kettle creek Fishing Report lake granger Fishing Report swan falls Fishing Report lake minocqua Fishing Report The larger lakes have skim ice along the shorelines and wind protected bays. Now settling back into a night time pick on the Yellowfin Tuna. Watch barometer, when very high or low, Crappies holding tighter to bottom. While love is in the air, heres what is going on locally in the fishing world: Fishing is starting to heat up on Lake Michigan; Coho are being caught from Gary Lighthouse east to Saint Joseph, trolling in 8-25 FOW using Thinfish. Tommy Cwiok with a big walleye from the Grand River in Michigan. Saro Kevorkian prepares to release his Illinois record burbot back into Lake Michigan on Dec. 8, 2020. Big fish honors go to Troy Smith for his 33.8 lb. Vince Oppedisano emailed the photo above and this: Hey Dale! Gulf of Mexico water temp. Navy Pier has been giving up some good Lake Michigan perch with artificials like Johnson (Pure . Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted the photo above and this: Coho action has been very good for most since Sunday fishing Portage Riverwalk and Michigan city peir. Some channels on the river have open areas and guys are catching crappies and bluegills. My column is on the basics. Thanks for checking in.Tommy. Even at mid-day Saturdy, perch anglers lined the North Slip. Brian Athern with the crappie that tied his personal best. They put together a fine group of people to share the rail with and it was our pleasure to have them aboard for the past eight days. EMIQUON PRESERVE:Fishing is sunrise to sunset. Only area lake with vehicle traffic is Partridge. But like I said, our weather was beautiful for most of the day until the late afternoon time when we were hit with some wind and a little bit of rain, so at least the weather was decent. Jeffrey Williams messaged the photos above and below, and this: Chicago river is doing good surprisingly, caught a handful of Bass and a couple of crappie slabs, Ryan takes credit for this 2 pound LMB, and T takes credit with the crappies. and staying till about 8a.m. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. Kurt Justice at Kurts Island Sport Shop in Minocqua emailed: Good travel conditions for anglers on the ice this past week. A fair amount putting in boats to fish walleye at the McHenry dam. And, as Jim Casey points out below, lake trout., Casey Shell with a big Chicago lakefront lake trout. Day to day it will only get better. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday morning before forecasted rain for Tuesday (2/14) as temps will reach upper 40s will make things a bit messy again. Thanks. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station, Indiana, texted: Still lots of groups fishing perch more from shore but when weather allows lots of boat fishermen also. Bluegill: Good-Fair More of the action/sorting reports than anyone talking good overall catches. There's a lot of water to cover and this is the only time you'll hear us say the words "the more boats, the better". Hi friends. Both casting and trolling, whichever is your preference. Area lakes-Last weekend the second first ice season was upon us. Spawn sacks under a float. He was using Mini-Mites with spikes on a drop-shot rig. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Today is a recant of yesterday.. Feb 25th Northwoods Chapter of Muskies Inc. Kids Ice Fishing Day, Feb 25th Newbold Fire Department 2nd Annual, Mar 4th KISS Highschool Ice Fishing Tournament, Kurts Island Sport Shop - Like us on Facebook. Lake trout are being caught accidently by boaters targetng them and by perch anglers accidently, such as Les Wooten did to earn Fish of the Week. Site winter hoursthrough Jan. 31are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said big smallmouth are going in the St. Joseph River; steelhead still going in the river, too; pier slow. DNR: Fish & Wildlife: Indiana Fishing Reports Indiana Fishing Reports Fish & Wildlife Fishing Indiana Fishing Reports Division of Fish & Wildlife staff collect reports as time permits. Capt Dan Zier, fishinkeys.com, mate Zane and Dans 7-year-old son, Christopher, with eight tuna and nice snapper on a trip. Northern Pike: Good Had some mixed reports, but overall good action on tip-ups with large shiners. Perch at 95th & 87th St. Inside the break wall in the shallows. We're making way up the line and will be arriving to the docks at 0700 hours tomorrow morning. So that is all. Click to get the latest. Minutes from the Moen chain of lakes for boating and fishing as well. With Braidwood Lake reopening to fishing next Wednesday, March 1, many of us are looking forward to seeing the slag heap, Torino Hill, again. Fishing reports are great; videos let us . Good evening everyone. Bite good on Crappie minnows as well. Open water fishing in February is always a good thing. Over 100 boats fishing perch Sunday. Closed, except Monster Lake is open all year. Over 100 boats fishing perch Sunday. ** Crappies reported biting at Wolf Lake. Our weather isn't really all that bad, but the combination of the direction we are heading and the swell direction is rolling the boat around pretty good but everyone is doing just fine and we're traveling at a safe speed to ensure the utmost comfort and safety of the passengers and the vessel. An idea is afoot to turn Chicago's lakefront into a national park. Chicago fishing can be amazing and Chitown Angler is excited to offer sportsmen daily reports and some of the most engaging fishing and hunting forums in our area. Grain replied Feb 22, 2023 Z General Fishing Questions and Information 3K. Walleye: Good Best bite surprisingly in morning for some (New Moon!?). lake levels, water temperatures, and other important information. