Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie, Dear Abby: He likes wearing lingerie, wishes wife accepted it. The colder weather forecasted later this week will get this lake in fall mode again. Lori Ralph at the Salmon Stop in Waukegan said boat action mornings best for salmon and lakers; still a few perch off the pier and a few fairly clean kings are being caught off the pier. It looks like the West winds should predominant most of this week too so I expect that the fishing will stay very good. When this isnt working and fish are being seen, drop jigging lures such as Shiver Minnows and Jigging Raps to entice gits. Ken Husker OMalley of Husker Outdoors emailed the photos above and below, and this: Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing. Poygan. 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. More interested in the Perch and Bluegills that expose themselves to feed on the bugs, then get eaten themselves. A small catch and release fishing pond sits in the back of my favorite park in Chicago. Catching smallmouth bass while targeting salmon in streams in southeast Wisconsin. . plenty of bass blue gill ..crappie and perch.. salmon Steelhead brown trout too.. near the Ford plant and grain elevators. Mark Kosevich with a northern pike from northern Wisconsin. 150 to 180 feet off the reefs were best. I am enjoying my trip, maybe a should have included a Colorado update on trout fishing. Posted by Stacey Greene. . Readers suggest SpotHero app downtown. Click here for the details. Ian Guen-Murray with a Chinook with a story, caught near 31st Street. Tim Spike Davis texted the photo above and this tale from Montrose: The other night when I caught that salmon, I turned and handed it to a guy who had not caught any fish. Illinois bullfrog (only) season is June 15 to Oct. 15. Lost a few jumping hook shakers too. 6) Palmisano Park. 166 yellowtail on yo-yo jigs and dropper loop sardines. Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera. Crappie action is better then weve seen in 5 years. They are becoming more nomadic. Tubes and drop shots are also still in play. Caught 4 walleye no bigger then 12 inches. Nefishingexpo.com is tracked by us since October, 2019. 2023 FishingBooker.com. . Use the fishing reports and forecasts below to help you plan for fishing success! NOTE 2: Through October, Stratton Lock and Dam has normal daily operating hours of 8 a.m.-8 p.m.. Caught just south of Belmont Harbor on a flicker shad. This was the first time its happened somewhere other than a power plant outflow. Make sure you take something for sea sickness, the waves can be a bit much. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts from r/AutoNewspaper subscribers . Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station, Indiana, texted: Still lots of groups chasing kings and coho in area tributaries. Site summer hours6 a.m.-10 p.m.run through Oct. 31. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor, Michigan, said perch were beginning to show before the blow in 40 feet out of St. Joseph; coho, steelhead, lakers and a few kings are in 140-160; smallmouth are decent and walleye hit and miss (drifting crawlers) in the river. 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. Last updated 1/4/23. BTW for those who are interested in this stuff, the system requires a horizontal photo (4x3) to lead the online postings. . Nefishingexpo has the lowest Google pagerank and bad results in terms of Yandex topical citation index. . SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Some sucker action, but hard to keep suckers in shallow where fish are without getting weeded up. hooked up or foul hooked something big (felt like a carp or muskie) but popped off under the dam. Minnows have been my go to. Perch fishing has been such that two people I enjoy, Tim Spike Davis and Jason Special One Le, even connected with each other. I still relish the chance to sneak the late Frank Zappa into the Midwest Fishing Report. Lake trout fishing in the gap by the Chicago Light was on fire last week . 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. All I could do was pick pockets: cast to openings in the vegetation. John Honiotes at Boondocks reported good action on catfish up to 6 pounds; hybrid stripers continue to be good. Of course I am going to run a drum photo. 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. Rock and gravel humps and down along slopes holding more, but less sizeable Smallies. B) Waukegan Harbor (in North Harbor basin only). 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!) HENNEPIN-HOPPER: It will be open on Monday, July 4. Fishing isnt always catching. 3685. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor, Michigan, said perch were beginning to show before the blow in 40 feet out of St. Joseph. We are averaging 8-12 fish per 6 hour trip. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted: Salmon in all nwi tributaries use skein, spawn saks and spinners. Small jigs tipped with a minnow or plastic working best. 