The first reports of drum on the seaside will happen soon. Frank Catdaddy Smith living up to his name at Braidwood Lake. 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. 1/8 oz jigs tipped with big leeches producing also in 10-14 slides outside spawn areas. Musky: Good-Fair Not as active as we had hoped. Bodes well for anglers targeting most species, Walleye anglers need to wait for Mayfly feast to end. NOTE 2: The Stratton Lock and Dam has normal daily operating hours of 8 a.m. to midnight through Sept. 30. D) Jackson Harbor (Inner and Outer Harbors). 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. Mostly coho in 70 to 100 feet of water. Work the bait under a slip float along the outside weed lines. We saw some big carp too. Chicago Lake, Michigan fishing report, rainbow trout fly fishing forecast, fishing season updates, fly shop and fishing guides, and fly-fishing weather. Northern Pike: Very Good-Good Action also slowed with warmth, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and Husky Jerks for artificial. Smallmouth Bass: Very Good-Good Rock/Gravel humps using drop shot rigs for #s of Bass. Larger lakes will take longer to turn, but with four days of under 60 degrees for highs and lows of 2732 degrees change will come quick. Nightcrawlers fished on the split shot rig produce most of the action. I fished a heavily timbered tributary of the Fox, mostly to get out of the wind. Best baits have been a swim bait or a jig with a twin tail grub. I also want to run his photo full length to give some perspective from the lakefront. Any Near Shore Lake Trout Reports: 3. jwkuofm. Show more. Also caught a rock bass, 1 small walleye and 2 fresh water drum using same technique. Drop shot rigs with a Berkley Flat Worm and Ned Rigs are my choice for lures. Ill be back out Wednesday. Ken Husker OMalley with a local largemouth bass. Green and white and Aqua spoons like Warrior Froggy and Hey Babe run over 90 feet down and Jimmy fly Mo rigs in white and yellow/orange on the bottom in 150 to 170 feet down produced. Work senko style baits weedless and baby 1-minus crankbaits along the outside weedlines. They are available Tuesday to Saturday at Dickson Mounts Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SHELBYVILLE: Check with Ken Wilson of Lithia Guide Service. 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. The trib I fished usually runs very clear and is low this time of year. Tournament/Club Fishing. Not yesterday. Access permits and liability waivers are required. 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. Northern pike fishing has been slow. Lake George in Hobart starting to give up crappie at a better pace fishing crappie minnows around the bridges, Loomis lake in valpo still giving up decent catches of panfish using crickets and jumbo red wigglers. 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. But a way to realistically get us there faster is to have a plan where everyone is on the same page. I helped land it with my net. Click here for the details. Make sure you take something for sea sickness, the waves can be a bit much. FRIDAY JUNE 7th, SHEEPHEAD (freshwater drum) BITING REALLY GOOD ON SOFT SHELL CRABS AND SOME HARD SHELLS AS WELL. (312) 747-6527. Lake trout season closed at the end of the day September 30th and will not reopen until January 1, 2023. Yellow Perch: Good Still relating to weeds in 6-12. Enjoy yourself. moon phase Sun times . 930. Vallas, a former schools CEO backed by the police union, and Johnson, a Cook . Talked to another angler before heat front and he slammed the Crappie using jigs in monkey milk colors. Show more. Smallmouth are still really active. Capt. 5.2M. Fishing report. Posted by Stacey Greene. Larry Jennings messaged the photo above and this: SHELBYVILLE: Check with Ken Wilson of Lithia Guide Service. Deeper water just off the Waukegan reefs produced laker limits in the mornings. Fished for 6 hours. Catches of Steelhead and non-spawning Chinook Salmon are possible at times too. Area lakes-the summer patterns continue but that will change with more normal early fall temps later in the week. Minnows have been my go to. One turkey was harvested when it was called back after a scatter. Early mornings and late afternoons when the lake calms down, top water baits have been very effective. 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. Largemouth bass fishing has slowed with the warmer weather. Perch fishing has been such that two people I enjoy, Tim Spike Davis and Jason Special One Le, even connected with each other. Enjoy the chronicling in photos and stories of what is turning into a pretty good fall for lakefront anglers with salmon and trout. The best depth has been 8-15 ft. of water. SEE MORE. Small jigs tipped with a minnow or plastic working best. Victor Blackful with a white bass from Heidecke Lake. The Root River Steelhead Facility Open House is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. state natural resource reports. Smallmouth still active at Diversey and other harbor areas. 