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With the impending lousy Saturday Chicago area weather, my girlfriend and I headed south to where better weather was predicted. We only had to travel just past Champaign, IL to a small town called Monticello, IL. We found a city run park/forest called Lodge Park which is located along the Sangamon River.
We did some geocaching, hiking, sightseeing, etc. Towards the entrance was a medium sized pond with a few "bucketheads" and their huge bobbers doing some fishing. My girlfriend suggested we stop and cast a line while she soaks up some sun.
The pond was shallow and mucky, but could see lots of bedding/spawning bass. Cast a few senko's but hardly any interest. Jigs didn't work either. Finally tied on a Flick-Shake worm and that did the trick. Landed 3 largemouth bass all between 14" and 16". Felt great!
Lodge Park was a great find and also has camping allowed. We will no doubt be returning to enjoy this scenic park to do some hiking, more fishing and camping.
We did some geocaching, hiking, sightseeing, etc. Towards the entrance was a medium sized pond with a few "bucketheads" and their huge bobbers doing some fishing. My girlfriend suggested we stop and cast a line while she soaks up some sun.
The pond was shallow and mucky, but could see lots of bedding/spawning bass. Cast a few senko's but hardly any interest. Jigs didn't work either. Finally tied on a Flick-Shake worm and that did the trick. Landed 3 largemouth bass all between 14" and 16". Felt great!
Lodge Park was a great find and also has camping allowed. We will no doubt be returning to enjoy this scenic park to do some hiking, more fishing and camping.
