jonny2can wrote:Never been there during the trout season.. is it madness trying to fish the shore?
badger75 wrote:They stock it one or 2 weeks before the 19th. It opened at 6am on 19th. Not as crowded this as I have seen it before but there were plenty of people. I got in line at 0450 and was about 20th in line. By 0600 the line was back to Winfield road or further.
I fished from the fishing pier at the opposite side from the boat ramp. I was skunked for trout, did get 2 crappie. Only saw 3 trout caught in my eyesight from that location. Easily 20 or more boats in water.
Packed up and moved to check out activity around boat ramp 0830. Still very crowded. Talked to a bass boat owner just pulling out. He got his limit.
I went back at 1600 with my kayak to see if I could do better. About 8 boats in water, still shoulder to shoulder on the fishing pier near the boat ramp.
One boat was catching fish after fish. They quickly limited out and left. Not sure what their secret was. No one else was getting more than an occasional one. Fish were jumping. Most I saw were 8" maybe 10". I stuck to casting still skunked. Only fish I saw caught were on some form of bobber set up.
jonny2can wrote:Just found this.. The Forest Preserves is stocking approximately 1,000 pounds at Horsetail Lake, while the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is providing and stocking 850 pounds of rainbow trout at Sag Quarry (east side); 2,700 pounds at Busse Reservoir(north pool); 1,255 pounds at Axehead Lake; 1,000 pounds at Belleau Lake; and 667 pounds at Green Lake. These are catchable sized rainbow trout, in the .5 -1 lb. size range. Rainbow trout are stocked in the spring at Axehead Lake, Belleau Lake and Sag Quarry – East and in the fall at Axehead Lake, Belleau Lake and Horsetail Lake.
Rambler wrote:jonny2can wrote:Just found this.. The Forest Preserves is stocking approximately 1,000 pounds at Horsetail Lake, while the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is providing and stocking 850 pounds of rainbow trout at Sag Quarry (east side); 2,700 pounds at Busse Reservoir(north pool); 1,255 pounds at Axehead Lake; 1,000 pounds at Belleau Lake; and 667 pounds at Green Lake. These are catchable sized rainbow trout, in the .5 -1 lb. size range. Rainbow trout are stocked in the spring at Axehead Lake, Belleau Lake and Sag Quarry – East and in the fall at Axehead Lake, Belleau Lake and Horsetail Lake.
Kinda makes you wonder where they got the money for this don't it?
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