We'll be fishing tomorrow in the same area that we'll be fishing on our 2-day trip departing Sunday afternoon and returning on Tuesday morning, so it will be a good check for us to get the area figured out and hopefully get some fish located. Hope to see everyone there. MOST USING MINNOWS OF ALL VARIETIES ESPECIALLY ROSEY REDS, ALSO SHRIMP,WAX WORMS, SPIKES, NIGHT CRAWLERS,ETC IF SOMETHING ISNT WORKING FOR YOU CHANGE IT UP. You will have to sort through the numerous smaller fish though. (Provided by Mike Norris) Building ice going into the holidays leads this sprawling, raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there's also ongoing perch fishing on the Chicago lakefront. Nate. Spawn sacks under a float. Fewer but bigger perch on plastics. It has been pretty action packed today. The ice is a little thin on the lakes. Previous permits are required. The forecast is for cold weather moving in and should change things. This has been a pattern weve been on for the past 5 years now. 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. Click here for the update from D&S Bait, Tackle & Fly Shop . Slezs Bait will be open on Thanksgiving Day 5 a.m. till 2 p.m. Click here for the Wisconsin DNRs report, usually on Tuesday or Wednesday. CHICAGO - Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Governor Pritzker, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Chicago Park District, and other state and local officials at the ribbon cutting for the Navy Pier Flyover Project.The transformative pedestrian and bike bridge links the two halves of Chicago's signature Lakefront Trail and creates an uninterrupted, 18-mile ribbon from 71 . Jim Shell and his son Casey experienced their first burbot on Saturday and sent the photo at the top. But with a high-pressure system moving in and a warming trend in the forecast, I will be back out fishing for smallmouth bass on Big Green by midweek. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Thanks for checking in.Tommy. tuesday dec. 6th, of course perch are at the top of the list. After a couple-day hiatus, we're back out for eight days with Dan Anderson, Howard Lund, and a few of their amigos. Shorelines are giving way. Theres also brown trout and steelhead around (column coming on Wednesday about Danny Taks Borgert and steelhead). Chicago (south side) Various Shoreline Areas: x: x: x: x: x: x . Hi friends. 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. Last week, he found coho limits with a friend in Indiana and tweeted: Believe it or not, I found a berm out of the wind. Anyhow, we gave it an honest check all day today and with the impending weather that is supposed to kick up all the way from California to where we currently sit and beyond the Baja coast, we've decided to start making a little bit of latitude up as we'll be in a different area tomorrow looking once again for tuna and Wahoo. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. Hello friends. Up north, at Montrose, there are tons of small Lake Michigan Perch, which bodes well for the future. Redfish like this and sea trout taking a variety of lures. Sturgeon spearing on Wisconsins Lake Winnebago may run the entire season through Sunday, Feb. 26. unless one of the caps is hit in the next couple days. LET ME START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR. Well, getting to that transitional time! Just not many reports. IF YOU CATCH ONE NOW YOU MUST THROW BACK. Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. Northern Pike: Very Good-Good Mostly #s, but some good 30+ fish reported as anglers fishing big shiners and suckers under tip-ups and Jaw Jackers in 5-12 of good weeds had plenty of action. He made my morning. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. Be ready when they come in! P.S. The one fish in my right hand measured at 15.5 with a girth of 11.5 my pb and pretty sure that will never get toppled so what was already a great day got even sweeter with that one, we also caught a couple Coho later in the day. Harold Plein messaged the photos above and below, and this: Thought you might be interested in some of these pics from Iron County in the great UP. Capt. Ahntastic Adventures in Silicon Valley Monday evening, Quinn Wunar tweeted the photo above and this: Went poking around for trout today after slamming some coho past couple trips out. We launched at Burnham harbor, which is a very short run to get to the lighthouse. Ice fishing up north and perch on the Chicago lakefront lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Heres the lead to Mondays update from the Wisconsin DNR: With the warm temperatures, today was again a slow day for spearing on the Winnebago system. Smaller lakes with better ice thickness remain the best option for hard water anglers. Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera. Thanks. Cost includes food and permits. Ray Raymond with his first coho of the year. We weren't seeing any volume though. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. Measuring 36 and weighing 16#s, its my personal best. Fall inland trout season opens at 5 a.m. Saturday at Axehead and Belleau lakes in. We finished with 15 Bluefin Tuna. Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. He was fishing in 5-6 feet of water and jigging down to near the green weeds with waxies or red spikes. Rattle lures in glow, white, gold tipped with waxies and tip-downs baited with rosies. Join Community Grow Your Business. Gills (like Crappies) held tighter to bottom. That's when you know you've had a good bite, only a handful of anglers at the rail and with the cocktail party cheering them on; hootin' and hollerin' at 'em. Big Green Lake Warm weather accompanied with brisk west winds reopened the center of the lake. We are back out again tonight for a 1.5 Day. Tip-ups with live bait (shiners, suckers) per usual. Bite was relatively slow. Tom Spence hoists a smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River with Bob Johnson. We put in the effort to scratch up 15 of them. A fair amount putting in boats to fish walleye at the McHenry dam. If those times won't work for you, 12:00AM to 12:00AM looks promising. After that, we began the hunt for Wahoo and tuna but after not locating any, we plopped the anchor over to do some Yellowtail and ground-fishing. Starting with biting Yellowfin Tuna in the dark then, changing to picking at Grouper and Wahoo during the day. The end result of catching fall salmon from the Chicago lakefront. Our weather is a bit windy with a light swell but it's hot out, so the breeze is kind of welcomed at this point. Sey Jay with his personal best steelhead. The fish were also on the smaller side of things. Guide Mike Norris texted the photo above and emailed this: Fishing on the Big Green Lake came to a halt late last week as a major cold front ushered in sub-freezing temperatures and high winds. I LOVE WHAT I DO AND IT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU. Conditions vary wildly with lakes open or opening south while northern areas still have some fishable ice. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said steelhead are good from the mid-river up to Berrien Springs. 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 Northerly Island Visitor Center (credit-card only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday), but call (312) 745-2910 first to make sure someone is there. Ideal for building lakefront getaway or weekend camping retreat. Its new so things will be tentative for a while. Even late Saturday morning, anglers were spaced along the North Slip (85th Street) when I was there. Not unusual to catch plenty of Bass when temps in upper teens and above. Mostly on tip-ups and medium shiners, though jig anglers looking for Gills reported catching lots of surprises to 20! Our weather is a tad bouncy and wet but it's nothing we can't handle or haven't seen before. Today is a recant of yesterday.. There was also good fishing on fish 30-40 and 60-100 lbs. The reports are compiled by an outside contractor who receives the Updated: Feb 28, 2023 / 09:23 PM CST. The Chicago Harbor system consists of 9 main harbors that stretch across the city's lakefront from north to south. Thats my buddy Bob Londo holding his pb smallmouth. We have the bait you need. Sturgeon spearing season, previous permits required, opened Saturday. Chicago, IL 60609 Show on Map Park No. Last time we were forecasted 6-12 we only got 3-4, cross your fingers. Beaver Dam Lake - Ice fishing shiners suspended beneath tip-ups for walleye and northern pike was excellent early last week. It takes sorting, but there are bluegills to 9 inches. Shore and boat fishermen doing well. Job #13034752. Cost is $500.00. 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. Jason Special One Le with the results of a very special day for coho in Indiana. Everyone's having a great time and he misses you. 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. Walleyes are fair at night on tip-ups baited with medium shiners. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. When I wrote the above article 29 years ago in The Chicago File, fishing for smelt along Chicago's lakefront during the month of April was an extremely popular activity. AKA Bait Boy at the Salmon Stop in Waukegan said still salmon being caught and browns are being seen in the harbor. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. For more information call the shop at 773-271-2838. A few guys have reported catching a few perch at Navy Pier. We have a couple days of traveling to figure things out and as of now, our ride is beautiful rollin' south. Here is the nature pic of the week. POWERTON: Closed until after duck season. George Peters emailed the photo above and this: Hi Dale, fishing is good in S. Florida. Slow fishing for us offshore today. There were two of us looking around there and we had a combined score of 0. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. If heading out to Fox Lake stop by Fish Tales on State Route 33 for updated fishing reports and the latest on ice conditions. A.J. Might be a week to pay attention to this. 8-12 on average, though some anglers reporting fish to 18. Only those water bodies with a current report are included. The Independence is maintained to shipshape cleanliness and complies with all state and federal safety regulations. Jim Shell caught his first burbot Saturday off downtown Chicago. Caught 10 in an hour and forty five minutes today! This property is pet friendly. Bob Johnson emailed the photo at the very top and this: Hi Dale - made it back out to Kankakee River Sunday with Tom Spence. 