Most lakes have a solid 5-6 inches of clear ice.
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Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing.Īrea lakes- ice fishing is in full swing. I am not sure what to make of Ken “Husker” O’Malley of Husker Outdoors and his love of Green Bay and Nebraska, but he emailed the photo to the right and the photo below, and this:
Ken “Husker” O’Malley with a largemouth bass caught ice fishing around Chicago’s south suburbs. Good to hear a music report again from Abouchar.Īs he and the others show, ice fishing is going everywhere and there has been some catching, too. Also a guest appearance at the Bob Marley Bash at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aroura on February 5th to sing a couple of my original songs. On the Music front we have a gig for the reggae band on February 25th at the Art Gallery Kafe (yes with a K) in Wood Dale.
A big yellow bass took a minnow as the sun had gone down and Joe landed it and into the bucket she went. Watching the bears last game a couple weeks ago, and playoff games this weekend from inside the house while watching the tip ups for flags was quite nice. On the North end by me we were getting some nice bass on tip ups with large golden roach minnows. Lots of guys fishing the South end of the lake for panfish. The Ice is fit on Island lake and the anglers are out in good numbers. Rob Abouchar emailed the photo left and this from Island Lake: A number of additional piers were added this year to bring the total to 31 piers.Ī good yellow bass from Island Lake. The $6 pier passes, which allow legal access to select piers at most Jackson Park, Burnham, DuSable, Diversey, Belmont and Montrose harbors, may be bought at Henry’s Sports and Bait (cash only) and Northerly Island Visitor Center (credit-card only).
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Otherwise, here are some basics: Foster (free street parking or pay lot) Montrose (now a mix of metered and free street parking) Belmont (pay lots on north and south sides) Diversey (pay lot or street parking) DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fisherman’s lot) Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fisherman’s lot) 31st/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and 31st Street Harbor) Oakwood/39th (meters) 63rd Street/Casino Pier (pay lot) Steelworkers Park (free street parking at east end of 87th) Cal Park (free parking). The discounted parking for anglers is $9 daily, if out by 10 a.m.Ĭhicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports and Bait in Bridgeport and Northerly Island Visitor Center. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. Haven’t had this good a bite with consistent size since early season at the mouth of the Cal. This morning I was The only one out there. Good action for an hour or two right after first light. Past couple days at Navy have been sporadic with a lot of dinks. Quinn Wunar tweeted the photo above (bonus points for the cap) Friday evening and this: Also caught about 15 sunfish, all small Quinn Wunar with the bounty of perch at Navy Pier. Ice and weather limited effort, but there’s some trying on harbor ice.ĭiversey has 5-6 inches solid ice.
Ice-fishing regulations for public sites around Chicago are posted here. Ice fishing is going areawide and should last for the foreseeable future nearly all reports are on ice fishing. Greg Regalado messaged the photo at the top and this on Sunday:Ģ6” channel from Chain on a tipup yesterday. Ice-fishing time is usually the slowest for receiving nominations for FOTW, but this week was different. There are a plethora of photos and reports this week, in part because I sent out word that I needed a good Fish of the Week nomination. Ice fishing, obviously, leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
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