Haven't had smoked chubs in a while. Got a taste for them, so to the store I go. Nobody around the Schaumburg area have any. Then I ask about Ciscoes, which I've been told are a close second, nada. I called Hagens in the city and they said they have not had them for over a year. What the heck is going on. Used to be most every store on a Friday had chubs for sale. Anybody know of a place around here that sells them.
Small jig and plastic on an ultralight, or a bobber with a small circle hook and all assorted live bait should work for them. And creek chubs can get big. We caught some out of a small creek feeding the Mazon and they were about 8 inches. My jerkbait that I caught all my big smallies on out of that river perfectly matched their pattern...
Seems like you haven't been paying attention. How have you missed all the crap I've taken for catching chubs?
Biggest I've caught in Salt Creek was about 12" so they get a bit bigger than "a finger or two". Catch them all the time on Salt Creek with UL - 4lb mono. Small spinners, spoons, beetle spins, etc. The bigger ones actually put up a good fight - sort of like big 'gills.
x2... Plus they have smoked pike and all sorts of weird smoked, dried, pickled and fresh fish. Don't mind the pushy Russian customers that cross-check you out of the way at the deli counter it's part of their charm.
x2... Plus they have smoked pike and all sorts of weird smoked, dried, pickled and fresh fish. Don't mind the pushy Russian customers that cross-check you out of the way at the deli counter it's part of their charm.
lmao. Every time that Im at a Polish deli I'll always see a non-slav standing there out of place looking totally lost. I ALWAYS wonder whats going on in their head
Who was it that called chubs, "Cook County trout"?
Reminds me of a chapter in Fishless Days Angling Nights by Sparse Grey Hackle. He talks about a fancy-pants fly fisherman who shows off his 'monster' catch. Nobody bothers to tell him it's a chub.
You mean the guy who had a teddy bear dressed in camo in his backpack? Wow - yeah, that guy was really weird. :shock: But probably not the same guy Sparse Grey Hackle wrote about since his book was published in 1971 & I'm pretty sure most of his stories took place in the late 30s & early 40s.
Or maybe you mean the guy I ran into (also in camo) who claimed he caught trout in SC? That guy wasn't weird, he just didn't know the difference between chubs & trout.
I prefer google-eye bass. They hit anything, 16th ounce jigs, #1 inline spinners. Always caught them targeting rockbass on the Des Plaines between Rosemont and Riverside section particularly. Salt creek definitely carries a ton of them. They do like some current or riffles. When the water gets nice and low the Grand Avenue riffle is the spot.
Funny thing, I was at Tony's today. I asked the guy at the fish counter if they ever carry Chubs. You would have thought I was speaking greek. I then asked about Ciscos, again, a puzzled look. To lighten the mood, I said that it was not a buddy of Poncho, again over his head. God, I feel old.
Have not seen them at the Jewel I go to in years now and they used to have them often. There used to me a restaurant that had them on the salad bar on Wooster Lake I think it was. Whatever that lake Holiday Park used to be on I believe.
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