Ice fishing up north and perch on the Chicago lakefront lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. At 70 degrees and will go up from here. Samuel OConnell registered a 162.6 lbs., F4 female speared on Lake Poygan. Thats my buddy Bob Londo holding his pb smallmouth. SPRING LAKE: Site superintendent Thad Cook emailed: Hey Dale, Oct 21st is the last day for boats to be on Spring Lake. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted: NOW FOR THE FISHING REPORT,PERCH FOR THE MOST PART ARE STILL REALLY GOOD WITH A SLOW PATCH HERE AND THERE. POWERTON: Boat and shore fishing is open. Inland Chicago (Cook County) ** Crappies reported biting at Wolf Lake. Hope all is well. 3.8K. Sunny, air temperatures hitting near 50 degrees and very light west winds. After that, we began the hunt for Wahoo and tuna but after not locating any, we plopped the anchor over to do some Yellowtail and ground-fishing. Daily Chicago Fishing Reports (March 2023) Home United States Chicago February 2023 Fresh Chicago Fishing Reports Top Chicago destinations Kenosha Tomorrow: 48 / 35 F St. Joseph Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Waukegan Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Winthrop Harbor Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Chicago Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Williams Bay 38 fishing charters Antioch After the completion of the seminar, chartermaster's Dan Anderson and Howard Lund handed out some shirts, sweaters, spectra, jigs, and some fish processing gift cards. We finished with 15 Bluefin Tuna. 1.5M. Perch: Good Lots of sorting, but nice catches in 6-12 weeds. Randy just got back from a 1.5 Day trip with good mixed bag fishing, with Dorado & Yellowtail. What began as a slow day on the Supreme, turned out to be quite a decent day by the time the sun set. Not unusual to catch plenty of Bass when temps in upper teens and above. Click here for the update from D&S Bait, Tackle & Fly Shop . That guy better be right. Good evening, friends. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD MILD WEATHER THIS MONTH AND STAY OPEN A WHILE LONGER. Previous permits are required. So all in all, we had a very good morning and the rest of the day was spent traveling, eating, napping, watching movies, and getting our gear restored back to clean, working order to hopefully do battle with our next batch of species on the menu. 1201 S Prairie Ave #1113 is located in South Loop, Chicago. Also, brought help. Best Fishing Times: 12:00AM to 12:00AM, and 12:00AM to 12:00AM. Hi friends. Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Today was a travel day. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said coho have been very good off the pier when the weather allows. And I quote Brian! Early oho, one of the best eating fish around Chicago fishing, properly prepared. Shore and boat fishermen doing well. Click to get the latest. Inland lakes anglers are starting to catch some Crappies; red worms doing well. Best Fishing Times near Chicagon Lake. We still have a few spots left, so give Susan a call in the office at 619-390-7890 and book a spot. Randy Hall with coho Sunday from Michigan City Pier. The photo at the top of Casey Shell came from his father Jim Shell, who also sent a good explanation about fishing lake trout in a winter like this (see the LAKEFRONT) report below. We have the bait you need. POWERTON: Closed until after duck season. Only area lake with vehicle traffic is Partridge. In fact, it may help to melt down whats left of the snow (which mostly got blown off the lakes) and allow for firmer ice to be made. Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Perch, catfish smallmouth, largemouth, bluegill, lakers Perch and other summer fishing around Chicago leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; updated Wisconsin River and Northern Wisconsin reports. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. On Monday, Quinn Wunar tweeted the photo above and this: I was feeling cocky and took my float and fly out vs my guy Ray Raymond this afternoon at burnham and he got the first Chicago coho. Some groups even fishing at night over there doing good. Both casting and trolling, whichever is your preference. We managed to tag a bunch and have a few for some sashimi fish as well, so we're pumped. Jim Shell emailed the photo above, and the breakdown and YouTube video below: There have been many reports of the great lake trout fishing off of Chicago and Indiana shores. By Dale Bowman Jun 28, 2022, 5:20am PST D) Jackson Harbor (Inner and Outer Harbors). We tried a handful of spots with limited success but later in the afternoon, we began to snag some Yellows with the yo-yo jigs and dropper loops. Anyhow, we'll chat with you tomorrow and wish us luck. The most important thing is fishing close to the bottom. THIS MEANS THAT OUR MOBILE BAIT VAN PARKED BAIT HAS TO COME TO AN END ALSO. AREA LAKES South waters are open or opening; north is mainly in some stage of in-between (lot depends on what happens with the ice or rain tomorrow and wind). When thinking of the city of Chicago, many images come to mind. 1201 S Prairie Ave #1113, Chicago, IL is a studio, 1 bathroom, 492 sqft apartment. Anglers using Pimples, Kastmasters, Halis and Buckshot Rattle spoons tipped with wigglers or spikes. The warm temps and rain of this past week deteriorated the ice on lakes south of I-80. Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. Big perch and lots of limits. That should change back again to more open water over the coming days. Shore and boat fishermen doing well. Lake trout and a limit of Perch off the Chicago Lakefront! Even without current, the fish bit pretty steady in the late afternoon and by the evening time, we only had a few fishermen left as the cocktails and showers overtook the anglers attention. Conditions are still very good as of this early report. We made it to our destination at a decent hour this morning and it didn't take us too long to figure things out and get serious on finishing up our Yellowtail limit. A few guys have reported catching a few perch at Navy Pier. Chicago Lakefront Fishing, Smallmouth Bass And Crappie - YouTube This video shows multiple days of fishing. The bite was good for both. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted: Perch at 95th & 87th st. Hi friends. I was able to catch 5 smallmouth using finesse baits off the bottom in 6 - 8 holes. Most of the rest had fish around the 175 lb. Depending on the season we will have what's working. It seems like there is always something going on. We fell on a massive school of full grown perch and were able to limit out in a couple hours. Nature photo of backyard rabbit snacking. EMIQUON PRESERVE:During waterfowl season, fishing is not allowed until noon. The river is getting closer to breaking up with the unseasonably warm weather. Incredible Opportunity for a Dermatology Physician in Arlington Heights, Illinois. We have some spots open in May for some 1.5 Day trips, Call Wednesday in her office at 619-706-3634 or go straight to our website and check out the schedule. This morning I tried Belmont and picked up a small coho and an exceptional steelie. Crappie: Good As with Perch, two different locales. Feb 25th Northwoods Chapter of Muskies Inc. Kids Ice Fishing Day, Feb 25th Newbold Fire Department 2nd Annual, Mar 4th KISS Highschool Ice Fishing Tournament, Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. Musky: Good - Very few anglers out in this wind (and opening of deer season), but some success on the sucker end. When stable or slightly dropping can be found higher off bottom up to the weed tops (6-8) at times. We'll report back to you tomorrow hopefully with a tale of bonanza-style fishing and good weather. That's what it is in this case. Bob Londo with his personal-best smallmouth bass, caught in Michigans Upper Peninsula. The Tinley Park fishing and travel expo starts this Friday and runs through Sunday. We started our day today offshore tuna fishing. Site winter hours through Jan. 31 are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Click here for the southern Lake Michigan reports from the Wisconsin DNR. What a jungle in the water.Bruce. G. Peters. (Provided by Mike Norris) Building ice going into the holidays leads this sprawling, raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there's also ongoing perch fishing on the Chicago lakefront. The attitudes of the anglers is swinging to thoughts of spring. Access permits and liability waivers are required. Perch at 95th & 87th St. 3K. Previous permits required. Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is bracing for a competitive reelection bid this Tuesday as she vies against eight other challengers for a spot . Quinn Wunar On Thursday, John Carlson messaged: Your Wednesday fishing report for Portage on the Coho is spot on. So we decided to wind in the jigs and v line it down to the yellowtail grounds with the hopes of a sea bass mixed in. Through Monday, the biggest fish taken so far, 162.6 pounds, was speared by Samuel OConnell (above). Ray Raymond with his first coho of the year. Capt. FISHING REPORT FRIDAY JUNE 7th, SHEEPHEAD (freshwater drum) BITING REALLY GOOD ON SOFT SHELL CRABS AND SOME HARD SHELLS AS WELL. We're going to stick with the plan and go look for White Sea Bass tomorrow in some White Sea Bassy water. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station, Indiana, texted: Lots of groups fishing cal park area and up in the slips and river for perch. Bank fishing will be allowed along the south Lake road after 1:00pm during waterfowl season. The hotspot was by the railroad trestle along the northwest side of the lake. The ice is a little thin on the lakes. We need a nice spread of lots of boats to cover this large area of water that these tuna have been in the past couple of months and today, we just didn't have the help to look at all the water that needs to be covered in order to find the fish. Again, one day at a time. Everyone always asks what to use. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Northern pike fishing is also good in the Jug with tip-ups baited with medium or large shiners.
That is a perch of a lifetime. Bob Johnson emailed the photo at the very top and this: Hi Dale - made it back out to Kankakee River Sunday with Tom Spence. Our winter hours are coming to an end, back to work soon. We saw one good school on the sonar but never got around on it so that was encouraging and we also did see a lot of Yellowtail on the kelps that we did stop on. Jeffrey Williams messaged the photo above and this: Caught this 8 pounder out of Belmont, he was fresh but the him being on ice gave him those spots, over all we are still catching Cohos with Fresh Meat, using spoons tipped with a night crawler, lately they been taking it when the spoon is free falling. Bob Johnson with a cold-water smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River. Might be a week to pay attention to this. We'll be there first thing tomorrow morning with a cup of coffee and a pair of binoculars in our hands. You gotta hit the HONEY HOLE BROTHER!. 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