Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Baylake Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas L. Herlache, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Thomas L. Herlache

Thomas L. Herlache

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

March 14, 2007

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Baylake Corp. and will be retained by Baylake Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.