Techniques and locations are welcome to be shared. 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. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted: Hi Dale,Perch fishing has been really good. AutoNewspaperAdmin [Top Stories] - Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that Fox News hosts . This cold snap should actually help anglers as Walleye and Musky should react positive to the falling water temps for the weekend. 06:38am - Dec 1,21. I also want to run his photo full length to give some perspective from the lakefront. A few Trout also in the mix. January 15, 2023. Sean Whippo messaged the photo above and this on Wednesday: Dale, it seems the switch to fall pattern is complete already on Des Plaines River. 23.5K members. Our weekends are filling up fast. A little early still. Click the person above . 3.8K. ET Early catch and release season opens Oct. 1. FISHING REPORT. It would have been nice to get confirmation because the only glow in the dark flies Ive used up until now have been for salmonids; Id like to know what else will eat them. The fish are getting fat with 8-15 lb fish being the norm. Try casting Senkos or Tubes for shallow bass and an Umbrella Rig for deeper bass. Ken Husker OMalley with a good smallmouth bass from Heidecke Lake. Capt. Originally a limestone quarry, the Palmisano Nature Park was converted into a public space in 2009. 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. 284K. The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. Tips & Tricks. Not yesterday. SALMON SNAGGING: Open for Chinook and coho at four Illinois lakefront spots. She once called her husbands habit weird, so he tried to repress it, but now wants to raise the subject again. TROUT: DEEP's fall trout stockings . Largemouth holding court along deep weeds as Musky remain shallow. And the rest is history. 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. You can bank on some excellent bank fishing opportunities from the shores of the 1.5 million acres of water in Illinois. Bob Johnson with a good fall smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River. Sheepshead and redfish were biting this past week. 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. Tonight he saw me with his wife and they told me thanks for the good meal. Final fishing day is Oct. 18, except Monster Lake is open all year. Still a few bass for a couple of the guys that are fishing them over at Diversey. Michael Markese emailed the photo above and this earlier this month: Hey Dale hope you are well. Crappie: Good Best over deep wood especially along channels in Flowages. . The Hexagenia hatches (large, tan Mayflies) have just begun to show. Salmon fishing has been pretty good as well, anywhere from 60 to 160 feet, again a bit south. Bluegills are active off the docks. Drop-shot and wacky worms prevailing! All rights reserved. So worth the wait and a wonderful sport. Salmon still hitting pretty good, kings and cohos. Posted by Stacey Greene. The largest concentration of fish is between 18 and 22 ft of water. Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie. As a perched lake, boating is closed when winds top or will top 14 mph. Fish are going are southern Lake Michigan and it is not all coho, as the reports below indicate. All I could do was pick pockets: cast to openings in the vegetation. 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. Regular hours thru the holiday. No Comments. Look for the fish by Browns Channel or by Willow Point. 2210 W. Pershing Rd. Get an experienced Captain or you'll have jet skiers and boaters who might cut off or otherwise disrupt your lines if you're fishing near the pier. Fishermen will have a tough time finding areas away from snaggers to fish, a big problem after October 1 each year. Thanks. If you are targeting largemouth bass you need to be in and around the docks in 6-8 ft of water. Perch were on out of Burns Ditch Saturday morning. What is Whacking Fatties? Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report. 6) Palmisano Park. 14 Anglers, 23 Yellowtail, 47 Bonito. Big Bass up shallow hitting top-water baits (Whopper Ploppers, Choppos, Torpedos) up in 2-5 of water. Tube jigs worked around downed trees produced last week. Give Capt. I love stories like that. Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie, Dear Abby: He likes wearing lingerie, wishes wife accepted it. Bring your coat! Lots of stocker fish swimming in the harbor. Fishing remains very consistent. 5.2M. 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. hooked up or foul hooked something big (felt like a carp or muskie) but popped off under the dam. Fishing maniac Perch bite [ Go to page: 1, 2, 3] 44. wallin. Anglers need to limit umbrella rigs to three hooks though. Unexpected catches out of Chicago over the weekend. Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report. Mike Ochonicki emailed the photo above and a story I just enjoy about Chris Hamilton and his father Rob: Hi dale! Talked to another angler before heat front and he slammed the Crappie using jigs in monkey milk colors. Hartford Courant. Last updated 1/4/23. Small to medium fatheads, as well as small feathered or plastic tailed jigs working well. BoRabb Williams messaged the photo above and this on Facebook: Dale. its crappie Time in the Calumet River system!!!! Hope its not as bad as 1988. Category Archives: Fishing Conditions | Montrose Harbor Chicago. I remember waking up in the fall to go to school and him and his buddies in front of house with there fall salmon. Thank you Dale for providing Chicago with over 30 years of quality journalism and fishing reports. Robert Buckmaster emailed the photo above and this: Good morning dale. . 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. Or do what Greg Katello, owner of the Fishing Connections in Tinley Park, did on his way back on a trip to Lake Sara and stopped by for a time below the spillway at Lake Shelbyville and hooked into muskies, such as the one below. 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. This group was designed with the purpose of sharing fishing activities, tips, and related information. As always the best bait is smoke colored tube baits or slip bobber fished minnows. Walleye: Good-Fair Better when water cools. I still relish the chance to sneak the late Frank Zappa into the Midwest Fishing Report. 1411 Northport Dr, Madison, WI 53704 Chuck Kennell with a northern pike from near Belmont Harbor. Final fishing days are Heidecke (Tuesday, Oct. 11), LaSalle (Oct. 15) and Braidwood and Mazonia (Oct. 18). States must work together to end HIV epidemic. Walleyes are active along the weed edge off the County K launch ramp. Bob Poteshman of Confusion Charters said out of Chicago theres decent fishing, but it is very deep, 12-15 miles out, because most of the lakes warm waters are on our end of the lake, its important to start out before dawn; out of North Point, it is 160-180 feet for some action or going south to around the deep side of the reefs. The water clarity continues to improve and the largemouth are hitting a little better on 4 inch senkos in green pumpkin. Then about 10 minutes later he hooked in to this monster. Spoons and dodger and Flys for salmon. 2023 kickoff come soon. Mimi Boysen emailed the photo above and this earlier this month: My 5 year old grandson Jack caught these two fish last Sunday within 15 minutes on Lake Marie. Forums Page Latest Posts; Perch. When the perch are around, there have been some outstanding catches of jumbos. No reports or fishing questions please. Click here for the statewide announcement. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. . See the main column tomorrow. . My best location has been by Colemans Point drifting to Knollwood. When youre marking them, they are biting.. Illinois bullfrog (only) season is June 15 to Oct. 15. Crappie: Good-Fair Once found providing decent action, though finding not always easy. Perch and other summer fishing around Chicago leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. FISHING REPORT. Still hitting spoons and cranks starting to make the switch over to bait. 283.8K posts. For shallow lakes/Flowages, redtails on a 1/16 oz weedless jig on cloudy/windy days. White bass and crappie are showing up in the lower part of the river near Poygan. 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. The abrupt departures of Patrick Kane and others in recent days have not only stripped the roster of its best talent but have also emotionally and psychologically affected those who remain. Use this forum for discussing and announcing tournaments. As far as the casting, I fished a Lake Michigan tributary. 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. Nearby early catch-and-release sites are (Kankakee County): Rock Creek at Kankakee River SP; (Ogle): Pine Creek, White Pines Forest SP; (Jo Daviess): Apple River, Apple River Canyon SP. 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. Nature photo of the week: Catching a Ride.. Daily bag is five trout. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts from r/AutoNewspaper subscribers . 4oz.) 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. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050. 