There's a lot of water to cover and this is the only time you'll hear us say the words "the more boats, the better". The ribs are smelling good so I gotta go. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS COME TO THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE MUST TURN OFF THE WATER AND SHUT DOWN FOR THE SEASON. Ice jigs tipped with waxies are the best bet. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. The Upriver Lakes closed on Saturday after a cap was hit. The Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk opened Tuesday afternoon after a four-day closure because of the report of a release of a foamy discharge into Burns Waterway from the nearby U.S. Steel Midwest . I think this is a first for the UP in the MFR. So with our fill of Yellowtail fishing, the afternoon found us trying to catch other coastal species and without very much success. Hope to see you there. Fish were caught in 22 feet of water suspended at 14 foot. Tips & Tricks Fish along the North Dock of Navy Pier and arrive early to enjoy sunrise views as you fish for Chicago's perch, salmon, bass and trout. The reports are compiled by an outside contractor who receives the Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera. Jim Shell and his son Casey experienced their first burbot on Saturday and sent the photo at the top. Depending on how much snow we actually get and how much wind to push the snow off, it could have a big effect on ice production the rest of the season! Big Green Lake remains wide open and provides a fantastic opportunity to boat anglers who want to pursue trophy smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike. We were staying pretty steady jiggin em up. We'll see what happens tomorrow as more wind is forecasted in our future. We put in the effort to scratch up 15 of them. Yellowtail, George Todd for his 24.0 lb. Big Green Lake trout are active in depths from 45 - 120 feet and can be caught with jigging spoons tipped with cisco meat. We're just jogging up the line at the moment and the weatherman says throughout tomorrow, the wind is supposed to subside. Just handfuls of fish around here and there. Mid-February and already there are coho reports as far north at St. Joseph, Michigan. Jim Shell caught his first burbot Saturday off downtown Chicago. With warm weather this past weekend there were reports of ATVs going through the ice at or near the access areas. Quinn Wunar On Thursday, John Carlson messaged: Your Wednesday fishing report for Portage on the Coho is spot on. The photo at the top of Casey Shell came from his father Jim Shell, who also sent a good explanation about fishing lake trout in a winter like this (see the LAKEFRONT) report below. Hello friends. We made it to our destination at a decent hour this morning and it didn't take us too long to figure things out and get serious on finishing up our Yellowtail limit. EMIQUON PRESERVE:Fishing is sunrise to sunset. The 9-11 range are there for the taking as usual. Bass have been slow. Happy Thanksgiving and have a great week! LET ME START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR. I LOVE WHAT I DO AND IT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU. Musky: Good - Very few anglers out in this wind (and opening of deer season), but some success on the sucker end. Bite good on Crappie minnows as well. Still had a handful of people on crystal lake yesterday. Your Wednesday fishing report for Portage on the Coho is spot on. We'll just take things slow and steady because we don't want to be stuck down here with strong winds that are being predicted and a long way still to aim for home. We departed the docks early this morning and loaded up on some beautiful, mixed-size of Sardine and cleared the point with our bow pointed to an unknown destination at the moment. Coho on southern Lake Michigan, in addition to some steelhead, lake trout, brown trout and ongoing perch motion, lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Will wait and see! You will have to sort through the numerous smaller fish though. The $10 pier passes, which allow legal access to select piers at Jackson Park, Burnham, DuSable, Diversey, Belmont and Montrose harbors, may be bought at Northerly Island Visitor Center (credit-card only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday), but call (312) 745-2910 first to make sure someone is there. Updated: Feb 28, 2023 / 09:23 PM CST. Feb 25th Northwoods Chapter of Muskies Inc. Kids Ice Fishing Day, Feb 25th Newbold Fire Department 2nd Annual, But it is February wind is gonna blow hard south couple days and north couple days and keep boats off the perch for a bit. As Lake Michigan Perch - Chicago Fishing Reports | Chicago Fishing Forums Your complete resource for Chicago fishing reports and information. It seems as though this area is still recovering from the storm front that blasted through in the days prior and it's hard to stay on the fish when there aren't a lot of boats in the area if you can't locate the fish. But there are some other things, too, such as steelhead, brown trout and lake trout as well as burbot on the lakefront to keep things interesting. Alternate Fishing Times: 12:00AM to 12:00AM. Fishing for us was slow today on the Supreme. NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540. Rattle lures in glow, white, gold tipped with waxies and tip-downs baited with rosies. Small jigs/plastics and very little movement needed to entice bites. My column is on the basics. Theres also brown trout and steelhead around (column coming on Wednesday about Danny Taks Borgert and steelhead). The river is getting closer to breaking up with the unseasonably warm weather. I caught my last open water smallie on Nov 15 and the lake iced over the next day. And I quote Brian! LAKEFRONT PERCH Arden Katz was at Southside Slips on Sunday and reported "bites every three casts." He weeded through them for keepers. A few catfish and walleye also reported. Redfish like this and sea trout taking a variety of lures. Kurt Justice at Kurts Island Sport Shop in Minocqua emailed: A great holiday weekend for ice anglers in the Northwoods. fishing. kettle creek Fishing Report lake granger Fishing Report swan falls Fishing Report lake minocqua Fishing Report Everyone's having a great time and he misses you. Cowboy came in first with a 288 