Quick stop at beck lake 4/28

Well after school I decided to hit up beck lake before I had work. Fished from 345-5. Went 0/2 on spinnerbaits work parallel to the shore line. On my 5th cast I hooked into what looked like a 3 pound bass. I'm all excited and go to lip it and the bitch shakes me off right there. I was so pissed! Proceded to walk the shoreline and missed a good strike but set the hook to late. Both hits came on white spinnerbaits.

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Lake Opeka 4/26

Well after having a brutal day saturday at fishing I decided to hit a lake i know would produce some monster bass. My friend mike tagged along and we went ot cabelas to pick up some super secret rat l traps. Soon enough we got to the lake and started fishing and soon enough mike hooks into what he thought was a 4 pound bass but he lost it on shore. 10 minutes later mike gets his first bass of the year. So we keep working the wind blown shoreline and then wham i get a nice 14 inch bass. Nothing to brag about yet. Shortly there after i decide to cast straight out infront of me instead of the shore line and i thought i got stuck on a stump untill i felt a headshake. Well i got her in and she was a healthy 3 pounds and about 18 inches.

Well having said that mike wanted to go work the point that he lost his bass on and so he decided to switch up his bait to a swimbait that he had just bought at cabelas for .75 cents. First cast in he gets hammered 10 feet from shore and he got her in this time. His was probably a little bigger in mine cause the belly was absolutley huge. I would say 18 inches and about 3.5 pounds.

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Root river, sterling lake, independence, beck lake, and occ 4/25

Started off on the root around 8pm and fished till about 11 when the storm rolled in. During that time it was slim pickins. Saw 2 fish landed and saw 2 people swallow some root river! Yes 2 people took a dunk today. At one point my buddy mike said look at that guy he's getting naked and I said no he's squeezing the water out of his clothes cause he fell iin. Well 5 minutes later mike points out to me that look at that guy be feel in. Well he only went up to his chest in water. Then im still looking and I see the same guy that fell 10 minutes ago was underwater and I see his head pop up. He almost pulled his friend completly under when he tried grabbin him. I think they were drinking before they came. Haha.
Getting back to the report, I saw quite a few fish still in the weir and I also saw a lot jumping. I was 0/2 on the day. Had one on for 5 seconds, had him jump and pop, spit the hook. Mike had a brief hit but wasn't paying much attn and he missed it.
Went to colonial park and it was crowded there. Found a nice spot to drift and we both went 0/1 there then it started downpouring and we called it quits there.

Decided to try and bass fish at quarry lake park there but didn't even bother and after a quick stop at Kenosha to grab a bite to eat we were on our way to sterling lake near the Wisconsin Illinois border. We got the skunk there but we both love this lake and will deffinetly be back there soon.

Next up bass pro shop. Got a few rat l traps and headed to independence grove but we had to pay 10 bucks so we skipped out on that and went to beck lake instead. We walked the whole lake with a skunk as well. The cold front shut them bass down I think.

Last stop was Oakton community college and I actually had a bass hit me but I lost my rat l trap and I was mad and just quit for the day.

To sum it up in a few words, the day sucked. Had I known that system was coming through I would of slept in.

Private pond 4/20

Decided to make a quick trip to a pond by my house today just to try for some pike. I fished from 545-645. I did manage one pike about 20 inches and also 2 bass but the bass were small. All fish came on a mepps size 5 silver bladed bucktail. I ended up snapping my braid on a branch but oh well. Lots of fish exploding on the surface as well today.

root river 4/20

well after going powerlining in the morning with my buddy and us getting the skunk we decided to head to the root river. We arrived around 4 and fished till 7. I immediately hooked into a nice buck that gave me a 15 minute battle and some nice fellow helped me net it. It was weighed in at 5 pounds on the dot and 23 inches long.

While i was battling my fish my phone was being blown up and to find out it was my buddy mike who was fighting his fish as i was fighting mine. His of course a lot fresher and nice. His picture can be found on his blog which you can find under my friends. Actually we were very surprised to find out it was an arlee. My buddy who is the Dnr up there informed us of that and we were all shocked and loved it. It was the first one he had seen all season so far. It was loaded with SPAWN!! It was 6.5 pounds and 25 inches long.

I also hooked into this monster!!

There are a lot of fish still up on the reeds and most fish are spawned out by now. With all this rain that we have coming a lot of fish should be pushed out and fishing should be winding down within 2-3 weeks. Most of the fish today were taken on spawn but 70% of the people fishing with fly rods are all having success fishing in the riffles where the reeds are. Also my buddy dan hooked into a nice spawned out female minutes before we were about to leave.

