Chuck Burns Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 This is my success since I joined up over the winter. This weekend I got out to the Kish both Sat and Sun mornings. I got one smallie on Sat and 2 on Sunday. Remembered my camera on Sunday. If I knew how to post a photo, you'd get to see that they were small but pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hey Chuck...It's good you got out when you did. The storms last night put the Kish back into chocolate milk mode. Somewhere in these forums there's at least one "Photo posting tutorial" if you really want to post some pics. Were you on the north or south branch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 It looks to me that the storms missed the south branch. The river gauge for Dekalb is reading lower than it was reading on Sunday morning before the float trip. Yippy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Two ways to post photos: 1. Use the posting facility provided by this web site. Convenient. 2. Host your pictures on a site like Photobucket. This saves storage in the ISA server. And you can stick pictures right into the text so viewers do not have to click through to see your stuff. I like #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asherman Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 After the storms last night, the Kish went up 2 1/2 feet. It will be a while before the Kish is fishable. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don R Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Let it settle for a couple days then try the white spinner bait tight to the shoreline. Or you can vertically jig a plastic tight to shore. Above all else...be careful! Have fun and catch some fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsfan1 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 This is my success since I joined up over the winter. This weekend I got out to the Kish both Sat and Sun mornings. I got one smallie on Sat and 2 on Sunday. Remembered my camera on Sunday. If I knew how to post a photo, you'd get to see that they were small but pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsfan1 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Wish I could find a Smallie in the Kish, have not caught a single one this year. However I have caught a large amount of Pike, seems they are everywhere I normally go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 You fishing in Winnebago Co. Boone Co., Dekalb Co. or McHenry Co.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Trybul Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Pike do seem to be taking over in the upper, skinnier reaches of the Kish. They are just flat out dominating the smallouth for the best habitat. I've fished the Kish for over 30 years and I have yet to unlock the high water mystery. Unlike some other rivers, the Kish is just not a good river to fish in high water. I've fished with a lot of guys and I have yet to see anyone else solve the high water mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 It's tough. I think the fact that the Kish is shallow and narrow and really has no eddies to speak of, the smallmouth are just hunkered down behind whatever large rock or tree they can find and are more worried about surviving the high fast current than they are food. That's just what I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 It's tough. I think the fact that the Kish is shallow and narrow and really has no eddies to speak of, the smallmouth are just hunkered down behind whatever large rock or tree they can find and are more worried about surviving the high fast current than they are food. That's just what I think. High water = dabbling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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