Fishing Reports
Northern Illinois Fishing Reports – October 18th, 2013
Chain: With the cooler days the bite has moved to a midday time frame. There have been some reports of stained water in most of the lower lakes. Water clarity is poor, and this is
Southern Illinois Fishing Report – October 18th, 2013
Carlyle Lake: Crappie action is good below the dam. White bass are biting well below the spillway. Channel cats are good on the lake for anglers drifting or jug fishing with cut bait or leeches.
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
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
Central Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 17th, 2013
DOOR PENINSULA AND KEWAUNEE AREA When the wind allows it, the salmon fishing out of all ports has been fantastic for nice 2- and 3-year-old kings. Fish 120 feet out to about 250 feet and
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,
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
Central New York Fishing Report – October 18th, 2013
Lake Ontario: Many of the salmon have made their way into the estuaries or river mouths. Fishing on the lake has really started to wind down because of it. Salmon being taken around river mouths
