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Renegade Fishing Charters

Renegade Fishing Charters

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Renegade Fishing Charters is a fishing charter and guide service based in Winthrop Harbor, IL. They offer salmon and trout fishing charters on Lake Michigan. The business is owned and operated by a father and son team, both of whom are U.S. Coast Guard licensed captains.

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Fishing Types
Salmon & Steelhead, Trout Fishing
Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

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Typical flow by month

1967 to 2026

The water at Renegade Fishing Charters typically runs highest in April, at a median 160 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,260 cfs, in 2004.

Typical flow by month at Des Plaines River at Russell, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January3013 to 78
February4213 to 139
March15573 to 292
April16074 to 317
May7835 to 190
June4013 to 130
July135.3 to 70
August6.22.1 to 23
September5.21.4 to 34
October103.0 to 34
November2611 to 77
December4113 to 108

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Des Plaines River at Russell, IL (site 05527800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

82Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (96)

Waves

0.5 ft @ 3s

Wind

4 kt

Gusts 21 kt

Air

64°F

Rain chance

10%

Forecast outlook

Thu0.8ft87°F
Fri2.0ft81°F
Sat4.1ft71°F
Sun3.7ft71°F
Mon3.1ft75°F
Tue1.0ft78°F

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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