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Location: Illinois | If this is true it is further proof that I, in fact, stink. I fished Friday all day and briefly Saturday wihout a sniff. |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | I was out Sunday for about 4 hours. We had 11 fish up, at least 4 of them where low to mid 40's. Couldn't get any of them to go. Arrrrgggggghhhh. |
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Location: Chicago, IL | Ok, here is the low down on the news I posted earlier....
1) Sean Birmingham did not have a 9 fish day, it was a 10 fish day.
2) The 49.5 caught, was caught out of Sean's boat (what a day!).
3) The supposive 52 sounded more like some angler keeping a fish and needed it to sound over 48 so not a reliable feed there.
4) Was another boat that boated a 48 & 42 on sunday also.
Was out today (6/24 Tues.) Man was it hot! Fished for 4 hours and got a 32.5 trolling. Water temps were in the upper 80's. Talked to a couple other boats and nobody had luck. The fish seemed to be in open water more than off the breaklines. The fish we got came from 17ft.
-Phil C. |
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Location: Chicago, IL | Was out (7/2 Wed.) from 8-12:30. Got 2 quick rips trolling and boated a 35.5 & 34.5. The two fish came within about ten minutes of each other. The hotter the sun got the more traffic there was so called it an early day.
Anyone else out lately?
-Phil C. |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | Anybody going to be out on the Chain tomorrow (Friday 7/4)? I haven't had much success over the last few weeks - casting only. Have raised a ton of fish but can't get them to go. I have seen more big fish on the Chain this year than I have seen the previous two years combined, but can't catch'em
If you see a black/white Crestliner 1750 Fishawk with a 90 Honda stop by and say hi, we can compare notes. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Dave,
Try burning bucktails, it's been working for me, I think it's more of a reaction strike they don't have time to think they just hit it.
The slow moving jerk baits have been moving a ton of fish but they won't commit. |
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Location: Illinois | Went out today at prime time (noon). The trolling bite has been better for me when there is a ton of boat traffic. Trolling on a Saturday afternoon is like playing frogger. Cha cha cha cha cha....cha. Picked up two mid thirties trolling Marie. Bring on the jet skies, the rougher the better. |
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Location: Illinoise | Fellow sewer dwellers...I was out this evening (7/16) from about 5 to 10. No fish. Tried trolling Marie for the first hour and a half. No luck. Tried bucktails and jerkbaits. No luck. Anyone else out there? |
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Location: Illinois | Went out last night and trolled Marie to no avail. Moved into Bluff and caught a nice pike (thought I had hit paydirt and the spots were a letdown.) Went back and casted Marie and nada. Strong northeast wind and cool. The water clarity is typical for this time of year(bad). As I was getting off the water I briefly spoke to a guy with a beautiful Ranger and he said he did well casting. No specifics but I didn't want to pester him as he was in and out in a hurry. The boat traffic was very manageable. Floating weeds were not as evident and less of a problem. |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | Was out Saturday and Sunday (8/2-8/3). What a mad house. I had a ski boat zip between me and the shore on Channel, I easily could have cast into their boat. That's what I love about the chain. Saw one Fish Saturday and boated a 36" on Sunday on Channel with one other follow. |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Habeeb, was that the jerk in a Red speed boat with his wife and kids? That A**hole nearly swamped me as he sped past at about 50mph only an arms reach from my boat, Not a cop in site on Sat Where were they?
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | I think it was the same guy. He almost got me twice -- once Saturday and once Sunday. I had not seen this guy until this weekend so he must be a new comer. If I get buzzed again I will get his ID #'s and report him. I literally could have smacked his kid in the forehead with a lure without a wind up. What a Jackass!!!
The interesting thing is last weekend (July 26th) boats are flying all over the place and the Cops come up and are questioning me if I have all the appropriate gear (fire extinguisher, throwable etc). I wanted to tell them where to go but you know where that gets you.
Edited by MeHabeeb 8/4/2003 9:37 AM
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | That Jerk flew by so fast and close I could not get his number, really I could have reached out and touched his boat, needless to say my boat got tossed around quite a bit from his wake fortunatly no damage and no one got hurt. It won't be long and all the butt heads will be gone leaving us to fish in peace and quiet. My brother in law who does not fish even made the comment that he observed " The Bigger the Boat, The Bigger the Boobs, The bigger the Idiot"
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | You are correct sir!!!!! About another month and things will start to quiet down and the water will start to clear up a little. Although, the last guy I saw skiing last year was in October. Damn that had to be cold!!!!! |
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