Blg281 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I am a new member and new to fishing in general, and I am looking fora few good lakes to catch some smallmouth in. any feedback would be great. I live in the Joliet area, but am willing to put up some windshield time for the prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjordan Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I am a new member and new to fishing in general, and I am looking fora few good lakes to catch some smallmouth in. any feedback would be great. I live in the Joliet area, but am willing to put up some windshield time for the prize. I can think of one...........Lake Michigan . Also Powerton, south of Peoria, used to be good but its questionable now. Do you just not like stream fishing. There are alot of beautiful smallmouth streams in your area. If you would like to find out which streams hold smallmouth attend the outings planned in your area this summer. Check out the calender posted at the top of this page to give you information on outings near you. Since you are new to fishing you will learn alot by fishing with other members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 you also have the cooling lakes , lasalle, braidwood and heindke and out by me Shabbona lake rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Negronida Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Brain, If you are not doing anything on Sunday join us down on the Kankakee for our first outing. If you think you might make it, shoot me a pm. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickk Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Forget the lakes. How about the DuPage River? Google the forest preserves and parks in the nearby towns and counties it runs through for legal access. Your windshield time will be minimal my friend. Big bass are in your backyard. You're not kidding! Brian, if you don't have waders you need to get some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blg281 Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I am going to try for this sunday on the Kankakee, and I try to fish the Dupage( without any luck so far). I am just looking for different venues. Thanks for all the replies and I am looking to get some waders for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O'Donnell Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Brian, Heideke Lake near Morris supposedly has a fine population of Smallmouth. After that Lake Michigan. You can access a few areas around the Aquarium/Planaterium or habors north. Check out the other fishing websites for recent posts on the big pond! Mark O'Donnell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Hey Brian, I wouldn't recommend fishing for them just yet, but Trent Thomas has been trying to re-establish Kakaskia River smallmouth in Lake Shelbyville. The ISA has been helping Trent work with the Kaskaskia population the last few years. The Shelbyville smallmouth that were originally in the impoundment slowly winked out after Lake Shelbyville was constructed. Trent is hoping to give them another chance to re-establish. Last fall, he stocked about (50?) six to eight inchers near the dam. They were in tremendous condition and almost certainly survived the winter. Given the fate of the original populations it's not likely they'll reproduce, but the IDNR is trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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