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| Since we are closer to spring than fall it is time to look forward. It was a great day on the lake today. Saw a lot of Canada and Snow Geese early. Not hardly a breese, and not a cloud in the sky. Sure was warm today. Three out of six prototype lures worked great. The Wallydad has got to back for some refinement, runs straight and deep, but that is it. Oh! The FISHING, yeh it sucked. No, wait, maybe I sucked! Did not get a scratch. Surface temps. were 41.8 on the basin, and 43 on the south facing shore past Cochran. No vsibility up there. The main lake is a lot better, but not great. I trolled down to 30 ft. and casted the shore where I found shad stacked from 1 to 15 feet. By 4:00 o'clock there was just a boat with two bass fishermen, myself and a boat fishin' crappie. What's that tell ya? The bass fishermen had one strike all day. I still enjoyed the day. Later |
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | I like the idea of the "spring report". Nice call! I too was on the water today. I fished until 3 pm. I was up fishing the beach at johnson creek and all the way down by the spillway. The water is nasty up there, but like chris hale says.....No water is to dirty. I learned a very intresting early spring pattern today. I found the massive schol of shad again located along a 1/4 mile of shoreline east of rock bay. They were suspened in 8 to 22 feet of water. I would troll through and then come back and cast. NOTHIN ALL DAY. I ventured a little deeper off the shore break. There they were. The muskies were like a wolf pack sitting deep in the main river channel. I found 2 "packs" on both sides of the huge school. I jigged them and trolled ernies deep, but no takers. My theory is they were keeping the school tight to shore for easy pickens. This is the same huge school that has been on the same north shore all week.
Any thoughts???
I will be out in five hours... saturday morning is comming quick
Hey red man. Was that you in the big green john? I saw a bunch of people out today. Even meet a new kinkaid musky fisherman from st charles MO. I was by myslef in the little silver boat w/ yamaha 9.9 |
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| Yeh, that was me. I saw you go by and the net is always a dead giveaway. Hope you nailed one today. Later |
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| Went out all weekend with no luck. The rain on Sunday was not fun, but i just had "that feelin" and I stayed out longer than I should have. Oh well. You never know when the state record is going to hit. The forescast for the next week calls for rain rain rain... |
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| Yeh, rain, like we need it! They have to eat no matter how muddy the water gets. I'm staying off the water for a while so I can get some things done around the shack. Got the kitchen table cleaned off and found a lot of stuff I haven't seen for a few months. Later |
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| A MESSAGE TO ALL KINKAID FISHERMAN. I WAS STOPED BY THE CONSERVATION OFFICER AND HE AND HIS K9 DOG WAS CHECKING EVERYTHING INCLUDING LICENSE. JUST A REMINDER THAT FISHING LICENSE EXPIRE SOON. MAKESURE YOU HAVE ALL PFDS, WHISTLE, FIRE BOTTLE, AND A LID OVER BATTERIES. it is all the law......
rain tonight but I still plan on going in the morning. Any one else going out sunday morning?
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Location: New Baden IL | I'm suprised to hear the IL Dept. of Conservation Police were out. I thought the budget had them all shut down.
Why aren't they out there in June and July when there are 2000 boats on the lake?
They could have a heyday writing tickets then.
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Location: Northern IL | They write all the tickets they want just by sitting at the ramp, don't think I've ever been check on the water there.
How muddy is it?
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| I ran into a state worker the other day ,and he told me they are really going to be writing tickets,due to the lack of funds.Make sure you have everything and watch your speed on the way in.Sounds to much like wisconsin now.0723 |
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Location: New Baden IL | 2/21/2005 Report
Went out today with Chad Cain, and the first spot we fished, I stuck a chunky 36" on about my 10th cast. We weren't fishing for 15 minutes! Man I love being able to fish this time of year. I'd go nuts waiting to fish.
Anyway, the water temps were 40-43 degrees, and visibility was less than one foot to around 3 feet.
Saw tons of shad, and tried working over the big schools, but no other muskies cooperated.
I did skewer a shad on a 8" Jointed Beleiver. When I held the bait out of the water, that little shad went crazy and it sounded like a Rattletrap vibrating. Pretty funny stuff. I chucked that Believer with the shad on it for a few casts...MEAT and POTATOES!!
Rodney LaCaze
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| Rodney failed to mention that he will be guiding for Chad. He knows the lake and is good company in the boat. He also has a nice rig to fish out of. He is an all aroung great guy. This post was paid for by Rodney LaCaze.Later |
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Location: New Baden IL | I think I got shafted on that ad.
If I paid for it, you owe me some change!
I'll take mine in clones |
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| Rodney can post the report becouse he got the fish, but I need to deffend myself on one point. He said I did the worst job of netting a fish that he had ever seen. I did a great job of netting the fish,both times. It was really the worst job of keeping a fish in the net that he had ever seen. Later |
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Location: New Baden IL | 3-6-2005 Report:
Only saw one fish, but had it in the net, then out of the net, then back in again.
