Your Daily Outdoor Update – June 26th – A late June Bass Fishing Tip
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June 26, 2014
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – June 27th, 2014
Region I A District 4 CPO arrested a 34-year-old Chicago man after the CPO observed him fishing from a kayak in the Des Plaines River. Upon conducting a fishing license check and boat inspection, the CPO observed a metal pipe sitting on the kayak seat between the man’s legs. The CPO obtained the pipe from
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Illinois Calendar of Events – June 27th, 2014
Banquets/Fundraisers July 12: Williamson Woodies, Delta Waterfowl Banquet, 6 p.m., Operators Hall Water Tower Road. For more info call Lynn Glover, 618-713-1609. Aug. 2: Honest Woods WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., The Rock, Coal Valley. For more info call Tom Van Houtte, 309-526-8603. Aug. 14: Des Plaines River Valley WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Prairie Bluff Golf Club. For more
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Illinois Rivers Fishing Report – June 27th, 2014
Rock River (Byron-Dixon): Walleyes best early and late with minnows or minnows with a jig head. Channel cats deep around islands and brush with dip baits, chicken liver, crushed minnows, large shiners, and shrimp with a dead hook. The recent tournament reported good results with a 25-pound channel cat being the winner. Lots of smaller
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Central Illinois Fishing Report – June 27th, 2014
Mattoon: Crappies slow. Fish have moved back deeper; lower a minnow near submerged brush. Bluegills good. Cast a waxworm or red wiggler near the docks or shallow weed lines. Largemouth bass good. A recent tournament reported that everyone caught fish with 12 pounds being the winning stringer; anglers using plastic, topwater, and spinnerbaits. Channel cats
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Southern Illinois Fishing Report – June 27th, 2014
Lake Murphysboro: Channel cats good using cut shad. Bluegills excellent using worms. Crappies good on minnows. Kinkaid Lake: Bluegills good to excellent using waxworms and red wigglers. Coming off spawn. Crappies good using minnows. Channel cats fair to good using cut shad and nightcrawlers. A 43-pounder was caught earlier in the month. Muskies good using
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Northern Illinois Fishing Report- June 27th, 2014
Chain: Panfish action continues to be hot. The shallow portions of the bays seem to be producing quite well also. Find the newer weeds in 8 feet of water or less and the gills will be there, but look for deeper water for the white bass and crappies. The bite changes from day to day
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Waterfowlers have reason to get in the mood
As biologists hover above waterholes and ponds in Canada hunters here in Illinois are preparing for an annual waterfowling tradition: the July round of public waterfowl blind drawings.
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Angler joy: July perch fishing is back
Bud Gillespie likely won’t be on Chicago’s lakefront come July 1, when hundreds – quite possibly thousands – of anglers kick off the first yellow perch season to be held on Lake Michigan since 2001
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