Your Captain:
Robert Jenkins
U.S.C.G. Licensed
contact me at:
888-4CPTBOB

on the boat at:
888 427 8262
or email me!

Please note during fishing season, we do not have the opportunity to check our email as often as we like. Please call our toll-free number to book a trip immediately.
888 427 8262

Challenger Charters
43440 N. Lynn Dale
Zion, IL 60099

From Chicago downtown - Take I-94 north towards Wisconsin. Exit Rt. 132 East (Grand Ave.) (Six Flags Great America Exit). Go about seven miles, Grand Ave. will dead end at Pershing rd. Make a right turn ....going to the bottom of the ramp..... to first stop sign. This will be Clayton street. (There should be a restaurant called Mathons on your left hand side on the corner.) Make a left turn on Clayton and go about 100 yards and the lake is right in front of you. The Challenger II will tied up along the wall right in front of the Waukegan yacht club, which is the building with the brown roof on your right side.

From Elgin area - Take Rt. 31 north to Rt. 173. At Rt. 173 make a right turn going east. Route 173 will take you to Sheridan road in the town of Zion. At Sheridan road, which is Rt. 137, make a right turn going south. Follow Sheridan road 7 miles to Grand Ave. (there is a Wendys and a Mcdonalds restaurant on this corner) At Grand Ave. make a left turn, go about 50 yards and Grand Ave. will dead end at Pershing rd. Make a right turn ....going to the bottom of the ramp..... to first stop sign. This will be Clayton street. (There should be a restaurant called Mathons on your left hand side on the corner.) Make a left turn on Clayton and go about 100 yards and the lake is right in front of you. The Challenger II will tied up along the wall right in front of the Waukegan yacht club, which is the building with the brown roof on your right side.

From Rockford area - Take Rt. 173 east all the way to Sheridan road into the town of Zion. At Sheridan road, which is Rt. 137, make a right turn going south. Follow Sheridan road 7 miles to Grand Ave. (there is a Wendys and a Mcdonalds restaurant on this corner) At Grand Ave. make a left turn, go about 50 yards and Grand Ave. will dead end at Pershing rd. Make a right turn ....going to the bottom of the ramp..... to first stop sign. This will be Clayton street. (There should be a restaurant called Mathons on your left hand side on the corner.) Make a left turn on Clayton and go about 100 yards and the lake is right in front of you. The Challenger II will tied up along the wall right in front of the Waukegan yacht club, which is the building with the brown roof on your right side.

From Milwaukee, Wis. area - Take 194/Rt.41 south to the Illinois state line. After state line take Rt.41 south to Rt. 132 which is Grand Ave. Make a left turn going East. Follow Rt. 132 for about six miles. Grand Ave. will dead end at Pershing rd. Make a right turn ....going to the bottom of the ramp..... to first stop sign. This will be Clayton street. (There should be a restaurant called Mathons on your left hand side on the corner.) Make a left turn on Clayton and go about 100 yards and the lake is right in front of you. The Challenger II will tied up along the wall right in front of the Waukegan yacht club, which is the building with the brown roof on your right side.