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. Oct 16, 2008 at 3:00 am. Musky: Good Windy days helping anglers with bucktail and spinnerbait action over tobacco cabbage of 4-8. 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. Join Community Grow Your Business. Caught six over the past week 18 inches plus, including this 21 incher that tied my personal best. 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. He must have had something important to do because the more typical response is to swim back and forth in front of me, beating their tails on the water until I leave. Prices and optons are listed including non resident fishing licenses. Current fly fishing conditions are terrible. Fishing Report 11/23/2020. Id lost 3 steelhead in a row that shook the trusty blue KO Wobbler while airborne or upon re-entry. Fishing maniac Perch bite [ Go to page: 1, 2, 3] 44. wallin. Tim Haight, 5, of Kingston, Wisconsin, with nice bluegill from Green Lake. The best areas are where weeds transition to gravel. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted the photo below and this: Hi Dale, Perch fishing has been really good. Be patient and if you dont catch fish the first time try again. Early catch and release season opens Oct. 1. Walleye: Good-Fair Better when water cools. He swears he catches at least 1 every season on his Ghost. Smallmouth bass can still be caught. Join Community Grow Your Business. One cast produced a hard strike and I was surprised to land a good-sized shad, in the 2-3 pound range. There were schools of shad within a short cast of the shoreline. The highlight was the Perch in shallow water. We have entered typical summer fishing patterns for Lake Michigan out of Chicago. The Hawks barely avoided being shut out in a 4-1 defeat Tuesday. 2023 kickoff come soon. Within the body of the sprawling raw-file MFR, I can use whatever style of photos come in. Jason Special One Le with a freshwater drum from a Chicago harbor. Walleye Pike can be caught using two different methods. Safe travels to you. BoRabb Williams with a crappie from the Calumet. Fox Lake Try trolling crankbaits in the main basin of the lake for walleye. 2023 FishingBooker.com. I am catching them in both emerging weed beds and over the rocks. April May salmon and trout. Final fishing day is Oct. 18, except Monster Lake is open all year. Blackhawks, shaken by trades, fall flat against Coyotes. BoRabb Williams with the big Chinook at the annual Nightmares event at Jackson Park on the night of Sept. 30. 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. We got some nice Bluegill , striper bass and a perch. Well it cooled me off ! AJ13. This hatch really messes with the Walleye anglers as fish gorge on the easy to capture nymphs on their nearly two-day swim to the surface. Still chasing big lures and big baits, but most fish found in 3-5 fow this week. C) Winnetka Power Plant discharge area. Heres a pic of Corys friends fish from the other evening from Diversey on a Shad Rap. I didnt do well on the local ponds and lakes this week. Bait that is starting to be used are spawn sacs, medium or large shiner minnows and night crawlers. Its important to have a goal. FISHING REPORTS Chicagon Lake Iron County, Michigan (1) Read Reviews. If you do not find the body of water you are looking for you can start a new Fishing Report Thread. Fairly stabilized forecast with temps slowly warming for the 4th of July holiday weekend coming up. Best bait has been a jerk minnow worked along the wind blown shorelines. General Outdoors Discussion. 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. I fished the Red Banks Crappie tournament Saturday, 25 fish, 18 lbs-14.5 oz. The second method is lindy rigging jumbo leeches right around the weedline also in 18 ft of water. Welcome and thanks for visiting Windycitysalmon.com, serving the Chicago, Wisconsin, and Indiana area with world class salmon and trout charter fishing. Crappie action is better then weve seen in 5 years. 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. Blackhawks, shaken by trades, fall flat against Coyotes. Division of Fish & Wildlife staff collect reports as time permits. Ive landed a handful that actually ate a fly. 3.8K. Dan Leslie at the Salmon Stop in Waukegan said shore fishing has Chinook in thick and you can see them and a couple steelhead; spawn, skein and big baits that will piss them off (big rattling baits) are best; shallow boaters should use the classics; otherwise, big boats are going to the reefs, which are loaded with big lake trout, South Reef is good (but be aware the IDNR will be netting out there soon). Our Top Forums View All. States must work together to end HIV epidemic. 