Illinois Fishing Reports for Rivers – December 14th, 2012
Fox River The water temps have dropped quite a bit, and the walleyes are on the move up to the dams. There have been reports of some fish being caught on minnow-style stick baits as
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Fox River The water temps have dropped quite a bit, and the walleyes are on the move up to the dams. There have been reports of some fish being caught on minnow-style stick baits as
Lake Michigan Reports of perch from Navy Pier are good. Smaller fish are around with some big ones mixed in. Double rigs with minnows or shrimp have been effective. Some larger fish are being caught
Crab Orchard Lake Catfish action has slowed somewhat. Bluegill action also has slowed, although some fish are still being caught along the rip rap on crickets and wax worms. Bass action is good on a
Lake Sara (Effingham) The crappie bite has been hot. The bait of choice is small jigs tipped with wax worms or spikes under floats. Skipping under the deeper docks or finding the submerged timber and
ASHLAND AREA The muzzleloader season saw OK weather conditions for hunting, with snow cover being found across the area. Ice fishing on some smaller inland lakes has started, with ice conditions being iffy at best.
DOOR PENINSULA AND KEWAUNEE AREA The perch fishermen who kept their boats out of storage are finding some excellent action throughout the Door Peninsula. Sturgeon Bay flats, Sawyer Harbor, Little Sturgeon, and Chaudoir’s Dock are
BEAVER DAM / FOX LAKE AREA Large flocks of tundra swans have been seen in Dodge County. Fishermen are having success fishing for crappies from shore on Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River
Lake Ontario and tributaries Burt Dam and Eighteen Mile Creek was low and clear at last check, in need of precipitation. With the dewatering of the Erie Canal, let’s hope some of that water can
Lake Ontario The low water continued to make tributary fishing difficult. Casting off the piers or at tributary mouths with spoons or fishing with egg sacs should work for brown trout and steelhead. Perch were
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