My best location has been by Colemans Point drifting to Knollwood. Fox Lake Try trolling crankbaits in the main basin of the lake for walleye. data-event-category="Navigation header guest". Lucas Peterson of St. Charles holds a smallmouth bass caught on an guide trip with Mike Norris on Big Green Lake. But a way to realistically get us there faster is to have a plan where everyone is on the same page. A few top water bass can be taken at last light on a pop r. The bluegill action is excellent on money bugs by IJO Plastics. All Summer there has been a lot of aquatic vegetation around the edges. The fall bite is on and will continue to get better. Work senko style baits weedless and baby 1-minus crankbaits along the outside weedlines. Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good Rock/Gravel humps using drop shot rigs for #s of Bass. I havent seen Perch this size in years. Guide Mike Norris texted the photo above and emailed this: Big Green Lake - With surface water temperature dipping into the mid-sixties right now the fall bite for smallmouth bass is kicking into gear. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. The same lures also worked on divers 45 to 80 out and downriggers from 30 to the bottom, but the leadcores were the best rods last week by far for us. All the smallmouths I caught came out of riffles or the seams right next to them. Site is open daily 6 a.m.-sunset. Its important to have a goal. Illinois bullfrog (only) season is June 15 to Oct. 15. The music front is getting going with now two frank zappa tribute shows and a wild hare date pending. Bullfrogs may be taken by hook and line, gig, pitchfork, spear, bow and arrow, hand, or landing net. Daily bag limits eight, possession limit 16. Tim Spike Davis texted the photo above and this from Montrose Harbor: Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted: Salmon still hitting pretty good, kings and cohos. Big Green Lake - Angling pressure is down with the Wisconsin gun deer season in progress but for the few anglers still out fishing the rewards are there. She once called her husbands habit weird, so he tried to repress it, but now wants to raise the subject again. INLAND. Put lines in around 9:30am by 9:45am we had limited out on Cohos for the day. The water was low in the upstream location where I fished, but it looked as if the salmon were beginning to make their way up that far. Coho Salmon are everywhere! Thought we were good till the last boat came in with just over 21 lbs. 10 h ago. Scattered perch reports. NOTE 2: The Stratton Lock and Dam has normal daily operating hours of 8 a.m. to midnight through Sept. 30. 283.8K posts. The Hawks barely avoided being shut out in a 4-1 defeat Tuesday. Tucker Siminak at Triangle Sports and Marine in Antioch said the top bites are bluegill (pulling off the beds) and catfish (cutbait); crappie and walleye are in the main lakes by wood or structure. Illinois fishing reports are displayed with the body of water with the most recent fishing report or content at the top of the report list. Largemouth bass fishing has slowed with the warmer weather. We have been going together the last 10years every season and had some good ones over the years. Please ensure to adhere to the fishing regulations for the state. Meeting of the minds, Jason Special One Le (left) and Tim Spike Davis, while perch fishing at Montrose Harbor last week. Pike were hitting spinner baits and bladed jigs in black and orange. I know how you feel about drum so added that pic. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts from r/AutoNewspaper subscribers . Area lakes- the bass bite has picked up after the weekend rain and cooler nights dropped water temps. Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) . Fishing remains very consistent. April May salmon and trout. The best depth has been 8-15 ft. of water. Chicago fishing can be amazing and Chitown Angler is excited to offer sportsmen daily reports and some of the most engaging fishing and hunting forums in our area. The fish can be readily taken by either drop-shotting with small plastics, green pumpkins and small shiner color are the best or by nightcrawlers drifted with a small split shot. Capt. 3347. Then about 10 minutes later he hooked in to this monster. Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. We are starting our season this year at the end of March early April book your trips today we have both boats available for weekdays and weekends. Warm water shut down the salmon and trout and the pike, bass and drum were more active. If you do not find the body of water you are looking for you can start a new Fishing Report Thread. Johnny Finn 11-30 cal river: 0. . Ken Husker OMalley with a good smallmouth bass from Heidecke Lake. Crappie: Good-Fair Weeds of 10-14 best on lakes, while drowned wood on Flowages. Check daily updates on boating at (815) 640-8099. Here is his fishing report for Feb. 4, 2022. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted: Salmon in all nwi tributaries use skein, spawn saks and spinners. By muskyhunter43 on 10/23/2014 Views (1130) Went down to the fox river at about 5am threw a 1/4 ounce white jig w/a white 3" grub. What is Whacking Fatties? Mimi Boysens grandson with a smile and a bluegill from the Chain OLakes. 15 fish equaled 5lbs of filets. Victor Blackful with a catfish from the Kankakee River. When the perch are around, there have been some outstanding catches of jumbos. Look for the fish just east of Willow Point or just west of the Yacht Club. 23.5K members. 5.2M. Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie. The water clarity continues to improve and the largemouth are hitting a little better on 4 inch senkos in green pumpkin. Vince Oppedisano with a Fox River smallmouth bass. Oct 03, 2014 at 7:44 pm. Fall season - Mid-August to October - offers outstanding fishing opportunities for large Lake Trout on Waukegan's offshore and nearshore reefs as well as possible Brown Trout in shallow water. But fishing line left behind, in . Both Twenty Four VII and Twenty Four VII 2 have both weekends and weekdays available and these spring time fish bite well in the mornings and afternoons. Best baits have been a swim bait or a jig with a twin tail grub. Yellow Perch: Good-Fair Medium fatheads, beavertail, crawlers in 6-10 weeds. Evidently July and August are not the best times for steelhead and coho but we had a great time. As usual, anglers 16 and older need an inland trout stamp and a fishing license. Yes, they do and make the summers more interesting on the lakefront. Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report. Chicago Tribune. Ive been catching a lot of fish throughout the lake, location doesnt seem to matter but the depth is crucial. Some good catches of perch in 20 to 30 ft of water around the dune state park building also. Caught six over the past week 18 inches plus, including this 21 incher that tied my personal best. Dissolved oxygen isnt the only reason for fish to be in riffles: as the water drops, the broken water of the riffles affords some protection against ospreys, herons and kingfishers. By random chance, I had gone with an exact match of the minnows-a small white deer hair streamer-and the smallmouth seemed to like it. Ian Guen-Murray with a Chinook with a story, caught near 31st Street. The fish are concentrating on the pods of small bait fish. Kyle a try at Sliver Beach Fishing. Then there is this from Pete Starshak, part of a longer report about another matter, who sent the photo above and this: Last maybe the smallest smallie ever on a topwater, over the weekend on the DesPlaines. A sample of the big fish being caught at Milwaukee. Spawn sacs, larger minnows and crawlers. Smallmouth are still scattered but that should improve in the next few weeks with fall frenzy. On the music front the conscious rockers ep is available on the music platforms. Bank access is very limited and most anglers fish from a boat. Two gentlemen from Kentucky and their dogs joined our usual group for a turkey hunt. . Tight lines. moon phase Sun times . Jason Special One Le texted the photo below and this: Do sheepshead caught in Chicago harbor counts? Fishing maniac Perch bite [ Go to page: 1, 2, 3] 44. wallin. . Arden Katz said crappie were good on Bluff in 10-12, rip-jigging minnows or Mini-Mites with spikes. Illinois bullfrog (only) season is June 15 to Oct. 15. As a perched lake, boating is closed when winds top or will top 14 mph. Nate Toranzo emailed the photo above and this: Been watching your work since the 1990s.just a quick report on heidecke.very slow today,saw a few boats out,one anchored on a spot catching a few white bass.very little action did I see from bank anglers.but I did manage to get this small muskie on the east end of the bridge rip rap using a 1/4 jig and a 3 inch chartreuse twister tail grub.thanks for your time! Brian Caunter at Henrys Sports and Bait said an angler called and reported a walleye of 13 pounds caught and apparently released from the Cal-Sag. You will catch more fish in the morning. Bluegill: Very Good Lots of action on poppers in the shallows! Hartford Courant. Luckily there was a concert going on and I was forced to seek shoreline elsewhere! Saturday morning October 1, only one fish over several hours but it was a beasta hefty 21 inch smallie (pictured) on a crankbait. Heidecke lake still has some nice white bass roaming around and most are about 10 to 20 yards out from shore. Bluegill: Good-Fair Not a lot of angler attention. I have been catching them in several spots and in several depth ranges. Boat fishing will still be allowed from the Sky Ranch ramp up to the narrows throughout waterfowl season. Lol. Scott Wolfe of School of Fish Charters emailed: The West winds that prevailed last week did their usual magic. Catfishing on the kankakee has been good on cut shad between I 55 and the railroad bridge. 12:30pm - Sep 2,21. fidusfish 8 . Night fishing for Chinook at Montrose Harbor. Slezs Bait will be open all weekend and on 4th of July regular hours 5am to 6pm. Jig and minnow, shallow crankbaits in Perch patterns and 1/8 1/4 oz spinnerbaits working best. January 15, 2023. You can email him at seth.love@illinois.gov. I hit Shabbona before sunset over the weekend again. Illinois is leading the way. Northern Pike: Very Good-Good Action also slowed with warmth, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and Husky Jerks for artificial. 2023 FishingBooker.com. When youre marking them, they are biting.. C) Winnetka Power Plant discharge area. Jumbo perch from Diversey Harbor, caught on Shad Raps. PERCH HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD UP AND DOWN THE LAKEFRONT. Walleye: Good-Fair Better when water cools. Musky: Good-Fair Not as active as we had hoped. Bass fishing is good, with fish heavier than 6 pounds . Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted: Crappie in lake George in Hobart on crappie minnows. Jimmy Fly Mo rigs on the Blue/green, Green/silver and Green/orange were best behind chrome or smoke Luhr-Jensen Dodgers. 