Perch angling on southerly Lake Michigan as well as waiting on the return of fishable ice in your area leads this stretching raw-file Midwest Angling Record.
Scott Oglanian, that recognizes just how to capture big wheel, captured this walleye jigging in 30 feet in the McHenry location, as well as messaged:
It went 28 as well as 1/4 inches. My individual ideal with the ice.
Figured much better obtain this in prior to ice is a short memory.
ICE ANGLING
Some are looking ideally to following week in the city, or else it is heading north.
Simply in situation there is fishable ice prior to following Tuesday, the upgraded ice-fishing guidelines for public websites around Chicago are uploaded below.
AUGER SHARPENING
For the 23rd year, Fran Connelly is honing of auger blades. Locate “Ice Auger Developing” on Facebook or leave blades at either Lee’s Lure & Tackle (Elk Grove Town or Carol Stream).
LAKEFRONT PERCH
The bounty of perch on southerly Lake Michigan.
Bob Johnson emailed the images over as well as listed below, as well as this:
Hello There Dale – I was fortunate to venture out on Lake Michigan over the weekend break to pursue Perch. A pal brought me out on his kids watercraft as well as we captured concerning 17 with a couple of Jumbos blended in. It took some looking for the husks of lure as well as Perch yet they’re relentless leading placed us on a pair excellent areas. A terrific weekend break with watercraft program on Friday after that Perch angling Sunday.
Bob Johnson with several of the high quality perch from southerly Lake Michigan.
Capt. Rich Sleziak at Slez’s Lure in Lake Terminal texted:
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Teams still fishing slides as well as doing excellent some days some days very slow-moving. Rosie reds as well as xl fathead minnows best.
When wind as well as weather condition enable 50 to 55ft right out of portage as well as in the direction of the west has actually givin up some perch you need to relocate as well as discover them yet they are quality perch.
NAVY PIER FISHING
The north side of Navy Pier is open for fishermens. The reduced auto parking for fishermens is $9 daily, if out by 10 a.m.
LAKEFRONT AUTO PARKING
For Chicago Park Area’s auto parking passes ($20 for 2 months) for the fishermens’ car park at DuSable as well as Burnham harbors, e-mail fishing@chicagoparkdstrict.com.
My column from Nov. 30, 2022, on auto parking the size of the Chicago lakefront is uploaded at https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/30/23485385/chicago-lakefront-parking-fishing
PIER PASSES
For the $10 pier passes, which enable lawful accessibility to choose piers at Jackson Park, Burnham, DuSable, Diversey, Belmont as well as Montrose harbors, e-mail fishing@chicagoparkdstrict.com.
WISCONSIN FREE ANGLING WEEKEND BREAK
Among Wisconsin’s totally free angling weekend break is this weekend break, Jan. 21-22.
Below is words from the WIDNR:
The Wisconsin Division of Natural Resources (DNR) is organizing Free Angling Weekend break Jan. 21-22 to share the enjoyable as well as enjoyment of wintertime angling. No angling certificate or trout as well as salmon stamps are needed.
Anglers can fish specify waters where there is a hunting season. All various other angling guidelines use, such as restrictions on the number as well as dimension of fish you can maintain as well as any kind of periods when you need to launch specific fish varieties.
As a pointer, fishermens cannot fish springtime trout fish ponds throughout the Winter months Free Angling Weekend Break. Please evaluate the trout guidelines as well as 2022-2023 Hook as well as Line guidelines to learn more.
LOCATION LAKES
Dave Kranz of Dave’s Lure, Tackle as well as Taxidermy in Crystal Lake as well as with his You-Tube network, Dave Kranz Living the wild outdoors, texted:
My referral for those that wish to ice fish is to wait a week as old male wintertime is returning with lots of days of ice making temperature levels. Solitary number lows to liquidate the month. If you require to fish head to the McHenry dam as well as fish open water the following number of days. Bonus huge fatheads on a 1/8 when jig head.
Ken “Husker” O’Malley of Husker Outdoors emailed:
Hey Dale,
Below is a wrap-up of this previous weeks angling.
It’s difficult to inform if it’s very early March or mid January. The strange wintertime weather condition proceeds.
Location lakes- we have open water chances southern of I-80. The majority of fish will certainly be located in the exact same places as they were throughout ice angling.
. . .
TTYL
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Ken Husker O’Malley
Husker Outdoors Waterwerks angling group
BRAIDWOOD LAKE
Shut. Arranged to resume March 1.
CHAIN O’LAKES LOCATION
Art Frisell at Triangular Sports as well as Marine in Antioch claimed it is “difficult to ice fish out there currently.”
COOLING DOWN LAKES
Heidecke, LaSalle as well as Braidwood are shut.
