lake Superior fishermen--at least those who do it for fun--stick close to shore, or even to the many streams and rivers that feed into the Great Lake. But one fisherman who’s a frequent visitor to the lake took it up a notch, heading out to Stannard Rock, a tricky thing to attempt.
Excerpt: Everyone has a dream, and Mike Schoonveld's has been fishing for lake trout at Stannard Rock in Lake Superior, one of the most remote --and possibly treacherous -- fishing locations in the nation.
Schoonveld, a freelance outdoors writer and southern Lake Michigan charter boat captain, has fished for salmon and trout using downriggers or lead core line for more than 40 years on Lake Michigan's south end.
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Source: The Chicago Tribune
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