Mike Clifford Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 I'm sure everybody has a nice collection of their favorite river photos. There is nothing more pleasing to the eye than looking at shots of local rivers and their inhabitants (people, wildlife, plants etc.) while the Fall bite is in full swing. They don't call it the Great Outdoors for nothing! I'll get it started with one of fellow ISA member Cory, fishing the Kankakee River on a steamy summer morning at an ISA outing in the State Park: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjordan Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Ahh you cant fool me. I know thats a cold morning and thats just Cory's breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 This one's in the Little Vermilion... You can't see the deer crossing the ice very well, but it's still a nice picture of one of my favorite places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Pictures do not do it justice but Lusk Creek is one my favorite places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjordan Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Fall smallie on an inline spinner. Dave Franklin starting a float trip on the S. Vermilion. The willows here are awesome. My favorite lunch stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S. Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Just took this last night: West Branch DuPage - Oct 2006 Rock Creek, Kankakee River - Jan 2005 Wisconsin River, Oneida County - Jul 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CRXSIR1 Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Kishwaukee Forrest preserve Smallmouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted October 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hey Don- that spot on the Kankakee River is pretty photogenic, huh? Took a few there myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 More Lusk Creek photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S. Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Andrew If I had some photo editing software at work, I'd paint in the spots for you on the WI! Did you hit it this Fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Mc Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Kishwaukee river sunset. Three Robins bathing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 These aren't my favorite photos but they are of my favorite river, the Niagra. Although the falls are the big attraction, if you ever visit the area make sure to walk around Goat Island on the American side. The power of the Niagra River before it reaches the falls is amazing. The river downstream is sqeezed through a narrow gorge creating some major rapids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S. Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Scott Any fishing stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick G Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 East Branch Dupage River last January Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted November 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Is that Joz hiding behind the tree around the bend? Nice photo Don. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cardinal Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 More Lusk Creek photos. Nice pics of Lusk. I've been there a bunch of times but never canoed it. Do you know of any places to launch and take out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Joe, Lusk is not an easy stream to canoe for 3 reasons. 1) Water level fluctuation 2) Log jams 3) Accessibility The bridge on the Eddyville/Golconda blacktop is the only road that crosses it and the most scenic miles are upstream of that bridge. The only way to access the upstream portion is to drive as close as you can to the creek then hike the rest of the way in...carrying your canoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Negronida Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Came across these shots, first three are of the Fox. These are of the Kankakee. Wisconsin river north of Merril. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Can we get some more in this thread- with an explanation of which flows they are? I'd like to put together a "Rivers of the ISA" slideshow. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dells Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Not in Illinois but my new home North Carolina. Raven Rock State Park in the Cape Fear River. NO smallies just the ugly green fish and LOTS of gar. Saw a jet Black Gar surface mid river looked like it was 20 lbs +. The whole album with about 30 pictures is on my myspace you can acsess it by typing in myspace.com/babyman13. Albums titled Carolina Wilderness click pics under my default picture to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Here is our good friend Jim Kast on the Kankakee River at a recent ISA outing. Looks rather "fishy" out there, doesn't it? It wasn't. But it was still great to be out in the river. More photos from that stifling hot day......... Forgot to change the camera setting to Macro.......ooops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kast Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 I was about the fishiest smelling thing in the river that day. Maybe that's why we weren't catching anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary L Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is the Apple River near Stockton, Il. This is the Sunrising over the Fox River in Oswego, Il. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dells Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Actually Don found out there are smallies in that river,CPO stopped me to ask for the liscense and we got talking. He said there are in fact a population but nobody fishes for them,he was SHOCKED to see i had my flyrod with me. He says is that a flyrod in that case, i said yeah it is. Told me thats the first flyrod he has ever seen on the Cape Fear river,come to find out he has fly fished the smokeys for years for rainbows and brookies. I started asking him about the state park and then we got into the conversation of the smallmouth alliance and lack of groups like this one down here. Talked a lot about conservation projects the ISA does and i asked if they ever need vollunteers for projects. He said they would love to have vollunteer help but nobody has really ever offered,so this fall im helping build a permanant bridge over the Cape Fear river, then in the spring im going to help with new campsites. I have one reply to this.... HELL YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Could use a few more Apple/Kishwaukee/Vermilion/Rock if anyone has them. Also, feel free to add any others to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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