Well the cruise was asweme. But, never go to jamacia. Several reasons. One is they never stop asking you if you want a dam taxy ride to see the wate falls and second weed is legal there and thats all i will say. And if you stop to talk with the people who sell the puka shells 5 people mob you and they literally put them on you and say you like it c'mon buy it. Its ridiculous!!!!!!

Caman Islands were nice and i would deffinetly reccomend going there. Cozumel Mexico is just ok. Its more of a party town rather than cruise stop. Last stop was at the Princess Cays and it is absolutely beatiful!! They make it the last stop so that you want to come back but what sucks is you only stay there for like 5 hours and its a bitch waiting in line for the tenders to take people to and from shore.

The beach there is al pure white sand with crazy fish all over the place and so many corals as well. My dad actually found a starfish and i will post some pics once my mom uploads them.

But if any of you want to go on a cruise i reccomend you go with Princess Cruise Lines. They are fantastic with their services. These people that basically run the boat work for 8 straight months and go home to their families for 4 months. They work 15 hours a day and get paid very little.
Food is excellent and so are the activiites. They have 7 pools and a huge fitness room. Basketball and tennis courts along with a video game machine. They have 15 dinning rooms along with 4 buffets which the buffets are open 24/7. A 24 by 24 big screen tv which has tons of movies always playing. A CASINO also!!

Well not to much to report about fishing. I probably will head up to the root tommorow for a while and ill let you know how this goes. I have a few pictures added from a fellow friend of mine that went last week some time that he sent me.

Quick Update on Root 4/10

Well this may be the last time i update the blog untill next weekend on friday. So unless i get internet access on the boat i wont be able to post again.

Today the root was much slower than i thought it would be simply because of the fishing pressure. Having it be good friday a lot of people were off work and they had a chance to fish. It was crowded all day i was informed and not to many fish were taken. The best spot was Island Park or Quarry. And those spots didnt produce that many fish at all. But the fish that were taken hit either egg patterned flies or stone nymps. Spawn also did its share of catching fish. The water levels are once again dropping to low were you have to focus on the deeper pockets in the river.

The key is to move around and just dont stay in one spot. And that even includes if a fish is caught in that area. That doesnt mean that the fish are in that spot. They are scattered throughout the river. I have pics i may try and send to the blog from a fisherman who was previously there a few days ago and he did very well.

Untill then good luck!

At airport waiting for plane

Well I'm about 30 minutes away from boarding on my plane to ft. Lauderdald in flordia. Going to do some fishing their today and tommorow morning before I board on the shit tommorow at noon.

Root is still producing fish and they released fish yesterday at the hatchery and it is already stacked up again for the next release. So I will be ready next sunday to fish hard!!

Root River Update 4/8 continued!

Well I have had all excellent reports coming in from the root. Had a report today of 9/15 in colonial park and had a steelie just miss 30 inches. There is no good location on the root simply because the fish can be found anywhere. The dam is producing like crazy also. Yarn flies have been best bet there.
The flows are also perfect for drift fishing so that means that you spawn fisherman will do very good. Will hand one final report for u on Friday night before I leave for my cruise. Then once I get back it's hammer time for me. Hopefully flows won't be up.
Thanks for reading.

Also I will get pics from the people I talked to as soon as they send them to me. A few of them are staying near the root cause they live far away so pics may not be current but it still is cool to see some pics

Root River Update 4/8

Here is a steelie caught by a buddy of mine. He was on the root swinging egg patterns and he managed to go 2/5 in 5 hours.

4 days away from my cruise!

For my spring break I will be going on a cruise. The part that sucks is I gotta catch a 6am flight to flordia so I gotta leave my house around 330. The cruise will be taking me to St. Thomas, Jamacia, Domincan Republic, Caman Islands and one other I cannot remember. I will be gone for about 1 week.

Time to get to fishing. Kenosha has been average for this time of year lately. Mostly browns but the occasional steelhead is being caught. Fish have been hitting off the bottom lately due to clarity being only about 10 inches in main harbor but small boat harbor is about a foot and a half.

Fishing in racie has been good as of Saturday. In the root river as of Saturday lots of fish were taken by the horlick dam on yarn flies. Spawn was not working to well for most anglers who decided to drift. Sunday things slowed down and only a few were taken by the dam and in colonial park.

The pike river has been producing as well. Almost all reports coming in to me have been good simply because the river is overlooked. Pets park has been producing on spawn there because clarity is much better than the root and the flow is perfect for drift fishing. Lots of fish have been found in the deeper holes. Also lots of suckers have made their way into not only the pike but many other area rivers.

Coho action on the lakefront has been hit or miss and really hasn't been good at all yet this year. Powerlining is your best bet. Casting is still slow because the water is still to cold at shore for the baitfish to come in. Coho have been hitting minnows while some steelhead were caught on spawn sacs as well.

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