DOWNSTATE
POWERTON: Financial institution angling is 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Watercraft angling resumes Feb. 15.
EMIQUON PRESERVE: Angling is daybreak to sunset. Accessibility licenses as well as obligation waivers are needed, bear in mind the 2023 licenses are currently needed. They are offered Tuesday to Saturday at Dickson Installs Gallery, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SHELBYVILLE: Contact Ken Wilson of Lithia Overview Solution.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Contact Jason Johns of Boneyard Angling.
SPRING LAKE: Website superintendent Thad Chef emailed:
Financial institution angling as well as watercraft angling at Springtime Lake after 1:00 throughout the late Canada Goose period.
HENNEPIN-HOPPER: Shut for the period.
DuPAGE RIVER
Capt. A.J. Cwiok with a great smallmouth bass from the DuPage River.
Capt. A.J. Cwiok messaged the image over as well as this last Tuesday:
Back to the ole stomping premises of the magnificent dupage. Very first fish of 2023!
That’s a great very first of the year.
FOX RIVER
Dave Kranz of Dave’s Lure, Tackle as well as Taxidermy in Crystal Lake as well as with his You-Tube network, Dave Kranz Living the wild outdoors, texted:
. . . If you require to fish head to the McHenry dam as well as fish open water the following number of days. Bonus huge fatheads on a 1/8 when jig head.
ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY LAKE LOCATION, WISCONSIN
Finn Taylor, 8, of Cambria, Wisconsin, with a 25-inch walleye captured on a Lake Puckaway.
Overview Mike Norris texted the image over as well as emailed this:
Angling Record – 1/15/2023
Mike Norris
Big Eco-friendly Lake – Ice fishermens are accessing the eastern end of the lake from Sundown Park as well as are having success angling for lake trout as well as cisco in sixty-feet of water with three-eighths ounce spoons or tube lures, both tipped with tiny portions of refined cisco meat. Bluegill approximately 9 inches in Beyer’s Cove continues to be an alternative on tungsten jigs tipped with red or purple plastics, though that bite is currently on as well as off. All location lakes have superb accessibility now as a result of the absence of snow on the ground yet are tough to pass through for fishermens without cleats on their watercrafts.
Lake Puckaway – Fishermens fishing a regional ice angling derby were welcomed with warm skies as well as air temperature levels in the reduced 40’s last weekend break. Ice problems have actually improved Puckaway, as well as some fishermens are currently lugging their sanctuaries out throughout the ice. Derby entrants, captured, photographed, as well as launched pike approximately thirty-two inches long, walleye to twenty-six inches long, as well as crappie to fourteen inches long throughout the derby.
Beave Dam Lake – Beaver Dam remains to be the regional hotspot for ice angling now as the very early night as well as evening bite remains to create walleyes for various fishermens throughout the lake. Big black eyes on tip-ups are doing the damages with a lot of activity originating from the north end of the lake. Hickory Bay, Sundown Coastline, as well as the Railway Trestle accessibility location are bring in one of the most fishermens
BTW, you need to enjoy a youngster called Finn with a large walleye.
HEIDECKE LAKE
Shut. Arranged to resume April 1.
KANKAKEE RIVER
Frank Hair with a January smallmouth bass from the Kankakee River.
Chris Hair emailed the image over as well as this on Wednesday:
Returned to the kankakee as well as captured 4 even more walleyes as well as missed out on a fifth one as well as my daddy [Frank] finished with with a good 17.5in smallie. Largest walleye today was 25in as well as very fat, loaded with eggs. Out of the 11 eyes I’ve captured in these 2 journeys I’ve maintained 3, 2 17,s as well as a 17.75in. Also if it were lawful to maintain the large ones no chance I would certainly. Much instead have them generate!
LAKE ERIE
Go Here for the Ohio DNR Record.
LAKEFRONT
Go Here for Quinn Wunar’s Fish of the Week, a double-striped steelhead from Burnham Harbor.
Laurance Reed with a steelhead on the lakefront, captured on what was unusual this year, a high-sky day.
Laurance Reed emailed the image over as well as this:
Beloved Dale,
Steelheading is intended to be best in the early morning on gloomy days. So damaging all the guidelines, I snuck out as well as was Flicker Shad after twelve noon in completely clear water at one of our wonderful harbors, with the sunlight radiating down with not a cloud overhead.
What’s wonderful concerning brilliant light is I might see this steelhead take the lure!
Pleased New Year!
-Laurance
Lori Ralph at the Salmon Quit in Waukegan texted:
Greetings, simply a couple of ice records from Northpoint, today ice is squishy!
LaSALLE LAKE
Shut. Arranged to resume March 15.
