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Aux Pleins posts another pike, yawn.....
When I fish the Des Plaines I usually tie on one lure and only carry pliers and spreaders. When the bite is off, I'll get crazy and carry a second lure in my pocket. :lol:
Wish I could say the same for when I ice fish.
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Anybody else tired of Cletidus and Joetrain posting pictures of sunny days on open bays?
Well I'm not, I enjoy them. I just wanted to point out we have the same opportunities as they do in Florida.
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Northern Illinois Peacock.
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Northern Illinois Gator
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Caught a dozen small blue gills that came mostly on a tiny jigging rapala tipped with waxies. Had to be on weeds or wouldn't get any nibbles. I couldn't make enough noise with a small presentation to catch many. For the first two hours I tried with little results, things changed when I went with the rapala. In the deeper basins (17fow) perch would come right off the bottom on a tungsten, but no gills. Drilled a total 28 holes and got some stink eye from the guys who were glued to their buckets and not catching anything.
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Aux Pleins posts another pike, yawn.....
When I fish the Des Plaines I usually tie on one lure and only carry pliers and spreaders. When the bite is off, I'll get crazy and carry a second lure in my pocket. :lol:
Wish I could say the same for when I ice fish.
Anybody else tired of Cletidus and Joetrain posting pictures of sunny days on open bays?
Well I'm not, I enjoy them. I just wanted to point out we have the same opportunities as they do in Florida.
.
.
.
Northern Illinois Peacock.
Northern Illinois Gator
Caught a dozen small blue gills that came mostly on a tiny jigging rapala tipped with waxies. Had to be on weeds or wouldn't get any nibbles. I couldn't make enough noise with a small presentation to catch many. For the first two hours I tried with little results, things changed when I went with the rapala. In the deeper basins (17fow) perch would come right off the bottom on a tungsten, but no gills. Drilled a total 28 holes and got some stink eye from the guys who were glued to their buckets and not catching anything.
