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Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

700.0. "Fishing Illinois" by POBOX::VANTILBURG (Nancy) Fri Apr 29 1988 18:04

    I live in the Chicagoland area and what to know if anyone can direct
    me to good fishing spots in upper to middle Illinois.
    
    Thanks for any suggestions...
    
    Nancy
    
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700.1YO TOWNSTRATA::WOOLDRIDGESun May 01 1988 21:0114
    Nancy,
           Chain-o-lakes is good, (and there is a great bar out on the
    water called "BLARNEY'S ISLAND" if the fishing is no good) Indeed
    it is an island too.....
           I would strongly recommend the drive to Wisconsin to Devils
    Lake (near Baraboo). Great camping and nice Walleye, Bass, Pike......
           Lake Geneva is also GREAT and DEEP. (But also just over the
    state line into Cheese Land).
    
                     Depending on where you are at and where you want
    to drive I may bele tosteryou into gret places to trash a prop!~
    I grew up in CHICAGO.
                              
                                                  NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~~~~
700.2NOISESTRATA::WOOLDRIDGESun May 01 1988 21:035
    SORRY FOR THE GARBLE.......
     
                               NOISE ON THE LINE.........
     
               NIGHTCRWALER!~~~~~~~~~~~
700.3Lake Michigan & Downtown ChicagoTRACTR::MCSHEATue May 03 1988 15:0919
    Nancy I was in Chicago through a weekend last October.  I stayed
    on E. Ontario & N. Michigan Ave.  On Sunday I walked out to the
    Navy Pier off Streeter Drive and watched several elderly men fishing
    off the bulkhead.  One old guy I asked how the fishing was related
    he had caught a couple - a trout and a salmon.  Being a Granite
    Stater, I assumed brook size fish of 8 to 10 inches.  When the
    fisherman suggested I take a look, his salmon turned out to be about
    an 8 pound fish, and the trout (a laker) about 4 pounds.  I'm told
    the fishing is always good in that area, although different fish
    are present in different seasons.  Being adjacent to the mouth of
    the Chicago River has something to do with it.  These men were fishing
    in the heart of the city, using shiners about 3 feet from a bobber
    and allowed to drift with the wind/current.  They claimed to usually
    pick up 3 to 4 fish in a morning, sometimes a lot more.  I would
    be suspect of eating quality, but the next time I'm headed to Chicago
    I intend to bring along some fishing gear.  You might want to
    consider the possibilities that could be found along the Lake Michigan
    shore.  I was impressed!