MADISON LAKES, WISCONSIN
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Ken “Husker” O’Malley of Husker Outdoors emailed:
Hey Dale,
Below is a wrap-up of this previous weeks angling.
It’s difficult to inform if it’s very early March or mid January. The strange wintertime weather condition proceeds.
. . .
Madison Chain-lakes in the location have 5 1/2 to 6 inches of clear ice. Mondays hefty rainfalls will certainly reduce right into it.
Bluegill were good along weed apartments fished with WYW jigs tipped with a range of plastics.
Perch might be located mid day functioning a gold tungsten jig tipped with several spikes on the side of decline offs.
TTYL
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Ken Husker O’Malley
Husker Outdoors Waterwerks angling group
MAZONIA
Ice fish at your very own threat, it’s mosting likely to be a while.
Hrs are 6 a.m. to sunset.
NORTHERN WISCONSIN
Kurt Justice at Kurt’s Island Sporting activity Store in Minocqua emailed:
The unbelievably moderate January proceeds! With ordinary lows in the mid-20’s as well as highs in the low/mid-30’s chilly is no justification for venturing out on the ice this wintertime. If there is an unfavorable to this pleasant January it’s that lots of lakes don’t have adequate ice (clear ice standards are 8-14) to sustain vehicle traveling. Likewise, some slush still being reported. Total accessibility as well as traveling for foot, snow sleds, ATV’s, as well as UTV’s has actually been excellent. Yet with the absence of chilly, beware. Today (1/16) we’re experiencing rainfall, which can cause unsafe watercraft touchdowns, crust as well as included slush on the ice.
North Pike: Excellent – Great deals of records of #’s as well as some great sized fish. The majority of fishermens utilizing huge black eyes & fools. With cozy weather condition as well as not a great deal of ice, Pike extremely energetic in weeds of 4-10’. A couple of fishermens jigging bigger spoons tipped with minnow heads or utilizing Jaw Jackers with online lure for the enjoyable of capturing these fish on pole & reel.
Crappie: Excellent – Areas have actually been blended. The majority of fishermens right now of year are targeting container Crappies over mud in 22-34’ of water. Jigging tiny spoons tipped with spikes or tip-downs baited with rosies. There is still a great variety of Crappies in the weeds. These fish are taking slow-moving went down plastics on rocker spoons as well as Lethal Cecils.
Largemouth Bass: Really Good-Good – They such as this cozy weather condition. Great activity as well as great sized Bass in scraggy apartments of 6-10’. Tool black eyes 2’ off base under tip-ups or Jaw Jackers.
Bluegill: Really Good-Good – Comparable to LMB, weeds of 6-10’. Tiny jigs tipped with waxies or dark plastics. Early AM ideal for bigger Gills. Some being located put on hold along deep weed breaks of 12-16’.
Walleye: Great – Attack selecting back up. Off coast bulges of crushed rock or sandgrass obtaining seen in the direction of sunset. Fools appear to be chosen best, river black eyes 2nd selection. Jigging Raps as well as Rattlin Raps racking up likewise. Really very early AM (pre-dawn) likewise a great time port.
Yellow Perch: Great – Tidal flat of 20-30’ ideal jumping Time Bombs, Pinhead Minnows or Acnes to stimulate mud. Bait up with wigglers or red spikes.
Great deals of individuals up this previous holiday capitalizing on the moderate weather condition as well as additional day to fish. Don’t see much of an adjustment being available in projection, New Moon on Saturday constantly an and also.
Kurt Justice
Kurt’s Island Sporting activity Store – Like us on Facebook
NORTHWEST INDIANA
Capt. Rich Sleziak at Slez’s Lure in Lake Terminal texted:
Kinda on the slow-moving side with no ice angling taking place around these components.
Teams still fishing slides as well as doing excellent some days some days very slow-moving. Rosie reds as well as xl fathead minnows best.
When wind as well as weather condition enable 50 to 55ft right out of portage as well as in the direction of the west has actually givin up some perch you need to relocate as well as discover them yet they are quality perch.
SHABBONA LAKE
Website wintertime hrs—with Jan. 31—are 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Countries is shut
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
Capt. A.J. Cwiok with walleye angling from coast on the St. Joseph River.
Capt. A.J. Cwiok messaged the image over as well as this Wednesday:
Looks so
Personnel at Tackle Place in Benton Harbor claimed recently charters were capturing steelhead in the river.
Paddle as well as Post holds the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Cam.
WINNEBAGO SYSTEM, WISCONSIN
Sturgeon spearing period opens up Feb. 11. Previous licenses needed.
WOLF RIVER, WISCONSIN
Overview Expense Stoeger in Fremont texted:
Ice problems are bad, back to strolling. Perch as well as gills still attacking excellent. Some walleye as well as white bass on Poygan near the horseshoe opening
