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Location: Alsip, IL | Anybody been fishing the fox chain recently? Headed there Saturday and Monday. Curious if any of you guys are moving fish out there. |
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Location: IL | I haven't heard of a fish caught out of the chain yet this year.. |
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| I was out on the northern lakes last weekend. Very slow. Had one swipe and miss a twitch bait in very skinny water but that was it. Talked to a guy who got a sub 30 fish and a mid 30s pike on glides. Water was 53-56 degrees. Very little new weed growth Did mark a lot of fish on the primary break lines and fished that for a while with no result. Hopefully the weather this week helps things out for this weekend. |
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| There is a 31.5" caught on a pink/white Big Fork jerkbait out of Marie on Tuesday. Posted on Muskies Inc. |
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Location: Alsip, IL | Well I'll write a report tomorrow night under This thread and let ya know how we did. Looks like we should have great weather. Hopefully today's am weather didn't mess the water up. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Fished today. No action on anything. |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | We caught about 10 dead decaying shad out there this morning and that was about it. |
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Location: oswego, il | Ray Fuller - 5/10/2014 3:21 PM
We caught about 10 dead decaying shad out there this morning and that was about it.
ray what were they hitting? 10 fish day congrats! |
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Location: Alsip, IL | Trailer tire blew on 294 so we got a late start. Didn't even raise one, well at least I don't think I Couldn't see more than a couple inches down with that water clarity. Hopefully next week will be better. |
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Location: northern indiana | What were the water temps? |
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Location: Elgin, IL | Any hits from the Carp? |
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Location: Alsip, IL | 61 was as cold as I saw. 65 out on grass. Couldn't see any weeds due to the clarity but we did pull up some nice green weeds on a few spots so they're coming up. That was my first time out there so I'm sure I wasn't in all the right spots but aside from boat traffic it was a nice looking body of water. Had a good time Can't wait to be back |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | Thanks Todd! The shad were hitting everything but topwater,and carp were surfacing everywhere. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Had a beauty up to the boat this afternoon. A gosh d....n cigarette boat was
thundering past & I looked up at it & wasn't paying attention coming in to
my eight, felt a little something, Look down & she was right there laying parallel
to the boat for a split second. Man, that stings a little. Was a very pretty fish.
First follow for us this year. Things can only go one direction from here. |
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| Only been out there once so far and had something hit a shallow raider, but dont think it was a ski. There is a decent amount of muskies(mid 20s-40s) being caught about 40 min south east but no motor boat access. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Any new reports on the chain |
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| check this out. We stock 450 muskie this week.
http://frvmuskie.com/index_files/forum/index.php?topic=2190.0 |
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| Saw T-bone guide service put a customer on a 39 and I think it was 35 a week ago or so. Caught shallow on new weeds. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Was out this afternoon. Water was the clearest I have ever seen on the chain, it was
pretty cool to be able to actually see the bottom & your lure coming in. My son & I had two lazy follows. The last week & 1/2 we have had eight follows, w/two half-hearted swipes at the bait. They just come in slow & eyeball the deal & melt away.
We haven't put one in the boat yet, but it should be heating up. Good luck out there. |
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Location: Alsip, IL | Lost 2 last Saturday in the frv tourney. Tough break but it happens. The one we saw was probably 35ish smacked a tony grant glider with 40 minutes left in the tournament. I think 12 fish were counted. Biggest being 41. Gliders and swim baits were only lures that moved any fish for us. Some had luck on dawgs and bucktails. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Fished yesterday on the chain & managed one in the boat. Quite a few follows
& a couple other nippers.....still not hitting very aggressively. Water on Chain
is still fairly clear. Not a real big one, but first of the year for us & a very pretty
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| Not a Ski but we got a nice pike. Its also the first fish in my boat since I bought it last fall! Should be a great year!
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| anybody fishing the chain friday? |
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| Yep will be out there with my brother and a friend in my white nitro. Hoping for that first ski of the year! |
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| cool ,same here .fishing out of a crestliner solo, my buddy cheesed out on me an hour ago . |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Went out with Captain Ben Modica of MuskyFix guide service from 430pm to 9pm. Went 4 for 5 on fish. With double 38's. |
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Location: Oregon, WI | Double 38's...Would those be triple D's? |
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| two 38" fish is what I gather. Heading out to the river and heading up to the chain now. |
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| I went 1 for 4 last night. Got a 40.5 fish moving everywhere. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | That would be two 38 inch fish |
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| Had a monster follow today but wouldn't commit in the 8. Ended up with a nice bass and a pike in the boat for the day. |
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| It seems like the lack of weeds has really spread the fish out and not kept them in one place. They are scattered but eating. Breaklines, shad schools, any green weeds have held fish. We have have had multiple fish per trip lately. Got 4 yesterday on the northern lakes but all lakes are producing at some time. It's definitely a different year out there due to lack of weeds but as a whole, fishing in general has been really good. The fish are fat and healthy looking. The hard work and money that the local clubs and Dnr have put into this place has made it a great fishery.
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