Jeff Bernaeyge Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 been fishing the fox river with a squarebill crankbait, got a few largemouth. planning on hitting up the hollows with a frog soon Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 I'm tweaking. Haven't seen the water in a couple weeks. hoping to get out on Sunday before the Bears Game GO BEARS!!! 2 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 37 minutes ago, slonezp said: I'm tweaking. Haven't seen the water in a couple weeks. hoping to get out on Sunday before the Bears Game GO BEARS!!! Hang in there my friend A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User QUAKEnSHAKE Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 I got out today nothing hit til the rain started and that was the switch that needed to be turned. It only rained for about 20 minutes and then sun came out. I was getting hit left and right. I got this one that looks to have escaped the teeth of a pike and a nice one on a senko. All hits were off the bottom nothing going after my moving baits 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 7 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Hang in there my friend A-Jay It's bad...I've got the neighborhood garage sale tomorrow and Sunday pre-football I will hopefully be out on the water. I purposely don't fish on holiday weekends and the week before ended up doing some small fixes on the Lund. Had some issues with the Max-Air intake on the livewell. Rather than injecting air into the livewell it was regurgitating water onto the floor of the boat. I bought a new fitting from TH Marine, broke it while installing it and ordered another one. Got it in. Still hasn't seen the water yet so hopefully it doesn't leak. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 1 minute ago, slonezp said: It's bad...I've got the neighborhood garage sale tomorrow and Sunday pre-football I will hopefully be out on the water. I purposely don't fish on holiday weekends and the week before ended up doing some small fixes on the Lund. Had some issues with the Max-Air intake on the livewell. Rather than injecting air into the livewell it was regurgitating water onto the floor of the boat. I bought a new fitting from TH Marine, broke it while installing it and ordered another one. Got it in. Still hasn't seen the water yet so hopefully it doesn't leak. I right there with ya - I've been Mr. Landscaper for the past week and still have at least two more full days of it ahead of me - I'll be looking to get out next week as soon as possible - Hope your repair holds up. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, A-Jay said: I right there with ya - I've been Mr. Landscaper for the past week and still have at least two more full days of it ahead of me - I'll be looking to get out next week as soon as possible - Hope your repair holds up. A-Jay Where'd your post on fall fishing go? I can't seem to find it Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 1 minute ago, slonezp said: Where'd your post on fall fishing go? I can't seem to find it They moved it to the Tackle Forum A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 10, 2016 Super User Posted September 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, A-Jay said: They moved it to the Tackle Forum A-Jay Bastages.... 1 Quote
cadman Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 I haven't been out in a couple of weeks either. Boat was in the shop and piked it up Thursday. Going to Powers Lake this Sunday. Hopefully the boat will have no issues. I'll let you guys know how we do later tomorrow. Quote
Skunked again Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Was out Tuesday morning and Wednesday, a2.5 square bill in sexy shad was the ticket, in the afternoon. Have never thrown that bait much. Nothing else was working, I mean nothing. Only had 1 keeper, several shorts, funny how 1 short fish can change your mindset. It's amazing how finicky I am with "confidence" baits. This will probably be my new go to bait! Guess I need another day like that for spinnerbait s !! Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 11, 2016 Super User Posted September 11, 2016 Did the bluegill thing again today. Bite was pretty good although not as good as my last few trips. Kept enough for a meal. Biggest today 9 1/2" Weather permitting, I might be sick on Tuesday. Texted the boss giving him the heads up. Kings are making their way into Wisconsin harbors. Tuesday early morning looks ideal right now if the rain will hold out. Quote
