Sean F

I always thought the Pilcher park area could use some help, but I’m open to anything. After googling, I found this group that’s dedicated to improving the hickory creek watershed. It might be a good idea if we asked them if there’s anything we can do.

http://www.hickorycreekwatershed.com/

They have a really cool interactive map that pinpoints different parts of the creek and problem areas. It also lists their current projects.

https://gisweb.gza.com/portal/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=4055d8bf754440c4a335ef96f820dc3e

20 hours ago, KenS said:

I actually did pretty well on the creek after work on Friday. The best one was just over 17". I started throwing a ned minnowz and switched to a rubber frog and stayed with it the rest of the time. Most smallies I caught were around 10" with a few rock bass .

Water clarity was very good above the dam. The clarity of the water backed up by the dam was greatly reduced. The decreased clarity continued for miles past the dam.

There are carp all over the creek below the dam but almost none above it.

Another change in the creek above and below the dam is the gradient. The creek drops quite a bit more from the dam to Joliet also with more abundant rock compared to areas from Frankfort through New Lenox.

Wow ken that’s a great fish out of there

Hey guys,

I’m a newbie here and have been enjoying the forum. I was wondering if anyone fishes hickory creek in the southwest suburbs.  It is surrounded by lots of public land, and I have had some luck there both spin and fly fishing.  I think it’d be a real gem if some cleanup was done occasionally. Anyone know of any future plans? I heard rumors of hickory creek dam in Joliet being slated to come down which would only help id think.

Thanks again guys,

Sean