Well, let's see.
Dr: I'm really not sure about foot access - never really tried. But if you look at google maps you can see where it might be possible. It's just south of the Rte. 52 bridge on the West side of the river. It's called 'Lower Fox River Blakes Landing Nature Preserve'. There may be places along the roads where you can park. If you try you should follow the creek bed that runs down the Western appendage. It should bring you out just below where I took the pictures. Actually that creek runs through a really beautiful little canyon - I have pictures of that too somewhere. If I can find them I'll post them.
JB: Of course I've fished it - several times. Smallies mostly. Biggest catch on that particular trip was a BIG cat on an 8 lb line & Panther Martin spinner. Blew my mind - thought I had a Northern on. Another time I saw a guy catch a musky - probably 35 inches. If memory serves he was throwing a Mepps bucktail.
I first canoed that stretch as a Boy Scout. We used to camp just below where I look these shots. There's a bench above the river - actually just below where the creek I mentioned above comes in - where you could pitch several tents. The river has cut the bench way back now so it's hard to picture how big it was back then - like in 1962. There used to be a pump & campground at the top of the bluff there but a gravel company bought the land & it's all gone now.
Anyway, if you fish it, good luck! And thanks for all the comments.
There's also something very, very special that you can see in the area but I'm hesitant to mention it on a public forum since it's very sensitive and very important historically. Guess I'll leave it at that.
