Hey everybody. Was wondering if anybody could give a rookie some advise. Just got a real nice boat and thought I'd try LaSalle Lake. Been there thousands of times fishing from shore with usually great results. Battling the rocks and shore garbage, left behind from other people. It was my first time there with the new boat (18' Grumman, 65hp Johnson outboard). Went there last Saturday (May 17). Skunked! Wind was out of north at 25 mph, but felt like 60 mph. Huge whitecap waves. I was truly stumped. Didn't stay out there too long. Maybe a couple hours. Felt dangerous. Waves damn near bigger than my boat. Scary!
Planning on going back on a calmer day, real soon. Just wondering if anybody here could give some advise on where to go and what to use/do. Boat has a Hummingbird Wide Eye fish finder and I have a map of lake. But thats about it. Smallmouth is my favorite fish, but would just like to catch anything. Preferably game fish. I have a large array of tackle and I'm used to taking nice smallmouth and largemouth from shore. Once you are on the boat, you truly realize how big that lake is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
As for anybody who is planning a trip to LaSalle Lake to fish from shore. There are garbage cans roughly every couple hundred feet. Garbage cans are things that you throw garbage into. Like worm/chicken liver tubs, wrappers, big wads of 60lb fishing line, or anything you do not plan on taking home with you. Sorry to rant, but I really hate to see such an nice place to fish look like a local landfill. Breaks my hart.
Thanks in advance to anybody willing to help the cause. The cause is me catching big fish and a lot of them...lol
P.S. Picture is of my daughter(5yrs old) catching her first largemouth bass. Almost brought tears to my eyes. Other is my son(8yrs old) catching his first smallmouth. Life is so good. Thanks again...
Planning on going back on a calmer day, real soon. Just wondering if anybody here could give some advise on where to go and what to use/do. Boat has a Hummingbird Wide Eye fish finder and I have a map of lake. But thats about it. Smallmouth is my favorite fish, but would just like to catch anything. Preferably game fish. I have a large array of tackle and I'm used to taking nice smallmouth and largemouth from shore. Once you are on the boat, you truly realize how big that lake is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
As for anybody who is planning a trip to LaSalle Lake to fish from shore. There are garbage cans roughly every couple hundred feet. Garbage cans are things that you throw garbage into. Like worm/chicken liver tubs, wrappers, big wads of 60lb fishing line, or anything you do not plan on taking home with you. Sorry to rant, but I really hate to see such an nice place to fish look like a local landfill. Breaks my hart.
Thanks in advance to anybody willing to help the cause. The cause is me catching big fish and a lot of them...lol
P.S. Picture is of my daughter(5yrs old) catching her first largemouth bass. Almost brought tears to my eyes. Other is my son(8yrs old) catching his first smallmouth. Life is so good. Thanks again...