We are averaging 8-12 fish per 6 hour trip. [Sports] - Midwest Fishing Report: Coho, steelhead, perch, lakers, browns, receding ice, Chicago fishing | Chicago Sun-Times. 13 Dec. . Its been awhile for me. Do it very early in the morning, we started at 6:00 am. Then he added the photo below Sunday evening and this: my brother actually spent 2 hours to try to get a kid on a carp today, and he did it, he literally tought the basics of carp fishing. Discounted angler parking; $9 daily, if out by 10 a.m. . She weighed in at 18lb and was shared with other Fisherman and Woman at Montrose. Former U.S. The hunters didnt do their jobs nearly as well, with all shots at flying birds resulting in misses. Capt. PASSES: Chicago Park District's parking passes ($20, two months) and $10 pier passes may be bought at Northerly Island Visitor Center, call (312) 745-2910 first. If temps on the lakes drop below 53-55 degrees watch for signs of turn-over (roiled water, floating dead vegetation/leaves) and be prepared to head elsewhere. I love stories like that. Spawn sacs, larger minnows and crawlers. Capt. When this isnt working and fish are being seen, drop jigging lures such as Shiver Minnows and Jigging Raps to entice gits. Come join the discussion about safety, gear, boats, tackle, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! Hope next time he is caught he weighs 25 lbs. The last 3 years our April and May customers have experienced a 95 percent limit catch ratio catching salmon and trout get your trips booked now both 247 and 247-2 have weekends and weekdays available. Nature photo of the week: Catching a Ride.. From the deep blue waters of Lake Michigan to the many great rivers and crystal-clear lakes and ponds, Illinois bank fishing opportunities abound. I am locating smallmouth bass as shallow as eight feet and as deep at twenty feet, so I move around frequently to locate them. He caught the crappie with berkley soft minnow on a 1/32 jig. The Waukegan area is loaded with bait fish and they should stay in the area. Victor Blackful with a white bass from Heidecke Lake. 40.3K. Water temps starting to drop some I think.started hooking into the occasional walleye this week too. 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. Illinois bullfrog (only) season is June 15 to Oct. 15. No Comments. Fly Fishing Forecast for Chicagon Lake, Michigan. The second method is lindy rigging jumbo leeches right around the weedline also in 18 ft of water. Some good walleye action up river and near Lk. Fishermen will have a tough time finding areas away from snaggers to fish, a big problem after October 1 each year. Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. Boat fishing will still be allowed from the Sky Ranch ramp up to the narrows throughout waterfowl season. My best location has been by Colemans Point drifting to Knollwood. Relax with friends, family and other fishers at Navy Pier and expand your community. I am catching them in both emerging weed beds and over the rocks. Art Sound Artist with a white bass from Island Lake. Many people last week caught limits of nice bass. District fisheries biologist Seth Love would like to hear from anglers on hybrid catches at Braidwood. We've got your Chicago fishing charter season covered! Bank access is very limited and most anglers fish from a boat. Jeffrey Williams with a good Chicago River crappie. To book me for a guide trip reach out to me via my Facebook page at mike.norris.7773 or email me through my website at www.comecatchsmallmouth.com. Bass have been up shallow during evening hours chasing bluegill. All the smallmouths I caught came out of riffles or the seams right next to them. 15 fish equaled 5 lbs of filets. It nearly inhaled it definitely a fish feeding up in the fall but I was able to remove the hooks safely and she swam off in great shape. Musky: Very Good-Fair Fall off as water warmed, but as cooling, top-water bite got hot on Dr. Evils, Whopper Ploppers and Pacemakers. Mike Norris with a 5 1/2-pound smallmouth bass from Green Lake in Wisconsin. Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good Rock/Gravel humps using drop shot rigs for #s of Bass. Fishing Reports. Jeffrey Williams messaged the photo below and this: Crappie bites are getting hot, this guy was a few oz off my PB, 1 lb 8 oz from the chicago river, he choked a gulp minnow on a white jig head. Forums Page Latest Posts; Shore Fishing the Big Pond. Take water and snacks and have fun. Bluegill: Fair Few reports as anglers turning to Musky, Walleye and Crappie. Phil Schuman at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor, Michigan said a few salmon are into the St. Joseph River. The opening of Illinois' trout season leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus there's coho, brown trout and steelhead on southern Lake Michigan with largemouth bass and . Fishing Reports. What is Whacking Fatties? . Opening the dam allows the water to filter through the lake faster and as the visibility within the lake improves, so does the largemouth bass fishing. I | 53 comments on LinkedIn Jeffrey Williams messaged the photo above and this: We headed to Independence grove for the 1st time. It was hosted by SiteGround Chicago and Google LLC. d) Disposition of Snagged Salmon and Paddlefish. Brainerd Lakes Area Buzz Bite Report 2-17-2023 Feb 17, 2023 TROUT: DEEP's fall trout stockings . 