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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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