Howdy folks! I was feeling desperate last weekend because I hadn't caught a fish in January, so I drove to a spot 2 hrs from home that's always been reliable in winter for smallmouth bass. I almost never fish artificials when I'm trying to catch new species for my lifelist, so this was a good opportunity to try out different jigs and lures and just enjoy being in the water. Got six species all together: smallmouth bass, rock bass, green sunfish, longear sunfish, striped shiner, and creek chub. The one species that I was hoping for but didn't come across was spotted bass. I took way more photos than was necessary, but I hope you guys enjoy them anyway.
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Wow, Ben! That brings back a lot of memories when I would fish the streams back east. Lots of bass, rock bass and sunfish! Super cool trip and thanks for sharing that. I have to admit, I thought you guys would be under 4 feet of snow by now! lol
Great report! I love fishing streams and it looks like you had a blast!
: Latimeria February 02, 2016, 06:43:00 p
I thought you guys would be under 4 feet of snow by now! lol
People were ice fishing in central Illinois last week, but over the weekend it warmed up quite a bit, so I doubt they are now. Probably the end of the season. I'm usually not brave enough to ice fish around here.
great collection.
That's a pretty productive stream!
: Pinoyfisher February 04, 2016, 02:12:43 p
That's a pretty productive stream!
I was fishing below the city's waste water discharge. :-[
: BenCantrell February 05, 2016, 10:05:20 p
: Pinoyfisher February 04, 2016, 02:12:43 p
That's a pretty productive stream!
I was fishing below the city's waste water discharge. :-[
So plenty of chum!