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Still hitting spoons and cranks starting to make the switch over to bait. White bass and crappie are showing up in the lower part of the river near Poygan. No reports or fishing questions please. GUYS ARE CATCHING PERCH WHILE FISHING FOR OTHER SPECIES SO THATS A GOOD SIGN FOR JUNE 16th WHEN THE PERCH SEASON OPENS BACK UP. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. Capt. District fisheries biologist Seth Love would like to hear from anglers on hybrid catches at Braidwood. 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. 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. Capt. . Chubs, suckers on jigs for live bait. 5.3K members. state natural resource reports. I was getting nice smallmouth bass on unweighted Texas rigged general and wacky rig senkos in orange green pumpkin with red flake . Small bass active but big fish still on recoup from spawn. The limited success by harbor anglers was mostly from boats and kayaks jigging the deeper holes and shore guys about an hour before sunrise in the dark. All rights reserved. Had to wade in through the cattails to grab her. Ill be back out Wednesday. Playing Joes garage is bringing back great memories of back in the day. 7 mo ago. My Dad, Mike Markese landed this beauty out of Montrose harbor during the week on his Gray Ghost Rat L Trap, she took off on him about 100yards to the mouth of harbor he was able to get her back to the wall and his buddy Chris from work net it for him. Eelpout or Burbot are spawning and everyone C/R some. D) Jackson Harbor (Inner and Outer Harbors). 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. Crappie fishing has been sporadic. FRIDAY JUNE 7th, SHEEPHEAD (freshwater drum) BITING REALLY GOOD ON SOFT SHELL CRABS AND SOME HARD SHELLS AS WELL. Oddly, the tubes used were 2 , meant for Bass if thats any indication of the size of the Crappies (11+). Oct 16, 2008 at 3:00 am. Im the King for a Night on the Southside!! Group is to exchange information about perch fishing in Chicagoland. The perch bite is good now. A forum community dedicated to Chicagoland's fishing and outdoor enthusiasts. A motion sickness pre trip, wasnt real bad but times of feeling a little queasy could be eliminated with some motion sickness medication. Crappie: Good-Fair Once found providing decent action, though finding not always easy. 3347. If you get the chance to target Steelhead and you are strong enough to fight a fish for 3-6 minutes go for them because they'll give you a fantastic experience. Hartford Courant. It was highly promoted by the Chicago Park District as a unique seasonal outdoor activity and, as a result, fishermen from all over the Midwest came to Chicago to spend an evening or two on the lakefront capturing the much . Ive been submitting some photos to you and some reports for the last three or four years now Ive even been lucky enough to Grace the suntimes with my photos thanks to you and I appreciate that. Frank Catdaddy Smith living up to his name at Braidwood Lake. Mike Markese keeps catching fall Chinook with a tried lure. 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Try swim baits, bladed jigs, and stick worms along the north shore and in and around the islands. Feb 27, 2023 (The Expresswire) -- Pre and Post-Covid Report Is Covered | Final Report Will Add the Analysis of the Impact of Russia-Ukraine War and COVID-19. Mimi Boysens grandson with a smile and a bluegill from the Chain OLakes. 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. 2023 kickoff come soon. 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. John Honiotes at Boondocks reported water is cooling (mid-60s) with some better muskie caught; weekend highlight was a 30-inch hybrid striper on chicken liver; crappie are starting to go better. Heres a pic of Corys friends fish from the other evening from Diversey on a Shad Rap. GALESVILLE RESERVOIR: rainbow trout, bass. Medium fats under floats. She once called her husbands habit weird, so he tried to repress it, but now wants to raise the subject again. We have entered typical summer fishing patterns for Lake Michigan out of Chicago. The last 3 years our April and May customers have experienced a 95 percent limit catch ratio catching salmon and trout get your trips booked now both 247 and 247-2 have weekends and weekdays available. But as of early this week, temps back up to 70 degrees on most lakes. I have been catching them in several spots and in several depth ranges. Our weekends are filling up fast. There are still a lot of fish being caught. The stuff of dreams. Trolling on Poygan is producing walleye and white bass. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said a 28.3-pound king was weighed Thursday, but otherwise slow action. It looks like the West winds should predominant most of this week too so I expect that the fishing will stay very good. Matt Biggerstaff and his son Isaac with some of the bounty from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Welcome and thanks for visiting Windycitysalmon.com, serving the Chicago, Wisconsin, and Indiana area with world class salmon and trout charter fishing. I was hoping he would pick up a brown trout, too, or maybe even a lake trout to go with his pink salmon, Chinook, coho and now steelhead. I saw a lot of people fishing near the dams yesterday-they didnt have any trouble wading out to the middle of the river. POWERTON: Hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Unexpected catches out of Chicago over the weekend. Spring fishing brings very nice coolers of brown trout ,coho salmon dont miss out on this chance to boat some of the best tasting fish of the season we start fishing at the beginning of April and both of our boats have availability for weekends and weekdays. It was great running into Chauncy on the docks listening to his stories of his high school education and of perch glory days on lake Michigan . 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. Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Perch, perch, perch, crappie, where's the ice. I have not found where they are consistently schooled. And the rest is history. Lots of stocker fish swimming in the harbor. DERBY: Friends of Fishings Fall Classic Fishing Derby, Rogers Lakewood Park (Loomis Lake), Valparaiso, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24. Not yesterday. Some on purpose some on accident while fishing for Perch. The biggest pike are in 27 ft of water. Alot of Sheephead being caught. Its the long weekend of July 4, take your kids and yourself fishing at some point or many points. Fishing report. Capt. On lakes, 10-14 weed edges using small jig or minnows. 6) Palmisano Park. Click here for the Wisconsin DNRs report, usually on Tuesday or Wednesday. We saw some big carp too. Click here for the update from D&S Bait, Tackle & Fly Shop . Caught a 1/2 dozen smallmouth mostly on hair jigs snapping retrieve back to boat. Largemouth Bass: Good Weed bite on Wacky Worms hard to top. Tiny tubes, jigs and #00 spinners all keeping casters happy. More interested in the Perch and Bluegills that expose themselves to feed on the bugs, then get eaten themselves. Otherwise, here are some basics: Foster (free street parking or pay lot); Montrose (now a mix of metered and free street parking); Belmont (pay lots on north and south sides); Diversey (pay lot or street parking); DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fishermans lot); Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fishermans lot); 31st/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and 31st Street Harbor); Oakwood/39th (meters); 63rd Street/Casino Pier (pay lot); Steelworkers Park (free street parking at east end of 87th); Cal Park (free parking). The highlight was this 13 crappie. Nefishingexpo has the lowest Google pagerank and bad results in terms of Yandex topical citation index. BoRabb Williams with a good blue catfish from Braidwood Lake. Pike have come pretty shallow. Look for the fish just west of the Yacht Club or by Willow Point. Spinnerbaits have been tops with lipless cranks, chatterbaits and weedless spoons all producing good catches! Tomorrow's trip (Nov 13) has been cancelled due to lack of reservations. ET Still an unusual amount of Northerns caught by anglers casting for salmon, had one in the shop well over 40 inches. He caught tons of panfish while I worked on some carp rigs. There were a plethora of good photos and notes (see immediately below), but the one I chose for the lead photo came from Ian Guen-Murray, who emailed that photo and this: Caught this chinook south of Northerly Island. Catching a ride. Jason Special One Le with a freshwater drum from a Chicago harbor. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. This pattern starting to slow as weed beds fill in. He said some monster cohos are around; but that is not something you can specifically target, you more need to luck into them. But fishing line left behind, in . Best set ups were leadcores with either Stubbie dodgers and Aqua, Blue Liz or bullfrog Jimmy Flies or Warrior Steelhead Candy, Blue Dolphin, Blueberry Muffin or Blue Dragon Slayer. Still suspending outside weed edges. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts from r/AutoNewspaper subscribers . Click here for the statewide announcement. As far as I know they are still predominantly hitting on lures and crankbaits, mostly glo in the dark but shiny colors as well during the day. Look for this bite to improve this weekend as water temps drop! I know how you feel about drum so added that pic. When I wrote the above article 29 years ago in The Chicago File, fishing for smelt along Chicago's lakefront during the month of April was an extremely popular activity. On shallow lakes and on Flowages, Walleyes up tight to shores chasing small Perch. Kyle a try at Sliver Beach Fishing. The latest Tweets from Spendthrift Charters (@ChicagoCharter). 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. Category Archives: Fishing Conditions | Montrose Harbor Chicago. Even though we have fish for a long time together hes very modest and I asked him could I share the story with you, have a great weekend thank you. Advertisement. Two gentlemen from Kentucky and their dogs joined our usual group for a turkey hunt. There were a lot of minnows around and the smallmouth were feeding recklessly. We are located an hour and fifteen minutes south of Chicago. Then about 10 minutes later he hooked in to this monster. Small jigs tipped with a minnow or plastic working best. Surface water temperature on Big Green has cooled to 44 . No stars. The good news was that each day was improving and Sunday catches were good again. Pete Starshak. Steve Palmisano at Henrys Sports and Bait texted: Not much to report. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. Learned a ton by putting time in on the water as much as possible, goes to show the Fox is a very good fishery if you can put in the time and try to learn a little bit every day. With cold weather coming in, it gave a good fight against 8# test and I had to walk him back to the beach to land, calling every pier goer to please witness. Fall trout season for catchable rainbow trout opens Oct. 15. 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. Talked to another angler before heat front and he slammed the Crappie using jigs in monkey milk colors. HENNEPIN-HOPPER: It will be open on Monday, July 4. Braidwood, Heidecke and LaSalle are open daily 6 a.m.-sunset. 166 yellowtail on yo-yo jigs and dropper loop sardines. The Hexagenia hatches (large, tan Mayflies) have just begun to show. Spawn saks, skein and inline spinners best bet. Such a great and fun town for a family trip. This group was designed with the purpose of sharing fishing activities, tips, and related information. I was out Sunday trolling out of portage in Indiana managed only 1 waves were starting to pick up 10 lbs 4 oz trolling a stinger spoon on 6 colors of lead core. lakers . Fortunately, this smaller steelie just didnt have enough shake to throw the lure in two leaps, and so I was able to get the net under it, making for a Chicago shore fishing September to remember! Scott Wolfe of School of Fish Charters emailed: The West winds that prevailed last week did their usual magic. Click here for the southern Lake Michigan reports from the Wisconsin DNR. Found a few bass on hair jigs & crankbaits but nothing of size. Nearby sites include (Cook County): Axehead, Belleau, Busse Woods North, Green, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East, Wolf Lake at William Powers SRA; (DuPage): Silver, Pickerel, Grove; (Kankakee): Bird Park Quarry, Rock Creek at Kankakee River SP; (Kendall): Big Lake at Silver Springs SFWA; (Lake): Sand Lake at Illinois Beach SP; (McHenry): Spring Grove Hatchery Pond; (Will): Lake Strini, Van Horn Woods. ET Walleye: Good-Fair Better when water cools. Click here for the southern Lake Michigan reports from the Wisconsin DNR. Use this forum for discussing and announcing tournaments. Bob Johnson emailed the photo above and this: Hi Dale - Saturday morning action on Kankakee River, smallmouth Bass and channel catfish. (312) 747-6527. Deep bite best in 22-28. Water at about 2 foot visibility. Illinois is leading the way. 06:38am - Dec 1,21. I still relish the chance to sneak the late Frank Zappa into the Midwest Fishing Report. So, I switched rods, and even my hat Wednesday. 3.8K. Nate Torres, 13, sent the . February 5, 2023 chicago perch Fishing Report. hooked up or foul hooked something big (felt like a carp or muskie) but popped off under the dam. AutoNewsAdmin [Local] - Illinois Supreme Court to hear case against elimination of cash bail . You will catch more fish in the morning. Kiernan Aiston caught this big largemouth bass from Lake County waters. April May salmon and trout. Minnows have been my go to. I think the warmer weather may have slowed things down just a bit but from what I can tell and the reports Im getting there are still plenty of Salmon around, Kings & Coho. Bluegill from the Chain OLakes on Tuesday or Wednesday Heidecke and LaSalle are daily! 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