pounder and Roger had a tight second with a 255 pounder. There were two of us looking around there and we had a combined score of 0. Some lakes the snow had melted and refroze to a sheet of skateable ice. Kicked it off on some great quality tuna. We have a great selection of affordably priced rods, reels and combos. Michael Egger celebrating his 154-pound, 79.5-inch F2 female at the Southwest Winnebago registration station. We also sell ice, soda, coffee and rolls. It seems like there is always something going on. Spawn sacks under a float. Weather will be the big factor the next few days. A few guys have reported catching a few perch at Navy Pier. Walleyes are active at night off Maple Point. Tom Spence hoists a smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River with Bob Johnson. The reports are compiled by an outside contractor who receives the information from bait shops, marinas and fishing guides. MOST USING MINNOWS OF ALL VARIETIES ESPECIALLY ROSEY REDS, ALSO SHRIMP,WAX WORMS, SPIKES, NIGHT CRAWLERS,ETC IF SOMETHING ISNT WORKING FOR YOU CHANGE IT UP. (Provided by Mike Chioros) A smattering of ice fishing around Chicago and the rebuilding of perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus the first mention of coho in 2023. Inland Chicago (Cook County) ** Crappies reported biting at Wolf Lake. Spawn sacs, wax worms & Med. Thought you would like the pictures, the City makes a great backdrop! A.J. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Coho on southern Lake Michigan, as well as some steelhead, lake trout, brown trout and ongoing perch action, lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Schools moving in and out. Thad. Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report. Arden Katz said good bluegill continue on Monona Bay. A few catfish and walleye also reported. Both casting and trolling, whichever is your preference. Hi friends. 8-12 pound yellowfin tuna and that's just not what we were looking for. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. We arrived this morning to the slip and unloaded Dan, Howard, and the gang along with their fine catch of offshore and coastal gamefish. We had steady catching in the morning and we also had some very steady releasing of these beautiful specimens with probably a 50/50 percentage of fish kept and fish released. I prefer fishing during daylight hours and will focus on smallmouth bass and northern pike while slow trolling a sucker minnow on a Carolina rig. Thursday morning. Today was a travel day. Just 40 minutes from downtown Chicago . High pressure came with some wonderful sunshine, but seemed to hold back on the fishes appetites a bit. By Dale Bowman Jun 28, 2022, 5:20am PST George Peters with a redfish from southern Florida. Lake trout are scattered along the long breakwalls, both inside the Chicago harbor and the outside. Its waiting on ice fishing. Best reported for the week was a 27 with lots of slot fish (20-24) caught & released as well! Nice mixture of rolling meadows and wooded privacy. Thad. Perch fishing on the Chicago lakefront leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, otherwise it is waiting on ice (except well to our north, where they are already ice fishing). Hope youre enjoying the mild weather. Crappie: Very Good-Good Work bays of 8-12 with tall green narrow leaf cabbage. Small plastics in brown, motor oil, black or red best. I will also be trying out our new mobile businessParked BaitI will be at the 87th st. entrance to Steelworkers Park this Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday hoping to get there by about 6:30 am. Now settling back into a night time pick on the Yellowfin Tuna. Daily Chicago Fishing Reports (March 2023) Home United States Chicago February 2023 Fresh Chicago Fishing Reports Top Chicago destinations Kenosha Tomorrow: 48 / 35 F St. Joseph Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Waukegan Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Winthrop Harbor Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Chicago Tomorrow: 51 / 42 F Williams Bay 38 fishing charters Antioch Little Green Lake Fishing for walleyes and crappies has improved. Bank fishing will be allowed along the south Lake road after 1:00pm during waterfowl season. A report of morning was fairly simple; breakfast, seminars, rig tackle. Xl fatheads and Rosie red minnows being best for the perch. He was a happy man. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing. Will Report again tomorrow, The weather was really nice for most of the day so seeing these kelps was no problem but we never located a really good kelp holding a glory stop. Those reports continue from readers north, west, south and in Indiana. Today, the crew of the Polaris Supreme have sore hands because of good fishing - our fingers hurt. Rich Sleziak at Slezs Bait in Lake Station texted: Few whitefish and lake trout being caught off of the Michigan city lighthouse pier. Lakefront fishing report. The season could last until Feb. 26, but will close earlier if certain quotas are hit. Largemouth Bass: Poor-Fair Tip-ups with smaller shiners meant for Pike best in 5-10 of weeds. Chicago Sun-Times MIDWEST FISHING REPORT 2023-03-01- LAKEFRONT SALMON/TROUT: Coho around, plus bonus browns, steelhead and lakers, most caught tangentially. That should change back again to more open water over the coming days. Early coho in Chicago and ongoing perch on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; ice is retreating inland. Lori Ralph at the Salmon Stop in Waukegan texted: Good morning ,Spotty reports here and there on some trout off the pier.Alit of folks think the pier is not fishable cuz the harbor has no signage as how to get to the pier. G. Peters. While trucks are working their way across more and more lakes. I personally found some areas with up to three layers of frozen slush (gray ice) and very soft ice underneath. The weather is good and the anglers are excited to start fishing. Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. But there are some other things, too, such as steelhead, brown trout and lake trout as well as burbot on the lakefront to keep things interesting. Conditions are still very good as of this early report. A solid grade of fish too with most being in the 18-22 lb. 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