571 Fishing Area 2828 S. Eleanor Street Chicago, IL 60608 Show on Map Sherman Fishing Area 1301 W. 52nd St. Chicago, IL 60609 Show on Map Washington Fishing Area 5531 S. King Dr. Chicago, IL 60637 Show on Map Lagoons The discounted parking for anglers is $9 daily, if out by 10 a.m. Chicago Park Districts parking passes ($20 for two months) for the anglers parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale atthe Northerly Island Visitor Center (credit card only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday), but call (312) 745-2910 first to make sure someone is there. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. The colder water and lack of sun made the bite tough Saturday. 1201 S Prairie Ave #1113 was listed for rent for $1,969/month on Mar 1, 2023. Five things to watch for ahead of Chicago's mayoral race. Good evening, friends. We definitely made the right call on the weather side of things and strategically missed the bad weather that was forecasted. initiative combines industry-leading health and safety standards with virtual technologies designed to keep real estate moving forward, and give our employees, customers and partners confidence and support to stay safe. 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. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. We were staying pretty steady jiggin em up. 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. Open water fishing in February is always a good thing. This one is July 2 and 3. When all was said and done with our morning activites, we began our trolling rotations. Heres whats been happening: Fishing on the south end of Lake Michigan is really heating up well with this nice weather. I am going out Thursday again and can update customers at my store. The stoping point in the narrows will be marked with buoy markers. Bank fishing will be allowed along the south Lake road after 1:00pm during waterfowl season. We have multiple weather programs that can give us all the information needed so that our experience and knowledge of the situation will ultimately give us the upper hand on planning a voyage to the safest point possible. Bluegill: Good-Fair More of the action/sorting reports than anyone talking good overall catches. Ken Husker OMalley of Husker Outdoors emailed: Area lakes-we are back to open water this week. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. Its that time of year for burbot to show up near shore. For The Latest Update Click Here Events Want to stay informed of what's happening on the Lake and at Park Bait, Click below. As a reminder, Musky open water season up north here runs through the end of December. Arden Katz said bluegill are good and caught them up to 8 34 inches (they take sorting) on Monona Bay, where there is 8-10 inches of ice. He was using Mini-Mites with spikes on a drop-shot rig. Bluegill and crappie are the most consistent bite. Chicagoans should think long and hard before putting the lakefront's fate into someone else's hands, write Joseph D. Kearney . Perch fishing on the Chicago lakefront leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, otherwise it is waiting on ice (except well to our north, where they are already ice fishing). Recommended Communities. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station, Indiana, texted: Coho action at portage Riverwalk and Michigan city pier has been good most days using skein, squid, shrimp and crawlers. For more information or to view this property, please con Bite good on Crappie minnows as well. Skein,squid and tube jigs tipped with waxworms best baits. Open water opportunities should present itself by the weekend. Capt. We have some spots open in May for some 1.5 Day trips, Call Wednesday in her office at 619-706-3634 or go straight to our website and check out the schedule. Forecast has the area getting 5-12 of snow Wed (12/14) thru Fri (12/16) followed by an increasingly colder weekend anchored by a sub-zero Monday (12/19) with highs in the single digits. 1.5M. We sell all types of live bait, terminal tackle, lures, have a great selection of rods, reels, bait buckets, and tackle boxes. Success with coho leads to well-prepared coho as in below: Early oho, one of the best eating fish around Chicago fishing, properly prepared. . This past Sunday the weather was nearly perfect to be out in mid February. Most anglers pulled their shacks off the lake and are just walking out from Sunset Park to areas with safe ice along the east end of the lake, parking near the beach area on Lawson Drive and walking out into Dartmouth Bay. Click To Get The Latest Weather Condition. Jim Shell emailed the photo above, and the breakdown and YouTube video below: There have been many reports of the great lake trout fishing off of Chicago and Indiana shores. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. B) Waukegan Harbor (in North Harbor basin only). Baits of choice are spikes, beemoths, & smaller minnows. The most important thing is fishing close to the bottom. Inside the break wall in the shallows. POWERTON: Closed until after duck season. Theres a first time for many things. 