40.3K. . Chicago Tribune Connecticut Fishing Report. Drop-shot and wacky worms prevailing! Bank fishing mornings & evenings with small artificials in Kane Countybigger bass were much more active along the shorelines than they had been in several weeks. Small 1/32 oz jigs tipped with worms or beavertails. He continues to be a better natural angler than me . We bring angling enthusiast's a complete range of information to improve their success on the water or just to find another partner. Northern Pike: Very Good-Good These fish seem to care little for Mayflies (though Im sure they wont pass up a chance to eat some!) Click the person above . Daily bag is five trout. . Kayak angler Isaac Biggerstaff messaged the photo above (as well as the one included in the Shoreline Salmon and Trout Report) and this on Instagram, then added: Kurt Justice at Kurts Island Sport Shop in Minocqua emailed: A little taste of things to come earlier in this past week as surface temps on some bodies of water fell as low as 64 degrees. I prefer a leader lench of at least 24 inches. Page . As a perched lake, boating is closed when winds top or will top 14 mph. This cold snap should actually help anglers as Walleye and Musky should react positive to the falling water temps for the weekend. Warm evenings produced nice top-water action on tailbaits and creepers. Boat reports for perch are coming in, 30 to 60 feet of water, a bit south. Enjoy yourself. Navy . He caught tons of panfish while I worked on some carp rigs. Caught a 1/2 dozen smallmouth mostly on hair jigs snapping retrieve back to boat. Still hitting spoons and cranks starting to make the switch over to bait. Bluegill fishing also remains good. DERBY: Friends of Fishings Fall Classic Fishing Derby, Rogers Lakewood Park (Loomis Lake), Valparaiso, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24. Bob Poteshman of Confusion Charters said lake trout are the king right now, with the water so warm top to bottom and it is going to stay that way for a while, out of Chicago, lakers out in 130-180 feet straight out; out of North Point, lakers are hot around the outside of the South Reef, It is a ridiculous. They are there, on the bottom on all types of presentation. . Welcome to Chitown! FISHING REPORT. Bob Johnson emailed the photo above and this; Hi Dale - fished H a couple times since last week and lake has slowed a bit from the warmer weather. Early part of this week has warm weather, spiking water temps up over the 70 degree mark. Victor Blackful emailed this and the photo below: I love this time of the year when the leafs change color and the air becomes crisp. Matt Biggerstaff and his son Isaac with some of the bounty from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. SALMON SNAGGING: Open for Chinook and coho at four Illinois lakefront spots. Thanks. Fishing was excellent with many limit catches. Leaf color is not at max yet, but changing daily. Capt. No Comments. Indiana Fishing Reports. The action was good despite the cold front that had air temperatures at 47 and the water temperature at 69-73 in areas. Water temp is 73 degrees. The video game fishing continues. My fishing partner Matt honey centanno doubled up on a nice bass and pike to end the day. Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Perch, perch, perch, crappie, where's the ice. Larry Jennings with a crappie from Lake Bloomington. Early catch and release season opens Oct. 1. Tournament/Club Fishing. Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie. She once called her husbands habit weird, so he tried to repress it, but now wants to raise the subject again. Prices and optons are listed including non resident fishing licenses. It was great. Look for the fish just west of the Yacht Club or by Willow Point. Ill never be disappointed at catching a 16-17 inch smallmouth but notice the two-handed rod in the attached image: I was definitely targeting salmon, not smallmouths. Bob Johnson with a good catfish from the Kankakee River. The fluctuating water temps energizing, then stalling the hatch as these nymphs work their way to the surface of our lakes to turn into flies, find mates, lay eggs then die in a short 24 hours once transformed. Coho on southern Lake Michigan, as well as some steelhead, lake trout, brown trout and ongoing perch action, lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest POWERTON: Summer hours are 6 a.m.-8 p.m. through Sept. 30. Mark Kosevich emailed the photo above and this: Caught this 36 Northern on a deep diving crank bait yesterday on beautiful Lac Court Orielles yesterday on a sun drenched day up here .Did not weight him but Im guessing 15 lbs. Bring light weight pants to fend off the biting flys that are present during July & summer months. Still a few bass for a couple of the guys that are fishing them over at Diversey. he had some shoulders on him , did a bass trick and broke water once before I netted and released him. On Friday I had Art Sound Artist and his son Marcel out for some fishing in the back yard. Chicago Park Districts parking passes for the fishermans parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henrys Sports and Bait in Bridgeport, Park Bait at Montrose Harbor, and the Northerly Island Visitor Center. Not all fish are on the bottom, but they are in deep water. Nearshore salmon and trout around Chicago fishing continue to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; and theres also some observations on what the heat wave has done to what should truly be the beginning of fall fishing. Everyday 6am-5 pm. Fox Lake The dam at the lower end of the lake is open again following the five inches of more of rain we had a week ago. 5.2M. Oct 16, 2008 at 3:00 am. Deeper water just off the Waukegan reefs produced laker limits in the mornings. Crappie Time and salmon. were done with the cats. Swimbaits also effective on these big, shallow brutes! 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