Jonn Graham Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Don't miss this one! We will meet this Saturday the 19th in Oakwood (just off I-74 east of Champaign). We will meet at the McDonald's. If you wish to eat, be there at 7:00. If you do not wish to eat, but want to fish, be there by 8:00...........sharp!!! Canoeing and wading are both good options. If you are coming, please reply to this post below. cya there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredmo Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 I plan to be there Saturday. What happened to meeting at the truck stop just north of McDonald's? Is there going to be enough water to float? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 don't know how much water. Bringing canoe just in case. The truck stop and McDonald's are right next to each other. If you want to meet at the truck stop, go ahead. I will be at the Golden Arches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredmo Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 O.K. Sounds like McDonald's it is. I'm bringing the boat. Got confused with the calendar announcement, reproduced below. Event Date: 19-September 09 (Single Day Event) This will be a wade/float outing. Please contact Steve Jordan if you will be attending (skjordans@yahoo.com). We will meet at Oakwood Ill, I74, exit 206, at the truck stop just north of McDonalds. Breakfast at 7:00 a.m., leave to fish at 8:00a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjensen Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Count me in. Will try for 7am, will be there for sure by 8. I don't have a watercraft, but barring any rain hopefully will be able to wade. I've never fished the South Vermillion so I'm looking forward to new water. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 According to the usgs site, the rivers look awfully low over there. Just like around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Burt Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'm planning on being there. Spinning rod but no boat. Well, half a spinning rod, right Fred! Almost pulled trigger on new Disco 119 at Dick's but decided to wait until winter clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted September 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 what I plan to do is bring the canoe and if it is really low, I will wade with the boat in tow behind me. That way, after I get done walking upstream a ways, I can jump in the boat and paddle back to the truck. If it looks like there is ample water for paddling, then I will go ahead and paddle downstream and fish 3-4 miles with another vehicle at the take out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Going to try to make it for a couple hours have to work in the afternoon. Haven't been down there for a while but the wade up float back will probably work best. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 It was nice to meet some new members and catch up with some old ones. Only fished for about 3 hours a friend from Champaign and I managed about 10 or 12 fish, nothing over 15".I picked up one fish on a buzzbait and the rest on tubes. My friend Rodger caught all of his on a spinner. All my fish came from the deepest water in pools and hit very light. I felt that if we could have stayed out longer the bite might have been better as the day warmed up. Only managed one or two fish per spot. Hope to get out a little more this fall maybe on the Kankakee ,Ind. or meet again at Oakwood. I'll try to post ahead of time. Thanks to everyone who came out. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Slow bite for Fred and I. We fished a hard nine hours and covered about 3-4 miles of river. I landed nine and Fred had five. Our best luck came on bottom flies. I had luck with my Mangy Craw fished right on the bottom. Biggest smallie for me was 14 inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Burt Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Brian and I fished a section of the Salt Fork. Spent about 8 hrs on the river. I ended up with around 12-15 smallies. Most were in the 10-12 inch range. Did manage 1 slightly bigger but not by much. Think Brian has a pic of it somewhere. All my smallies came on spinning gear, half on 4 inch shaky worms, other half on a Bass Pro 3.5 inch craw. Rigged both on 1/16 slider head. All in all good day on water although no giants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Burt Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Let me retract what I just said. Most fish were probably more like 8-10 inches. The largest MAY have been 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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