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About Michael Gillig
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ISA Forum Registrant
- Birthday 08/09/1955
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Male
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Aurora, IL
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Fishing from boats... fishing from Kayak... fishing in waders... fishing off a dock... fishing from shore... thinking about fishing... reading about fishing...wishing I was fishing... It all started growing up on a 500 acre lake in NW MN chasing perch.
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I'll give it a go.... we're eating via curbside pickup so, alas, I won't be able to get a dish in time. I will bring some comradery though
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Michael Gillig started following Suggestions for mounting boat trailer license plate and North Aurora Dam
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Looks like the north aurora dam's days are numbered, yeah!! https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/north-aurora-officials-eyeing-dam-removal-once-again
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Scott, you are the Man. Maybe I should contact Time Magazine an nominate you for their annual person of the year.
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Chicago region breakfast
Michael Gillig replied to Ed Buric's topic in Event Announcements & Follow-up
Here's the motley crew, fun breakfast, great restaurant. Good to see my fellow ISA members in the winter months -
One of my lake fishing buddies got pretty creative this year. No idea how he moved around in this thing but he sure nailed the spinner bait!
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ISA Road Trip 2019
Michael Gillig replied to Scott Ferguson's topic in Event Announcements & Follow-up
Amazing trip this year. Weather was perfect and the bite was on! Bart was kind enough to let me play 2nd mate in his Towee. I caught a slew of 18.5 inchers on a whacky and Bart was slaying then on a little fly popper. Bourbon tasting at nite around the fire, life is good -
Damn, summer vacation in valiant county runs right into the potluck; ( I'll plan better next year, have fun, I'll miss the gang Michael Gillig
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Such a long winter, cabin fever had me feeling like Jack Nicholson in the shining...... After a great breakfast at Cherry Valley we split up to attack different sections of the river, I was excited, first time on the Kish. Once we got on the water the spring fever broke, just couldn't help myself so I bailed off the kayak and went for a swim. Jude saw me go and caught the enthusiasm and joined me. Water was a little chilly, not too bad for a Minnesota boy. After swimming around for a bit we decided to call it a day and let the others have the river. Next time out I'll try to
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Suggestions for mounting boat trailer license plate
Michael Gillig replied to Bart Durham's topic in Boating
I have the ultimate solution, well for boats/trailers under 2,000 lbs, and it will save you money. Unless your boat is actually in the water for a long time, like in a marina (think it's a 60 days a year rule) you don't need to register it in Illinois. I register my trailer and boat in Minnesota. Boat registration is about the same as Illinois, but the kicker is any trailer for under 2,000 lbs setup is a one time permanent sticker. I boat the sticker for about the cost of registering it in Illinois and put the sticker on the tongue of the trailer. No plate, no plate holder no more -
I'm in Ed, I'll bring some salad thing of some sort. Wouldn't miss it, love this event
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Ed, I'm in, wouldn't miss it for nothing!
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Well I'm ready for a summer of kayaking in my new Cuda 12. I was up at Cabelas around Christmas and said I was going to use my Co2 vest for comfort. The sales guy asked me to reconsider as the chances of getting wet in a yak are quite a bit higher than in my bass boat. He told a story of having a Co2 vest deploy on him and having his mouth slammed shut, cutting his tongue pretty good. Sounds more like an air bag explosion than the slow deploy I thought a Co2 vest would do. So now I'm trying to find something that will do the trick for a sit-on-top with a therma-rest seat. Tried
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Professor Higbee's Stream & Lake Maps
Michael Gillig replied to Michael Gillig's topic in Open Discussion
Long as I'm posting today..... Found another map site I'll share. University of Wisconsin (Madison) put together a zoomable, searchable map of WI lakes as well. Focus on this one is lake clarity. Don't want to end up living on a catfish lake when I'm fishing for Smallmouth. http://spatial.ssec.wisc.edu/LakesTSI/