Details: 2 lb. 4 oz. 14.0 in. catfish with a Earthworms and Stink Bait
A section of the Green River in Henry County, Illinois.
Details: Flathead Catfish
Caught a few flatheads the other day, nothing big but still fun. The water was still a little high.
Details: Channel Catfish
water levels were a little high this day but still did ok. Found them around log jams and little back eddys.
Details: Tiger Muskie
Haven't posted in awhile but I've been active. Slow rolling a spinnerbait last November and lucked into this monster. "Fish of 10,000" casts only ...more took about 3 😂😂. Heck of an animal, 39" and safely released after a few pics
Details: Bluegill Sunfish
One of 94 keeper bluegill we caught today on a couple of different beds. Bay we caught them in had everything a bluegill needs: soft gravelly bank, wooden cover, ...more and very shallow water. Water temp 82*, air 88*.
Details: Bluegill Sunfish
Got on a bluegill bed today on green river lake and absolutely tore them apart. Started off crappie fishing and caught 4 shorts before moving to a spot we felt good ...more about for bluegill. After searching around a bit we got on a bed in about 4 fow by a gravelly bank. The bed was about 5 feet across and it was a guaranteed hit if you stuck your worm on it, slammed 60-some keeper bluegill before giving
Details: White Crappie
Total SLAB my dad caught while we were slamming postspawn crappie at green river lake last week. Water clarity was about 4-5' which is ultra clear for GRL, fish ...more were wanting all natural colored jigs that day like pumpkin and shad patterns. Picked up the most bites vertical jigging, slowly rising and dropping the lure, fish would hit it on the fall. 82* air, 74* water temp. Wound up with 14 keepers
Details: White Crappie
Cold front came through this weekend and backed the crappie out to the front of creeks. Still managed to stick 32 keepers over brush at the mouths of feeder creeks ...more despite the fact that the water temp dropped from 57 to 51 in two days. These crappie were still feeding hard and amazingly aggressive. Should be in full spawn within the next couple of weeks.
Details: White Crappie
Slab we caught today in a big submerged tree, fishing 6 ft deep in 8 fow. Fish are starting to move up during this warm trend, steep banks with a 45 degree drop ...more and structure along them are producing the most fish for us. Here the wind had blown baitfish up against this bank, and of course, the crappie followed. Get out and fish the prespawn, caught around 40 fish each of the last three days
Details: White Crappie
Two of the better fish from today, 13 and 12 inchers both right around a pound. See previous blert for details
Pool 13 supports a divers fishery with about 69 species of fish, but most anglers are only interested in a few species such as Walleye, sauger, Largemouth Bass, catfish, Crappie and Bluegill. Numerou...
Spring and fall runs of sauger and white bass attract anglers from throughout the Midwest. Catfish, smallmouth, Crappie and largemouth found too. 24 river miles mapped.
Big bass hide in the heavy cover of Lake George. The nighttime bite is hot for bass, catfish and Walleye. 167 acres
Part of the Morrison-Rockwood State Park. Largemouth Bass and Walleye are sought but don't overlook the muskie on the sharp drop-offs. 77 acres