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A friend and I got out on my first outing of the year to LaSalle Lake, a cooling plant lake about 70 miles southwest of Chicago.  I have fished there a few times and thought there might be a long line waiting to get in the gates when they open at 6. We got there about 5:20 and were the only ones there. Right at 6, another 6 or 8 cars with trailers pulled up. During my preparations, I forgot to charge up the starting battery for my motor and couldn't start the engine. After slight delay getting under way while I jump started the motor off the trolling motor battery, which were fully charged, we were off. Reports I've been getting about LaSalle were that numbers of fish have been off so far this year and our trip report was about the same. We had to work hard for bites but I did manage to get 2 hybrid stripers, a 19 incher and a 21. Those 2 fish were made the whole trip worth it. The first one just about pulled the rod spinning rod right out of my hand he hit the lipless crankbait so hard. The speed and power of those fish is incredible. The second came on a white spinner bait. I also got a nice 18 inch largemouth on a Rapala Shadow Rap jerkbait. All together, we had a dozen fish. 7 largemouth, 3 stripers, a smallmouth, and a small catfish.  Water temps on the "hot" side were 80 degrees although we never got close to the actual discharge. The "cold" water side was 70 degrees.

 
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The 19 inch hybrid
 
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The 21 inch hybrid
 
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An 18 inch largemouth
 
 
Today was the first trip with my new Minn Kota Terrova trolling motor.  It takes a little bit getting used to the different controls than the old Power Drive motor, but the extra power, the remote control, the spot lock and auto Pilot are great features. I really like the new motor. It turns so much faster than the old motor and it stows much easier. The weather today started cold and clear with temps in the middle 30 and was in the middle 60’s when we quit just after 3. The winds were from 5 to 10 mph from the WSW. 

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