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| anyone fishing the fox chain yet? Is there still ice? where do you usually lauch from?[:)] |
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| It's been a month since our tall, hairy, smelly freind posted looking for a fox chain report. How about it anybody been out yet
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| Water temps are in the upper 30's (38-40) on Sunday. I spoke with the guy who runs Bob's Marina on 173 off of Lake Catherine, he said somebody nailed a upper 40 inch fish on Saturday (3/16). He said it was the biggest Fox Chain Musky he had ever seen.
Thats what I know.
Dave |
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| Thanks Dave, See ya on April 27th
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| hey I dont smell![:blackeye:] |
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| Sorry Yeti I was thinking of your cousin Sasquatch[:(] |
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| Water temps:Friday 3/29 35 degrees, Sat 3/30 37 degrees
Water level is very low
Some people were casting shallow, but most were trolling deeper water.
I trolled the main lake basins and marked fish around baitfish from 18' out to 30' with no action.
Landy Roepke |
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| I casted shallow, I casted deep on Sunday and I saw nothing. As Landy mentioned, I did mark fish in 18 ft. Oh well, I will give it a go again next Sunday.
Dave |
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| Water temps in northern lakes 39-41 yesterday. Some new weed growth already. |
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| What is the current water temps? |
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| Anyone fish the chain today? |
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| I got out on Illinois' biggest mud hole carp pond for a couple hours today. Most of my time was spent running my new boat but I did manage about an hour of fishing. Last years weeds were about all I could find and they were pretty raunchy. I didn't see a single fish up close and in person but I did see some bait fish in deeper water on the electronics. Water temps varied from 42-47 depending on location. Channel and Catherine were not as clear as I would have expected but not too bad. The loons are here on a layover to the north country. I'd guess 80% of them were active in Marie on the west side of the lake. Perhaps they were telling us something?
Good luck. |
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| I tooled around for a couple of hours late afternoon today (4/6). Water temps on the main lake were 38 to 39 degrees. Channels and bays were 40 to 44.5 degrees. Saw squat, caught squat. Water clarity ranged from clear to murky. Lots of fish out deep (15 to 30 feet) especially around the mouths of the entrances to the channels to other lakes.
If you are a Loon lover like me, you would have been in awe. I have never seen so many Loons in one location in my life. The most I have ever seen together before is 5 Loons. At one point in time on Lake Marie, I lost count in the 50's. I sat and watched them for the longest time. While I was fishing one spot, a group of 15 of them swam and cooed and called right along with my boat. It was pretty neat. Felt like I was up North! |
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| Jason, I saw you out on Marie. I suspect one of the two of us has a temp gauge that needs to be adjusted. LOL |
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| That's one thing you can count on for the fox chain is plenty of loons. [;)] |
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| Lunch_Box, that was probably Scott you saw in Marie, they both have the same boats. Also, I would check your water temp gauge, the water isn't that warm.
Landy Roepke |
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| got out today just to break in the new motor. Ahh Spring...rain, Upper thirties air temps and 38-40 water temps. ya cant beat it. Just tooled around while breaking in the engine. Noticed lots of fishies deeper and very few shallow on the sonar. Water temps did not vary much at all from the channels to the main lakes top water. DNR boat was out with its nets in haul. |
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| Hit the chain for about 4 hours today!
Water was from 41-45 on main lakes, up to 49 in the channels, no fish! |
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| I got out wed on channel & catherine lake for about 4 hours no fish water temps about 41. boat ran great! |
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| Out today. Fished shallow. Saw none. Did mark fish deep. Some big arches, could be carp. Water level up to summer pool. |
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| Was out Friday for 4 hours. Water temps were 45-49.We were circled by race boats on Bluff, marked alot of fish deep on Marie, and caught 1-10lb carp an Channel.Try again on Saturday.
Landy Roepke |
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| Fished Friday and caught 1,, I guess it's a start. [8)] |
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| Fished today, saw one early on an undertaker. Trolled half casted half. 53 degrees was the warmest I found. Nice and sunny, a pleasure to fish in such weather. |
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| Was out on Sat, What a nice Day had some trouble getting the motor going but once it started it ran fine. Saw lots of folks fishing but did not see anyone boat anything Trolled some & cast some, lots of bait fish marked, warmest water I found was on Bluff 55.deg
With the forcast for high 70s all week maybe next weekend the skis will be more active
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| Out on Sunday. All I got for my time was a Sunburn. Talking to a lot of people --- not much action. Water temps ranged from 46 (Catherine) to 53 on Bluff. Snagged a real beefy dead Crappie on Bluff. Can I count that as a boated fish?
Dave |
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| Was out on Sunday,plenty of sun,no fish seen.
Is is common on the chain to have jet skis and boats running between you and the shoreline you are casting?
Nice meeting Dave H. and his kids on Saturday.
Landy Roepke |
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| GReat! I am going Tuesday and from the latest reports, i can see things are moving! Eh hem! Oh well maybe todays 88 degree temps will turn em on. I wil post what we do..........or dont do.[:p] |
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| Landy,
Yes it is very common. I even had a boat (a MirroCraft with a guy with a grizzy adams beard) pull within casting distance of me and then use his trolling motor to get in front of me, then appear to be pissed off when my partner and I buzzed casts near their boat.
Got to love the Fox Chain
Dave Hebeda |
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| Yes it is and it's common to have 0 fish 0 follow days too. It's common not to be able to see anymore than a foot down in the water anymore either. I have had my "good" days there but nothing of any size. I like to fish the chain, I like the lakes but it is one place that I have never seen anybody else catch a fish or talked to anybody who had been out there and did either even guides(on the day I was out there). Nowhere else do I see such poor results. |
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| Oh well, 5 hours of fishing and one follow from a mid 30's fish. At least it was nice out. We did run into a fisheries boat checking trap nets on Channel. They had a bunch of muskies and were measuring them. i watched a 43" get released back into Channel before we took off in search of our own. Water temps were 52 -64 degrees and an unbelievable 69 degrees in trevor creek!!! I was hoping for more movement but thats life.
Setme31, You see Scott, there are muskies in the Fox Chain! |
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