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. But there are some other things, too, such as steelhead, brown trout and lake trout as well as burbot on the lakefront to keep things interesting. When thinking of the city of Chicago, many images come to mind. So all in all, we had a very good morning and the rest of the day was spent traveling, eating, napping, watching movies, and getting our gear restored back to clean, working order to hopefully do battle with our next batch of species on the menu. (Provided by Mike Chioros) A smattering of ice fishing around Chicago and the rebuilding of perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus the first mention of coho in 2023. Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report. With warm weather this past weekend there were reports of ATVs going through the ice at or near the access areas. Slow dropping plastics in white, pink, silver or blue. While trucks are working their way across more and more lakes. For live bait enthusiasts, Carolina rigging with fathead minnows or suckers remain the best choices. Kurt Justice at Kurts Island Sport Shop in Minocqua emailed: A great holiday weekend for ice anglers in the Northwoods. There were two of us looking around there and we had a combined score of 0. The snow on top was easily traversed by ATV users with wheels. We put in the effort to scratch up 15 of them. Access permits and liability waivers are available Tuesday to Saturday at Dickson Mounts Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SHELBYVILLE: Check with Ken Wilson of Lithia Guide Service. Cowboy came in first with a 288 pounder and Roger had a tight second with a 255 pounder. Crappie: Good As with Perch, two different locales. Baits of choice are spikes, beemoths, & smaller minnows. See Jim Shells photo at the top about burbot. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. Christina Petrites at Stans Bait & Tackle Center in Hammond emailed: Hi, Dale! Brian Athern emailed the photo above and this from an outing on Sawyer Lake in Langlade County: Tied my PB crappie in WI this past weekend with the assist going to my buddy Jake in the other picture with 11 inch rock bass. Getting all the ice fishing gear on display this week stop in. A few guys have reported catching a few perch at Navy Pier. Other lakes will reopen after duck season, so reopening on the Dec. 28th. . Yellowtail took third place. You also can get helpful information from the Fishing Forecast. Proprietor Greg Dickson at Triangle Sports and Marine in Antioch said ice is in between. Bluegill and northern have been the targets on Partridge. We fished for 4 hours and boated 12 nice lake trout. The ribs are smelling good so I gotta go. The $10 pier passes, which allow legal access to select piers at Jackson Park, Burnham, DuSable, Diversey, Belmont and Montrose harbors, may be bought at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor (cash only) through early December and at Northerly Island Visitor Center (credit card only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday to Friday). Tom Spence hoists a smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River with Bob Johnson. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said coho have been very good off the pier when the weather allows. Nice mixture of rolling meadows and wooded privacy. They didnt say where. High winds made it tough to cause freezing, but wind of single digit temps mixed lakes up enough that if we ever get the wind to lay down, lots more lakes will freeze up. Snack time for the backyard bunny. Jim Shell caught his first burbot Saturday off downtown Chicago. When weather allows, perch fishing continues on. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. Fishing reports for chicago lakefront are updated each week, usually by Thursday morning. We are back out again tonight for a 1.5 Day. There are a few vehicles on Partridge, but that may change in coming days. I prefer fishing during daylight hours and will focus on smallmouth bass and northern pike while slow trolling a sucker minnow on a Carolina rig. Sturgeon spearing season, previous permits required, opened Saturday on the Winnebago system in Wisconsin. Bluegill: Poor-Good Bite best in the afternoons. The variety of the lakefront brings its own rewards. Kicked it off on some great quality tuna. 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