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. Perch were on out of Burns Ditch Saturday morning. As we see with the photo of a northern pike below, salmon are not the only thing going on lakefront. The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Walleyes are active along the weed edge off the County K launch ramp. Come join the discussion about optics, trails, gunsmithing, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! If you need a fishing licence you can purchase one directly from Chicago San Fishing License 24/7. Such a great and fun town for a family trip. As always the best bait is smoke colored tube baits or slip bobber fished minnows. I remember waking up in the fall to go to school and him and his buddies in front of house with there fall salmon. 10 h ago. Scott Wolfe of School of Fish Charters emailed: The West winds that prevailed last week did their usual magic. You can email him at seth.love@illinois.gov. Final fishing days are Heidecke (Oct. 11), LaSalle (Oct. 15) and Braidwood (Oct. 18). Forums Page Latest Posts; Shore Fishing the Big Pond. No stars. 40.3K. Fishing was excellent with many limit catches. Bluegills are active off the docks. Slezs Bait will be open all weekend and on 4th of July regular hours 5am to 6pm. Ken Husker OMalley with a local largemouth bass. Just a minute ago, he emailed that he just caught a coho the same way. Lake Geneva is a large body of water with great depth and submerged structure. Click here for the harvest areas. Thought we were good till the last boat came in with just over 21 lbs. This cold snap should actually help anglers as Walleye and Musky should react positive to the falling water temps for the weekend. Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. I am thrilled to announce I have accepted an offer with Molson Coors Beverage Company as a Category Management Intern in their Chicago office this summer. 7 mo ago. Guide Bill Stoeger in Fremont texted on Sunday: The conditions on the river are perfect for fall fishing.Water temp in the mid 50s, water level is down with low current. 40.3K. Use this forum for discussing and announcing tournaments. Click here for the update from D&S Bait, Tackle & Fly Shop . Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said a 28.3-pound king was weighed Thursday, but otherwise slow action. Open 6 a.m. (6:30 bank fishing) to sunset. Mike Norris with a 5 1/2-pound smallmouth bass from Green Lake in Wisconsin. Other Waters. Bluegill fishing also remains good. . Spoons and dodger and Flys for salmon. Chicago Tribune. You will not regret it. 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). Working for bass around both Brushwood and Elmwood Islands should pick up now. District fisheries biologist Seth Love would like to hear from anglers on hybrid catches at Braidwood. Click here for the update from D&S Bait, Tackle & Fly Shop . Kiernan Aiston caught this big largemouth bass from Lake County waters. Laurance Reed emailed the photo above and this from Wednesday: Well, the same-same strategy wasnt working, so I had to switch things up a bit. As far as the casting, I fished a Lake Michigan tributary. Others found relating to boathouses where shade providing cover. It was slow going for several days last week, probably as the fish were adjusting to the dropping temps recently. Chicago Fishing Forum Since 2005. The northerns are just starting to move out to the weed line. Based on the fight, or lack thereof to be more accurate, it was probably a walleye or big crappie. Braidwood, LaSalle and Heidecke are open daily 6 a.m.-sunset. Jesse Gonzalez teaching carp fishing on the Chicago River. ET 1 week ago Show details . Most of the fish are averaging 12-13 inches. Leon Malone with a Chinook from the Chicago lakefront. Check daily updates on boating at (815) 640-8099. . Jeffrey Williams messaged the photo above and this: We headed to Independence grove for the 1st time. The Hawks barely avoided being shut out in a 4-1 defeat Tuesday. Scott Wolfe schooloffishcharters.com 312-933-0552. Bob Poteshman of Confusion Charters said that out of Chicago, lakers with a couple coho in 80-130; out of North Point, its mainly coho in 60-100, slightly better south; best on Dodgers and flies over spoons. At only 26 acres, this is the smallest park on the list, but what it lacks in sizes makes up for in topography. As usual, anglers 16 and older need an inland trout stamp and a fishing license. Kiernan Aiston emailed the photo above and this: Got this 6lber on a power worm out of a small pond in Lake County open lands. Look for the fish by the Village Supper Club or by Browns Channel. They caught and released over 20 Lakers in 2 hours of fishing from 9-11am , with multiple doubles ! Click here for the southern Lake Michigan reports from the Wisconsin DNR. The stuff of dreams. Stay Safe. But a way to realistically get us there faster is to have a plan where everyone is on the same page. The hunters didnt do their jobs nearly as well, with all shots at flying birds resulting in misses. Try around the Heidel Bar, Dartmouth Bay, Sandstone Point, and Blackbird Bay. I am enjoying my trip, maybe a should have included a Colorado update on trout fishing. Continue reading. Readers