Smattering of ice fishing goes around Chicago as does perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan – Chicago Sun-Times
A smattering of ice fishing around Chicago and the rebuilding of perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus the first mention of coho in 2023.
Mike Chioros provided the lead on the photo at the top and John Berg emailed this:
Hi Dale:
That is me holding the laker. My nephew, Erling Berg, is standing next to me. We were fishing with my brother (and Erling’s father) Matthew Berg. We launched out of Racine in the early afternoon on New Year’s day at the Pershing Park Boat Launch. The Pershing Park harbor is clear but we did push a couple ice floes out of the way out of the way to clear the harbor. The Bender Park launch site just north is silted in and too shallow to use. The fish were biting better away from shore, in around 30 feet of water, down deep, with spoons being the hot bite. Green, gold and something with glow were the best colors. The spoons on dipsey divers were doing better than those on planers. Plugs were not catching anything. We had tried fishing near the Oak Creek power plant, thinking the warm water discharge would attract the fish due to the water being so cold (34.7 F), but he fish thought otherwise. We did catch a few browns there, but nothing more than anywhere else as the fish were deeper than expected.
Have a great day!
ICE FISHING
Updates on the status of ice fishing around the Chicago area are included in the individual repots.
The updated ice-fishing regulations for public sites around Chicago are posted here.
AUGER SHARPENING
For the 23rd year, Fran Connelly is sharpening of auger blades. Find “Ice Auger Sharpening” on Facebook or drop off blades at either Lee’s Bait & Tackle (Elk Grove Village or Carol Stream).
LAKEFRONT PERCH
Weather forecast favors shore fishing holding up for a long stretch for this time of year.
Jason Langford message Monday:
Dale Bowman , went to Dusable on Monday. Fishable water around the docks with ice within feet. The end of the pier has all open water for casting.
Dusable parking is a great deal except the guys that are using it are fishing at navy pier leaving no spots for guys trying to fish for where it’s intended. Because of that we went and fished open water at the Calumet River. We did pretty good. They hit on …….