Skunked again Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 Your an alright guy, giving the boss a heads up like that! Now, was that the work boss, or the real boss?!? Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 11, 2016 Super User Posted September 11, 2016 56 minutes ago, Skunked again said: Your an alright guy, giving the boss a heads up like that! Now, was that the work boss, or the real boss?!? Work boss. We're starting to slow down. They're pretty lenient where I work. Real boss is going with if I can drag her out of bed at 3:00am Quote
Skunked again Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 I'd be in the obituary if I tried to drag her out of bed at 0300! Quote
cadman Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 Well Powers Lake report on Sunday. We got 3 bass and one northern pike in 4 hours of fishing. All bass were small, the biggest being 14". Northern was 22". I was more concerned about running the outboard, to make sure the repair was done. It worked fine. Off to Delavan or Geneva this weekend. 2 Quote
Junk Fisherman Posted September 24, 2016 Posted September 24, 2016 Had a great day, numbers-wise, at Braidwood today. Could only fish till noon but I put a lot of fish in the boat. Nothing bigger than 16" but it was constant action. Surprised at how many bass fishermen were out there. In the past, September was a quiet time on the lake but today seemed closer to a March day than late September. Water was 86-88 degrees where I was fishing. Wish that place stayed open all year long. 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted September 25, 2016 Super User Posted September 25, 2016 Hit Long Lake this morning. Bite was decent from 6:00-10:00 and then completely died. Water still warm 70* and there's an awful lot of dead vegetation on the bottom. Think I caught 10 all in the 14-16" range up shallow. After 10:00 I tried deep water off the main point and was marking fish suspended 8ft down in 15fow. Tried throwing Strike King Bonsai Shad with no takers. 3 Quote
mbtharp1 Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 Sangchris here in Central Illinois is picking up. Shad are spawning and the fish are hitting reaction baits! 2 Quote
Skunked again Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 One of our lakes was recently opened up for non-motorized boats. They've been putting the hurt on the fish! I'm waiting to see how many are out there when trout season opens . 1 Quote
Junk Fisherman Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 Since the east winds kept me off the big lake again I went to Braidwood for the 2nd weekend in a row. A lot of guys were out there. Hit the parking lot at 6 AM and I couldn't even get to the launch so I drove to the other launch. Temps dropped from 86 to to around 75 in 1 week. Couldn't fish the spots I caught so many fish at last week since there were 3-4 boats just camped out on the spots. So I worked a bunch of new stuff and caught a couple 17" bass and a bunch of smaller fish. Feel pretty confident I could have grinded out a limit if I stuck to the most productive areas but I was just fun fishing and was looking at some new spots. A bunch of different finesse stuff did the damage mostly dropshot and a 4" senko. One more weekend out there for this season. 1 Quote
Skunked again Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 Silver lake yesterday. Caught more of those lil ones than ever before. Had several 1.5-2#. one at 3.5#, and the beast at 5#. Also an 11" crappie. All but one on a broken back rapala in firetiger. Had one 2# on a 10" worm, while teaching myself to pitch keeping reel in left hand, I'm right handed. Only had one after lunch. That's also when the showers stopped. 5# lil bit 1 Quote
Tracker22 Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 Three days in a row without a bite down here. Weather changed and they got lockjaw. Shad popping all over the lake. Tried finesse, spinners, tops, worms, flukes, jigs and a few other things. NOTHING! Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 2, 2016 Super User Posted October 2, 2016 Ignored a sign from God and went fishing. Last night, there was a skunk on my back patio. I went 0 for 4 on Long Lake and my son went 3 for 6 this morning. Water temp dropped 7 degrees since last Sunday. He caught his first one on his 4th cast and I made the comment "It's going to be a good day today". I jinxed us 1 Quote
papajoe222 Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 On 9/12/2016 at 9:04 AM, cadman said: Well Powers Lake report on Sunday. We got 3 bass and one northern pike in 4 hours of fishing. All bass were small, the biggest being 14". Northern was 22". I was more concerned about running the outboard, to make sure the repair was done. It worked fine. Off to Delavan or Geneva this weekend. On Powers I've only caught one bass over 5lb. and I swear I've caught her twice. both times off the same hump. I'm heading out to Delavan this Sat. If you see me, give me a shout I can help you get skunked too. 1 Quote
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