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. Chicago Tribune. February 4, 2023 chicago perch Fishing Report. Some good catches of perch in 20 to 30 ft of water around the dune state park building also. You want to use a crankbait in perch or crappie pattern. Big Bass up shallow hitting top-water baits (Whopper Ploppers, Choppos, Torpedos) up in 2-5 of water. I havent seen Perch this size in years. It can also be used for club announcements. Northern Illinois Rivers Fishing Reports . Fishing Reports. . 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). Casting a dry fly behind a clear plastic float for you spin anglers. . For more information or to report an invasive species, call the Illinois Sea-Grant Program in Zion, Illinois (847) 872-8677, the Illinois DNR in Topeka, Illinois (309) 968-7531, or the Indiana DNR, Division of Fish & Wildlife in Indianapolis, Indiana (317) 232-4093. . My friends 13-year-old son caught this fish out of a public Lake in Lake County on a live bluegill the youngster just started fishing hes a freshman and hes got many years of great angling ahead to come. Adam Honiotes at Boondocks said eater catfish being caught; crappie in the cribs; walleye in the main channel, a couple big largemouth and a few hybrids. Ill be back out Wednesday. Brian Caunter at Henrys Sports and Bait said salmon action slowed, though plenty of fish are being sighted around the South Side harbors and slips. Sheepshead and redfish were biting this past week. Largemouth bass fishing has slowed with the warmer weather. Capt. Anyone who has thrown spoons or spinners around warm water discharges on Lake Michigan for salmon and trout during the Winter has probably caught more shad than they can count. Jig and minnow, shallow crankbaits in Perch patterns and 1/8 1/4 oz spinnerbaits working best. FISHING REPORT. Largemouth holding court along deep weeds as Musky remain shallow. . Small bass active but big fish still on recoup from spawn. SEE MORE. Ive landed a handful that actually ate a fly. But as of early this week, temps back up to 70 degrees on most lakes. 1. 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. 10 h ago. The great actor plays a man of uncertain identity in whimsical and sharply written comedy. Catfish going good in burns ditch on triple s stinkbait and cut bait fishing at night. He caught tons of panfish while I worked on some carp rigs. 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. April May salmon and trout. 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. Northern Pike: Very Good-Good Action also slowed with warmth, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and Husky Jerks for artificial. We got some nice Bluegill , striper bass and a perch. February 5, 2023 chicago perch Fishing Report. 11/30 Last report: 2. retired trucker. Musky: Very Good-Fair Fall off as water warmed, but as cooling, top-water bite got hot on Dr. Evils, Whopper Ploppers and Pacemakers. Fished for 6 hours. 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. Yellow Perch: Good-Fair Medium fatheads, beavertail, crawlers in 6-10 weeds. Thanks. Smallmouth Bass: Good-Fair Still the largest Smallies working shallow hitting top-water (Whopper Ploppers, Jitterbugs). Drop-shot and wacky worms prevailing! Its the long weekend of July 4, take your kids and yourself fishing at some point or many points. Larry Jennings messaged the photo above and this: SHELBYVILLE: Check with Ken Wilson of Lithia Guide Service. Share this page: Today's Fishing Forecast Fishing looks to be not very active with peak fishing times around 3-5 AM and 7-8 AM. POWERTON: Hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Before heat I was getting solid Smallmouth (19 3.6 lb) and a couple walleye in jigs with a crayfish trailer along with dark finesse baits and Rapala crainkbaits after heat I found some action using soft jerk baits and weightless on a 4/0 ewg hook. Chuck Kennell with a northern pike from near Belmont Harbor. he had some shoulders on him , did a bass trick and broke water once before I netted and released him. Bait Shop is open 6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily; restaurant, 11-8 daily. 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). Art Sound Artist with a white bass from Island Lake. Ken Husker OMalley with a local largemouth bass. Crappie Time and salmon. were done with the cats. Fishing reports and forecasts for ~10,000 streams and lakes and rivers across North America and the United Kingdom. Nearshore salmon and trout on southern Lake Michigan continue to lead the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but, as . BoRabb Williams with the big Chinook at the annual Nightmares event at Jackson Park on the night of Sept. 30. Pete Starshak offers this as the smallest smallmouth bass to be caught on a topwater, from the Des Plaines River. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. January 15, 2023. Tube jigs worked around downed trees produced last week. Division of Fish & Wildlife staff collect reports as time permits. CONNECT. Fishing report. Final fishing day is Oct. 18, except Monster Lake is open all year. Once the green algae dies off, the best approach for the smallmouth is Carolina rigging on the break line. A forum community dedicated to fishers, anglers and enthusiasts in the Chicago area. But a way to realistically get us there faster is to have a plan where everyone is on the same page. Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera. Spinnerbaits have been tops with lipless cranks, chatterbaits and weedless spoons all producing good catches! The stoping point in the narrows will be marked with buoy markers. Northern pike fishing has been slow. Some good catches of perch in 20 to 30ft of water around the dune state park building also. With cooler weather coming in the next few days, the fall fishing should pick up. 40.3K. Lol. Mostly small ones were C/R. Look forward into making it a memorable experience. The Hawks barely avoided being shut out in a 4-1 defeat Tuesday. Rock Bass and Bluegills are still being caught all over the lake. Chicago. For more information on the renovation see the . Final fishing day is Oct. 18, except Monster Lake is open all year. Scott Wolfe of School of Fish Charters emailed: In the harbor the fishing was slow. Site is open daily 6 a.m.-sunset. Forums Page Latest Posts; Perch. 10 h ago. Anglers need to limit umbrella rigs to three hooks though. data-event-category="Navigation header guest". Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted: Crappie in lake George in Hobart on crappie minnows. The second method is lindy rigging jumbo leeches right around the weedline also in 18 ft of water. Kyle a try at Sliver Beach Fishing. Ray Hinton sent the photo above and this: Good evening Dale , I hope all is well. Just before dark work a topwater bait in the same area. Hook-and-line sturgeon season in Wisconsin runs through Sept. 30. . George Peters emailed the photo above and this: Hi Dale, heat back on in the kkk. He also said there were whispers of perch already around the Ford Plant up the Calumet. Victor Blackful with a white bass from Heidecke Lake. Luckily there was a concert going on and I was forced to seek shoreline elsewhere! Small 1/32 oz jigs tipped with worms or beavertails. All on the trout worms. Michael Shannon keeps us guessing in A Little White Lie. If anyone has more information, please contact me. Bluegill fishing also remains good. Water at about 2 foot visibility. The latest Tweets from Spendthrift Charters (@ChicagoCharter). Locations that have produced the most fish are by Knollwood, Rainbow Point and the beach in Fontana. The perch bite is good now. Your complete resource for Chicago fishing reports and information. Pic of Bass is dark but I did weigh it at 2.89 lbs. Easily a 5lb largie. Crappies are being caught in 15 ft. of water in the moored sailboats by Conference Point. Whether you want to hunt heavy cover, timber, marshes, streams, ditches or manicured fields we have what hunter . 40.3K. 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. Open 6 a.m. (6:30 bank fishing) to sunset. Final fishing days are Heidecke (Oct. 11), LaSalle (Oct. 15) and Braidwood (Oct. 18). Book your spring trip soon trophy fish await you and your crew. AutoNewspaperAdmin [Top Stories] - Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that Fox News hosts . Rob Abouchar emailed the photo below and this: With rehearsal on Sunday for the Zappa fest I stayed home for the weekend. Page . Laurance Reed with a steelhead from Diversey Harbor. Fishing Report - 6/26/2022 Mike Norris Big Green Lake - Surface water temperature has risen to 72 degrees and fishing for smallmouth bass is excellent right now. All snagged salmon and paddlefish must be removed from the area from which they are taken and disposed of properly, in accordance with Article 5, Section 5-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. It was a lot of work for a few bluegills. The action was good despite the cold front that had air temperatures at 47 and the water temperature at 69-73 in areas. Forecast for Thursday AM (9/22) calls for lows of 31-33 degrees. She once called her husbands habit weird, so he tried to repress it, but now wants to raise the subject again. We offer some of the most magnificent cover located in the Chicagoland area. 1 week ago Show details . lakers . 7 mo ago. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th, PERCH ARE THE MAIN EVENT! Click here for the statewide announcement. Capt. 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. Unexpected catches out of Chicago over the weekend. FISHING REPORT. Leaf color is not at max yet, but changing daily. Starting Thursday (10/6) thru Saturday (10/8) lows in upper 20s to lowest of 30s with highs in 40s to low 50s will bring sharper drops. Warm evenings produced nice top-water action on tailbaits and creepers. Daily bag is five trout. At 457 acres, Busse Reservoir is one of the largest fishing and boating waters in Cook County. The water clarity continues to improve and the largemouth are hitting a little better on 4 inch senkos in green pumpkin. Capt. Fish were active anywhere from 20 feet to the bottom. The bass are post spawn and hungry. A forum community dedicated to Chicagoland's fishing and outdoor enthusiasts. Fishing over deep water structure/cobble/gravel in 80 to 120 ft around slack tide will produce some trophy-sized . District fisheries biologist Seth Love would like to hear from anglers on hybrid catches at Braidwood. Mike Markese keeps catching fall Chinook with a tried lure. 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