![]() ![]() NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at or (847) 587-8540. Kyle Tepper at Triangle Sports and Marine in Antioch said water should be turning over soon crappie and bluegill shallow in the channels (seawalls, docks) on plastics or wax worms white bass fair on Wolf River rig with a minnow some trolling for walleye or working the channels with small swimbaits or jig and minnow muskies good on suckers or big plastics, Channel, Marie or Catherine best for bass, crankbaits or little swimbaits catfish best on cut bait under schools of crappie. I think he is spot on that the season will truly being changing with this weekend, as others also note in this report. If the forecast colder weather materializes next week, that could be the start of it. I haven’t targeted crappies yet and haven’t found any while fishing for bass and bluegills either. But it’s November and I’m catching fish on fly tackle, without a hat and gloves and can still feel my fingers. The bluegills were of respectable size the bass were not. ![]() It was a mixed bag of bluegills and largemouths. Sunday turned out to be a much better day: temps in the low 60s wind quit in the late afternoon the water must have warmed a little because the fish were feeding. ![]() I wanted to get out on Saturday-last day of Daylight Savings Time, so all sunsets will be early for the next few months-but it didn’t happen due to the gale-force winds. I’ll send this now as I’m likely finished fishing for the week. My guess by the size of the catfish in the photo that it is one of those stocked this fall. Yes, my family life has been busy the last month of so.Īs to the channel catfish, the Chicago Park District was able to have some stocked this fall in the usual lagoons from a surplus at the hatchery. In the meantime, gearing up for perch too. I’m OK with that, but my son is looking for more so I need to up my game. Otherwise, a modest amount of Chicago lakeshore and river fishing this late summer and fall yielded a large number of small fish…and infinitesimally small number of big fish. Many possible answers, but I was just happy to reel in this fish: (with a Berkley Gulp Minnow on a 1/2 oz jighead floated under a bobber, a terminal tackle combo of convenience in the dwindling light) Earlier in the year I just saw small bullheads, and I remember your article about a lack of channel cat stocking this year, so this was something else. I was pleasantly surprised to catch a nice small channel catfish at Columbus Park Lagoon at dusk on Wednesday night. It’s been a while and, between college football games and garage band mosh pits, I hope you and yours are well. ![]()
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