3K. Lance LaVine at Howies Tackle in Sturgeon Bay said perch fishing is very good in shallow bays, lots of good pike action in the bays, too. Perch fishing has been slow to really good everyday seems to change a little bit. Lakers are not picky, most any type of lure will work. But I cant say for sure. We'll report back to you tomorrow with our daily activities. We had steady catching in the morning and we also had some very steady releasing of these beautiful specimens with probably a 50/50 percentage of fish kept and fish released. He thought ice fishing should last another two weeks. November thru late March if the weather cooperates, you can catch many lake trout just off the Chicago skyline. I hope I didn't frighten any loved ones at home on the topic of weather. Gills taking teardrop style jigs tipped with waxies and plastics in 5-10 weeds. Jason Special One Le texted the photo above and this from a very good outing Sunday in Indiana: That would be wonderful. G. Peters. At 70 degrees and will go up from here. Hours through April 30 are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Ice fishing is so varied around Chicago, those reports are within individual reports below. Navy Pier has been giving up some good Lake Michigan perch with artificials like Johnson (Pure . We're just jogging up the line at the moment and the weatherman says throughout tomorrow, the wind is supposed to subside. It sounds like it's good kelp paddy fishing for Yellowtail and Dorado with a little bit of Bluefin and Yellowfin tuna mixed in. The 9-11 range are there for the taking as usual. (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. We are loving the variety and cannot wait for what tomorrow brings. We're going to stick with the plan and go look for White Sea Bass tomorrow in some White Sea Bassy water. Today was a travel day. Conditions are still very good as of this early report. FISHING REPORT deep_structure User since 9/19/02 Waxing Crescent Sunny 41 - 45 F Water: 40 - 45 F Fished off the Chicago lakefront for both Lake trout and perch. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, is serving as Zillow's health advisor. But by Saturday (2/18) mild temps back into the mid- 30s. By last weekend though the ice was thinning and nearly impossible to navigate. Very early morning (pre-dawn) and again at dusk. Jesse Gonzalez with jumbo perch from the North Slip. These two were certainly the highlight, as well as my PB. Bruce Zolna emailed the photo above and this on Monday: Tom P and I and 3 KW friends did a late trip yesterday with Capt Dan Zier, fishinkeys.com, mate Zane and Dans 7-yr old son, Christopher, worked hard for these 8 tuna and nice snapper. Grab your fishing line, hook and worms and head to the Pier for a fun fishing outing with remarkable lakefront and city views. Boat fishing will still be allowed from the Sky Ranch ramp up to the narrows throughout waterfowl season. GUYS ARE CATCHING PERCH WHILE FISHING FOR OTHER SPECIES SO THATS A GOOD SIGN FOR JUNE 16th WHEN THE PERCH SEASON OPENS BACK UP. 5.1M views. 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A solid grade of fish too with most being in the 18-22 lb. Kicked it off on some great quality tuna. Early oho, one of the best eating fish around Chicago fishing, properly prepared. That guy better be right. Yellowfin tuna trolling around. Even without current, the fish bit pretty steady in the late afternoon and by the evening time, we only had a few fishermen left as the cocktails and showers overtook the anglers attention. This morning I tried Belmont and picked up a small coho and an exceptional steelie. Hours through April 30 are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. We caught them using all methods today; Fly-lined Sardines, sliding-sinker rigs, dropper loops, yo-yo jigs, and our personal favorite - the surface iron. information from bait shops, marinas and fishing guides. Bluegill action is heating up in the Jug. Plenty of eaters in the 7-8+ range. Cleats were a necessity for getting around. Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said coho have been very good off the pier when the weather allows. Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Perch, catfish smallmouth, largemouth, bluegill, lakers Perch and other summer fishing around Chicago leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; updated Wisconsin River and Northern Wisconsin reports. Theyre moving up! Total thickness was 21, but a sign of concern where ice on the main lake was firm nearly all the way through. In fact, it may help to melt down whats left of the snow (which mostly got blown off the lakes) and allow for firmer ice to be made. AREA LAKES South waters are open or opening; north is mainly in some stage of in-between (lot depends on what happens with the ice or rain tomorrow and wind). Snack time for the backyard bunny. Stay Safe. Tomorrow, we'll be doing some coastal fishing for White Seabass, Yellowtail, and Halibut before we peak around the corner and see if the weather will allow us to do some local tuna fishing for a morning. Early coho in Chicago and ongoing perch on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; ice is retreating inland. Our traveling weather now is a pretty manageable with just a little bit of bounce from the wind swell. Here we go, let's do it. Bob Johnson with a cold-water smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River. 12, 2021, at Montrose Harbor. Been fishing my usual Chicago Lakefront spots and picking up some steelies and cohos from Diversey and Belmont Harbors float fishing with skein, spawn sacs and cooked shrimp. Ken Husker OMalley of Husker Outdoors emailed the photos above and below, and this: Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. 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