Caught it twitching a crankbait around last year's dead weeds when the fish came out and hit.
Only a 33" but better than not catching one.
Surface temps were anywhere from 42-48 degrees and 1' to 4' visibility depending on where we were.
Not that much else to report, shad were shallow in some areas, bank tight, and holding deep in others.
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | Cold Cold COLD......Had a small fish follow on a rattle trap by the water treatment plant. Had another fish strike it a little later by the mouth of kinkaid creek. Both fish shallow ???
Saw a boat get a fish the first thirty minutes they were out. They were fast trolling the breakline off shore when she hit. Not to big of a fish, but a fish none the less.
Tournament on Kinkaid this weekend...Anyone fishing it? |
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Location: New Baden IL | 3-12-2005 Report:
Sunny Bluebird skies till around 4:00 when the cold winds started to blow.
I really thought they would turn on with that front coming in but we only managed to catch one fish, a 37.5". It was caught twitching a Big Game Crankbait up in some skinny warm water. Surface temp in the little bay was 52 degrees.
After that, we only saw one other fish, but still had a great time.
Rod |
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | I figure since I am a wee-bit irish and St. patty's day is thursday my luck has got to change. Well, at 4 pm all hell broke lose in a back cove. Pulled up a fat 42" on a manta hang ten. She was in a thick beaver pile. Another follow on the same bait but no strike. Then I put on a 6" pirhana glide.....SMACK a 45" Fattie hits boatside and about pulls me out. She runs straight at the trolling motor and I have to dive down and guide my rod between the shaft of the trolling motor and the bow of the boat. What a rush. The girth was about 23 24"?? Not realy sure . Chad cain was in the same cove and his client landed a nice fish. Hope every one else out on the lake did well.  |
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| Would any of you care to devulge where you've been catching your fish? I understand if you don't. Johnson Creek area? We might stop by Kinkaid to give her a shot for a day or two next week, maybe. Email: [email protected]. |
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| Esoxdonovan ended up getting a fatt 41 incher (on a big sledge) in the boat on Wednesday and had another fish turn on a 6 inch twitch bait all in the same spot you pulled your two fish out of on Tuesday. It was crazy busy back there yesterday, always two or three boats. Cain came in and out at least three times. Sounds like they got a lot of action just nothing in the boat. Thanks for all your help, great talking to you. Next time down there owe you a dinner and a six pack for all your help. Thanks again. |
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | Glad to know sticking around payed of for you. Did you end up seeing any in the cove we were in. Hope your drive back went quick. Email me [email protected] before you come down nex time..would love to fish out of that new tracker.
Was that the first muskie ever caught for both of you?
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | Here Fishy Phishy...... Huge fish being caught...... hope your drag is set right...,, |
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| The lake is dirty after the recent rains. The temp is 55+ in some places. I saw two fish around 7:30 A.M. and that was it. Later |
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| The Muskies are spawning and fishing sucks. |
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Location: N Illinois | I fished sat, sun and part of monday. The lake is definately in transition as some fish are spawning, some are done, and there are still pre spawn fish. Fishing was slow, but I managed 2 fish on sunday. A 38 that was skinny and I am guessing a male. The other was a big fat 41 that still had her eggs. Try diferrent areas. |
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| Fishing still sucks. |
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Location: N Illinois | Was on Kincaid for 2 1/2 days this weekend. 2 boats, zero fish seen. Left early sunday to find better water. Went to shelbyville, sucked there too. |
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| I hate to be the one to tell you the news that will make you want to puke, but the fish finally turned on the last two days. Sunday and today have been pretty good. I lost about a 45" yesterday and we had five other follows. Today my client got a 43" and I got a 38".
It definitely sucked on Friday and Saturday though!!
Chad
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | Fishing has started back up for sure. Alot of fish in small areas still. I got a 42 1/4 and a 35 3/4 today. The big one was caught trolling and the little one casting a funky chicken off a weed point. We saw tons of fish, 6 intrested, 3 hooked and 2 boated. Not bad for a monday. I also saw fish still spawning in 2 diffrent locations. One fish was HUGE. We threw creatures and top water, but she was busy spitin eggs. Pretty late considering the water temps are around 62.5. |
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| Good to hear some fish are being cought! Must just be Rodney and me that suck. We fished the north end from dawn till 11:30 with no action. Later |
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Location: Kinkaid Lake, IL | Big fish still swimmin around. My girlfriend got her first muskie today. Her third time out ever and she lands a 47 1/4 with a 26" girth trolling a jointed believer. Huge fish. Pulled out the camera and the batteries were dead...Thank the muskie gods for camera phones. I held the fish becouse this thing scared both of us. Next weekend is the clean up on Kinkaid. Hope everyone helping comming down next weekend gets into these pigs.
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