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Central Illinois Fishing Report – October 18th, 2013

Lake Bloomington: Bass fishing is best on jigs, chatterbaits, and soft plastics off points with timber and along the weeds in the evenings. Catfish are fair on dipbaits and crawlers. Anglers are catching crappies up

Illinois Rivers Fishing Report – October 18th, 2013

Illinois River: The walleye and sauger bite has dropped off with the recent warmer weather. This shut the bite down and fish are harder to find. Anglers who are catching fish are finding them here

Southern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 17th, 2013

LAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES In Sheboygan, fishing pressure has increased on the Sheboygan River, and catch rates have improved. Most fish have been taken around Esslingen Park with trout and salmon landed on spawn, spoons,

Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 17th, 2013

ASHLAND AREA Trees continue to show fall colors with some leaves already dropped. Fishing on the big lake continues to be good in deeper water, while shallower water becomes more littered with dead weeds, making

Western New York Fishing Report – October 18th, 2013

Lake Ontario and tributaries: Salmon fishing on Eighteen Mile Creek was starting to pick up from the piers to the dam at Burt. Casting the piers with spoons or deep diving stick baits in firetiger

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