suggest SpotHero app downtown. Bank access is very limited and most anglers fish from a boat. chicago.suntimes. The water clarity continues to improve and the largemouth are hitting a little better on 4 inch senkos in green pumpkin. Ive been catching them by the Yacht Club or over by Browns Channel. Wow! Sunday, wading in deeper pools produced 27 smallmouth which put me over my 500 goal for the year. There were a lot of minnows around and the smallmouth were feeding recklessly. Largemouth Bass: Good Weed bite on Wacky Worms hard to top. Spinnerbaits have been tops with lipless cranks, chatterbaits and weedless spoons all producing good catches! Good luck and I hope to see you on the water. Some good catches of perch in 20 to 30 ft of water around the dune state park building also. Laurance Reed with a salmon from the North Side of Chicago. . I have the utmost confidence our customers over the past 5 years will enjoy every second on the water with Capt Anton. Our weekends are filling up fast. 1.1K. Chris Hamilton with his best largemouth bass. Forecast for Thursday AM (9/22) calls for lows of 31-33 degrees. SPRING LAKE: Site superintendent Thad Cook emailed: Hey Dale, Oct 21st is the last day for boats to be on Spring Lake. Washington Park. Techniques and locations are welcome to be shared. Access permits and liability waivers are required. The best location has been the North Shore from the Yacht Club down to Willow Point. They can be caught on purple or chartreuse plastic with a 1/32 oz jig. BoRabb Williams texted the photo above while he and Frank Catdaddy Smith were catching blues at Braidwood. Find pockets in beds and lower medium leeches or whole beavertails (small crawlers) under floats. Capt. I switched to a glow in the dark fly and landed a few bluegills, including a wide-backed slab (maybe hes survived so long in a heavily fished lake by going completely nocturnal-it works for deer). Many people last week caught limits of nice bass. Feb 16, 2023 (The Expresswire) -- "Oil And Gas Fishing Tools Market" Research Insights Report 2023 | TOP 3 KEY . Capt. HENNEPIN-HOPPER: It will be open on Monday, July 4. 2210 W. Pershing Rd. Bait Shop is open 6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily; restaurant, 11-8 daily. Alot of Sheephead being caught. For guide parties, please call Dave Duwe at 608-883-2050. Working a lipless crank bait along the outside weed lines will take good numbers. Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera. See the main column tomorrow. Its important to have a goal. 5.2M. Ian Guen-Murray with a Chinook with a story, caught near 31st Street. This should be a good week for the shore guys. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted the photo above and this: Weekend was good for perch for most this pic was Saturday morning. My best location has been by Colemans Point drifting to Knollwood. I havent seen Perch this size in years. Meeting of the minds, Jason Special One Le (left) and Tim Spike Davis, while perch fishing at Montrose Harbor last week. In that year there are pictures of people walking across the river below the Wilmington dam without getting their feet wet. John Gillespie show, "Waters & Woods" showed him and a guide last week pounding 7-15 lb. The fish are getting fat with 8-15 lb fish being the norm. 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 . Fall trout season for catchable rainbow trout opens Oct. 15. Yes, they do and make the summers more interesting on the lakefront. Perch and other summer fishing around Chicago leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Thank you Dale for providing Chicago with over 30 years of quality journalism and fishing reports. I started casting a white streamer to the edges of a school hoping there would be gamefish tracking the shad. Thread deleted/moved on recent water temps and salmon fishing around chicago: 5. tampanian. Rock Bass and Bluegills are still being caught all over the lake. Guide Mike Norris texted the photo at the op and emailed this: Big Green Lake Surface water temperature has risen to 72 degrees and fishing for smallmouth bass is excellent right now. GUYS ARE CATCHING PERCH WHILE FISHING FOR OTHER SPECIES SO THATS A GOOD SIGN FOR JUNE 16th WHEN THE PERCH SEASON OPENS BACK UP. There are still some nice sheephead being caught out on the horseshoe on crayfish. Ive been catching a lot of fish throughout the lake, location doesnt seem to matter but the depth is crucial. 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! Beaverdam Reservoir: The next Big Bash Open Bass Tournament will be held April 16. 1.5M. A few fish were porpoising and clearly charging upstream as the sun dropped in late afternoon. Talk about fishing and share information on Chicago area waters not listed on our forums. We are located an hour and fifteen minutes south of Chicago. Lost of motoring around to locate fishand fish found did not always relate to fish bites. 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