Firefish Alumacraft Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 On Friday my father and I went to Clinton Lake in Illinois, it was our first time there and we did some scouting. I launched on the hot side ( nuke power plant cooling lake) by the no wake zone. We got there around 9am and with the water temp being in the low 90s we traveled up river to colder water coolest we found was 85deg and with mid day coming fast we fished the shallows and shadows throwing crank baits/ warms/ plastics. I put on a Rapala Shadow rap #7 with a 7ft Abu Garcia Veritas rod and Revo STX reel with 30lb braid and a 6ft 10 floor leader with in 3 min of casting in 2-6ft of water in shadows I got this sucker 19.25" 12 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 There ya go ~ PB's are Always a Blast Congrats A-Jay 1 Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 So that's what a nuked bass looks like! Nice fish! 3 Quote
Turkey sandwich Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Congrats! Good attention to detail. Cool catch on a Shadow Rap, too. 85-90 degree water, it would not be the first thing I would have reached for. 2 Quote
Fish4bigfish Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 Congrats on your pb. If you practice catch and release you can catch em again. Nice catch! 6 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 PB's are always sweet! Congrats. 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 He's glowing from all that radiation 1 Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 Congrats on the new PB! 1 Quote
Firefish Alumacraft Posted July 25, 2016 Author Posted July 25, 2016 Thanks everyone, sorry for the thanks my computer was down and I couldn't get online. In the early morning I tried everything in my tackle box other than crank baits. fig why not! and look my new PB. Yeah that was some hot water from the discharge Quote
Nice_Bass Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Make sure to put it up in the Illinois section of the "northeast" local forum here. I fish Clinton quite a bit and always happy to help although you have a good start going. 2 Quote
Firefish Alumacraft Posted July 25, 2016 Author Posted July 25, 2016 38 minutes ago, Nice_Bass said: Make sure to put it up in the Illinois section of the "northeast" local forum here. I fish Clinton quite a bit and always happy to help although you have a good start going. where do you suggest fishing on Clinton Lake? 1 Quote
Nice_Bass Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 17 hours ago, Firefish Tracker said: where do you suggest fishing on Clinton Lake? is that picture of you on the lake right across from the marina lol? Feel free to pm me and I will share anything I know that you would like to about Clinton. 1 Quote
Jonathan Evans Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Its funny looking..........Radiated bass lol 1 Quote
Nice_Bass Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 5 hours ago, Jonathan Evans said: Its funny looking..........Radiated bass lol In Clinton's defense...all the fish look completely normal lol- ironically being a cooling lake for a nuke plant it is pretty regulated. anyhow, that first picture just looks like a fish that took a drive home in a hot livewell that is about ready for a hot skillet! 1 Quote
Jonathan Evans Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 4 minutes ago, Nice_Bass said: In Clinton's defense...all the fish look completely normal lol- ironically being a cooling lake for a nuke plant it is pretty regulated. anyhow, that first picture just looks like a fish that took a drive home in a hot livewell that is about ready for a hot skillet! i just noticed the pic was taken in the drive way. So thats about the perfect size for eating? I herd the bigger they get the less tasty they are. Quote
Nice_Bass Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 16 hours ago, Jonathan Evans said: i just noticed the pic was taken in the drive way. So thats about the perfect size for eating? I herd the bigger they get the less tasty they are. Not sure if I have ever eaten one that big- I eat plenty of 15-17 inch fish but perhaps it was not going to make it for some reason? I will say however; I cannot tell the difference between eating a 12 inch spotted bass from a 15 inch largemouth for what its worth. 1 Quote
Firefish Alumacraft Posted August 1, 2016 Author Posted August 1, 2016 Im not a fan of eating fish but my Father is so I gave it to him. My parents said it was delish 1 Quote
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