So jealous. Fished the DPR this AM - 1 hit & that's it.

 

Beautiful, brother! It’s on… like Donkey Kong!

 

I've been out there today and it's still not great here. Perhaps it's because the stretch I chose turned out to be very clear and shallow, and I ran into several waders along the way.

 

This past weekend I drove over the Des Plaines on my way to have lunch at the Tropics in Winthrop Harbor. Is it always that low this time of year?

 

Not always. IIRC a few years ago it started raining early in the fall, the river got flooded and much of the fall fishing season was completely lost.

PS. That was 2019, and '17 and '18 also had some pretty high fall water levels at times. Since then it's been more or less like now.

 

Historically (1800s) it ran dry by the end of the summer. That's why all the check dams were put in - to enhance recreational possibilities. But with all the development, paved surfaces, etc. rain flows into the river instead of sinking into the ground. That's why they've removed the dams.

So in the long run, it's not running as low as it used to.

 

Are you fishing in Lake, Cook or Will County?