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. The big smallmouth was fun and weighed 3.39 lbs / 18.5 . Welcome to Chitown! You can email him at seth.love@illinois.gov. As usual, anglers 16 and older need an inland trout stamp and a fishing license. Some top-water reports in the late hours on frogs, spiders and chug bugs. BoRabb Williams with a good blue catfish from Braidwood Lake. More interested in the Perch and Bluegills that expose themselves to feed on the bugs, then get eaten themselves. OTC. Pic of Bass is dark but I did weigh it at 2.89 lbs. Bring light weight pants to fend off the biting flys that are present during July & summer months. Rock and gravel humps and down along slopes holding more, but less sizeable Smallies. Thread deleted/moved on recent water temps and salmon fishing around chicago: 5. tampanian. Its important to have a goal. I am enjoying my trip, maybe a should have included a Colorado update on trout fishing. It was a lot of work for a few bluegills. Crappies are being caught in 15 ft. of water in the moored sailboats by Conference Point. Chicago Sun-Times. Pike have come pretty shallow. We focus on primarily the chicagoland area, and enjoy people's fishing stories and most. Jig and minnow, shallow crankbaits in Perch patterns and 1/8 1/4 oz spinnerbaits working best. Enjoy! Capt. The best is still to come for shore anglers as the majority of the huge coho are at least two weeks away from entering the harbor. Catfishing on the kankakee has been good on cut shad between I 55 and the railroad bridge. 5.2M. On Friday I had Art Sound Artist and his son Marcel out for some fishing in the back yard. Fairly stabilized forecast with temps slowly warming for the 4th of July holiday weekend coming up. Thanks. Ron Reynolds reported perch in at Burnham Harbor Monday morning. Ken Husker OMalley with a local largemouth bass. There are still a lot of fish being caught. Lake Geneva is a large body of water with great depth and submerged structure. Bank access is very limited and most anglers fish from a boat. 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. Nate Toranzo with a muskie from Heidecke Lake. Beaverdam Reservoir: The next Big Bash Open Bass Tournament will be held April 16. We saw some big carp too. Former U.S. 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). Indiana Fishing Reports. They are suspended over deep water. Musky: Good Windy days helping anglers with bucktail and spinnerbait action over tobacco cabbage of 4-8. As we see with the photo of a northern pike below, salmon are not the only thing going on lakefront. The video game fishing continues. 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. Work senko style baits weedless and baby 1-minus crankbaits along the outside weedlines. Steve Palmisano at Henrys Sports and Bait texted: Not much to report. But as of early this week, temps back up to 70 degrees on most lakes. Hopefully great memories will be made at the shows in December. It was a great day and fun was had by all. 166 yellowtail on yo-yo jigs and dropper loop sardines. . A small catch and release fishing pond sits in the back of my favorite park in Chicago. Capt. We are catching a couple northern pike and walleye in the same areas. DERBY: Friends of Fishings Fall Classic Fishing Derby, Rogers Lakewood Park (Loomis Lake), Valparaiso, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24. Let me know if he qualifies for fish if he week or honorable mention. Fishing was excellent with many limit catches. Northern pike fishing has been fantastic. Catching a ride. Next up a trip to Merrill for fall action this Saturday. You can email him at seth.love@illinois.gov. Deep holes near shallower hills and reefs need to be targeted. The catch was nearly all coho with an occasional lake trout, chinook or steelhead. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted the photo below and this: Hi Dale, Perch fishing has been really good. Ray Hinton sent the photo above and this: Good evening Dale , I hope all is well. Sport Fly Fishing Tackle Market 2023 Size Industry, Current Trends, Demand and Size Share Estimation by 2028 with Top Players Published: Feb. 13, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Big thanks to my Cousin Leslie and Gerry Taylor for hosting . Bob Johnson emailed the photo above and this: Hi Dale - Kankakee River Sunday morning with Water temp at 61 and clear. I know how you feel about drum so added that pic. Spawn and skein worked better than casting. 150 to 180 feet off the reefs were best. The surrounding waters off Waukegan Harbor offer excellent Salmon and Trout fishing on Lake Michigan for you to enjoy an unsurpassed charter fishing experience, right in Chicago's own back yard. 10 h ago. Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) . Crappie around the docks and near 249 bridge just down from portage public marina using crappie minnows. Musky: Good-Fair Not as active as we had hoped. The best location has been by Trinkes or in Williams Bay. Dress for the weather. 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