After having problems with my fifth account I am back on this site. Fished DPR for the past month. Have caught many northern pike. Have been fishing in all areas around park ridge and des plaines. Have caught rock bass. My biggest nothern was 27 inchs. Have caught alot of 2 year or yearling fish. Fish are more spread out than i expected this year. Bass populations seem to be getting high especcialy around the big bend area. Good luck out there.
Here are some of the pike i have caught. 2 dinks and a 27 inch.


http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz23 ... edpr-1.jpg

http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz23 ... kpike1.jpg

http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz23 ... kpike2.jpg

Cool! thanks for the report

sweet pike man..I see you are use'n more then the typical spinners too

i know right i should have hid what i was using. The reason i have three diffrent baits is becasue i lose so many lures. one wrong cast and thats it for a 5 dollor lure.

no need to hide your lure choice's thats why we're on here man to share the fishing info and tips right?

Nice report, I'm a little north of the Big Bend area, been catching the Rock Bass and Northerns also. Waiting for the river to go down another ft and hopefully start nailing the fish on the fourth weekend

yea it is to high. And yea we should share what we use. The des plaines though its like pulling teeth from a rabid dog. Nobody tells u much on what to do. Good luck out there though

nice post