Sheboygan’s fish shanties, today home to businesses, reflect bravery of early fishermen: Throwback

Lake Michigan’s bounty of fish developed a thriving commercial fishing industry that continues to this day, but on a smaller scale. In the early days, fishing the waters on the lake was noted as early as 1836 by explorers who witnessed local Indigenous people spearing fish. By 1845, four extensive fisheries cemented the industry in Sheboygan, WI. Read the full story by the Sheboygan Press.