Boarder Collie wrote:It’s a ten minute walk from the parking lot to the nearest spot where you launch a kayak due to steep banks and trees.
vidguru wrote:what i think is funny, is the kayak launch but then on their site they say click her for park use regulations and it says: Fishing is permitted only in designated areas from the piers or shoreline of the lake, which are posted by signage. No fishing is permitted from any watercraft that the rider sits or stands upon the water.
*sure its used for all their parks but i had to laugh when they have a kayak launch and then reading that lol
joetrain wrote:2/3 of a mile is totally doable with a good cart and a decent trail. Skifish could do that while standing on his head.![]()
~JOE~
coyote wrote:Fished it today briefly everyone was catching , cranks , senkos, jigs , chatters etc.....nothing huge
coyote wrote:Fished it today briefly everyone was catching , cranks , senkos, jigs , chatters etc.....nothing huge
Aux Pleins wrote:This place sounds like very many quarries in our state that sometimes don't make the best bass fisheries as far as growth size is concerned.
A lot of these quarries can be compared to oligotrophic lakes. And the other hand, our Illinois quarries aren't as deep as natural oligotrophic lakes, with that comes lack of oxygen. Sometimes the quarries are too sterile. With that comes the lack of forage all the way down to the tiniest plankton. The water table and expense of keeping some of these quarries dry for operation limits them anywhere from 20-40ft in most cases with a few exceptions. Seems like every quarry along the north Des Plaines is 20-25ft deep, the 7 quarries I have maped with sonar all have that depth. Independence grove being an exception.
A lot of times a more shallow, muddier, and more weedy lake produces the largest fish. I know that goes against the weekend fisherman's thought process of 'deeper water means larger fish'.
There are IDNR reports on our Illinois lakes that detail their trophic states coupled with creel surveys and other findings.
Sorry for getting a nerdy.
Skifish1 wrote:what sounds interesting to me is big gills, i wonder if they will allow ice fishing
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