r3825 Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 Bloomington Illinois here, long time lurker, decided to finally join 1 Quote
Bear141 Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 I love fishing this time of year. Bass and crappie were both very active this weekend. Quote
Ram Fisherman Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Just want to drop by and say Hello...and to see if anyone has info on which Mazonia is best to fish from the bank...no boat yet and looking for some place different near my home. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted April 19, 2016 Super User Posted April 19, 2016 2 hours ago, Ram Fisherman said: Just want to drop by and say Hello...and to see if anyone has info on which Mazonia is best to fish from the bank...no boat yet and looking for some place different near my home. I know the tournament guys have been doing real well catching fish pushing 8lbs. No clue where they're fishing Quote
Skunked again Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 The bass pro aquarium, location of your choice! Quote
Jeff Bernaeyge Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 nw subs here. Hampshire area, then work out in fox river grove. hit jaycee park on my lunch break real quick and got a small bass. 1 Quote
Weightless Lizard Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 17 hours ago, Jeff Bernaeyge said: nw subs here. Hampshire area, then work out in fox river grove. hit jaycee park on my lunch break real quick and got a small bass. What's up Jeff! It's Matt Dwyer. We need to hook up and fish one day. Quote
beardown34 Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 Two pounder night fishing. Can't get myself to fish anything other than a chatterbait for more than a couple casts. 1 Quote
tbone1993 Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 On 4/14/2016 at 9:27 AM, Nice_Bass said: Clinton Lake. water 52 by the plant, 63 party cove. Fish are midway back in the coves for the most part, or staging at the flats on the mouths of coves. All fish have been really fat... fast moving jerkbaits on the flats and spinnerbaits/jigs moving to structure/cover in the coves. The bite is slowly turning on. We only had two keepers on a tough day last weekend but they were both fat and white. 8lb 1oz fish was caught by a high schooler on a crankbait, think it was a 1.5 not certain. 17lbs took the tournament. Temps were getting to be 68 and some said they saw 70 in the hot arm. 2 Quote
cadman Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Got 8 largies last Saturday on Long Lake in Long Lake, IL. Biggest was 17-1/2" smallest was 15-1/2" all in 5 hours of fishing on a custom made jig. Fishing was good, water temp was 56 degrees. 1 Quote
Allen Der Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 4 hours ago, cadman said: Got 8 largies last Saturday on Long Lake in Long Lake, IL. Biggest was 17-1/2" smallest was 15-1/2" all in 5 hours of fishing on a custom made jig. Fishing was good, water temp was 56 degrees. boat or kayak? I have both and want to try Long this year. Quote
cadman Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 33 minutes ago, Allen Der said: boat or kayak? I have both and want to try Long this year. Allen my wife and I were fishing out of a boat. It is a phenomenal fishery if you know what you are doing. We got our fish on jigs, but rattle traps will work as well. If you want more info PM me. We have a tourney there this weekend, so I will post some results on Monday. Quote
Nice_Bass Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 On 4/21/2016 at 10:06 PM, tbone1993 said: The bite is slowly turning on. We only had two keepers on a tough day last weekend but they were both fat and white. 8lb 1oz fish was caught by a high schooler on a crankbait, think it was a 1.5 not certain. 17lbs took the tournament. Temps were getting to be 68 and some said they saw 70 in the hot arm. I should be out there tomorrow I am hoping...looks like that will be it for me for this weekend though. Quote
beardown34 Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 anyone in chicago/western suburbs know of any place local to get chatterbait blades? i know of lurepartsonline, barlow, and jannsnetcraft online. just wondering if there's somewhere local to save on shipping. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted April 23, 2016 Super User Posted April 23, 2016 These were caight on long lake this morning 5 Quote
cadman Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 39 minutes ago, slonezp said: These were caight on long lake this morning Wow that's a nice mixed bag. I've never seen a striper caught on Long lake, that is a first. "The Chain" has tons of them. Very nice. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted April 23, 2016 Super User Posted April 23, 2016 On 4/21/2016 at 6:26 PM, cadman said: Allen my wife and I were fishing out of a boat. It is a phenomenal fishery if you know what you are doing. We got our fish on jigs, but rattle traps will work as well. If you want more info PM me. We have a tourney there this weekend, so I will post some results on Monday. Your tourney tomorrow? Guys out there today said it was slow. I didn't do any bass fishing, I was out with my dad today looking for table fare. Quote
cadman Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 6 minutes ago, slonezp said: Your tourney tomorrow? Guys out there today said it was slow. I didn't do any bass fishing, I was out with my dad today looking for table fare. Well you definitely got some table fare for tonight. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Someone in the tourney will do good I'm sure. I'll post results on Monday. Quote
beardown34 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 anyone have some seasonal explanation for why the same small residential pond that i caught 2 lbers with some regularity from in march, are now only producing super dinks < 1 lb? slow rolling 3/16, 1/4, or 3/8oz chatterbaits with small/med/larger trailers -- no difference over the past 2 weeks. it's weird. are the big ones taking a little nap before spawning or something? Quote
Junk Fisherman Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 My great spring continues. Caught a 19.5" brute on a squarebill and a 20" bass on a creature bait at Whalen on Saturday. Caught another small bass as well. Talked to another angler and he said the bite was slow and he hadn't caught anything. I'll take a slow day if the couple fish I catch are 4 lbers. 1 Quote
Weightless Lizard Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Got this nice female last night at my little pond 5 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted April 24, 2016 Super User Posted April 24, 2016 13 hours ago, beardown34 said: anyone have some seasonal explanation for why the same small residential pond that i caught 2 lbers with some regularity from in march, are now only producing super dinks < 1 lb? slow rolling 3/16, 1/4, or 3/8oz chatterbaits with small/med/larger trailers -- no difference over the past 2 weeks. it's weird. are the big ones taking a little nap before spawning or something? The little buck bass are going to be more active now looking for areas to bed Quote
beardown34 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 6 hours ago, slonezp said: The little buck bass are going to be more active now looking for areas to bed Oh I see. These guys are less than a pound. Must be like my precocious high school friends who were 'bedding' way before me Quote
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