This has been the best fall to winter transition I have ever had. I found THE SPOT this year (I new it was a spot just not the numbers continuing into December). Days of 6-8 fish in 15 minutes. 20 fish days. Nothing huge but a couple nice ones. I finally really hot on the hair jig, and a tube became a staple for me. . I would imagine Illinois winter will finally rear its ugly head soon and with it the river will ice up. Very fun and looking forward to spring.

Game on dude!  That's a ton of fun!  Congrats.

Lovely trip report. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Holy flathead 

16 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said:

This has been the best fall to winter transition I have ever had. I found THE SPOT this year (I new it was a spot just not the numbers continuing into December). Days of 6-8 fish in 15 minutes. 20 fish days. Nothing huge but a couple nice ones. I finally really hot on the hair jig, and a tube became a staple for me. . I would imagine Illinois winter will finally rear its ugly head soon and with it the river will ice up. Very fun and looking forward to spring.

Way to crush them!!!  It's not easy in these parts, congrats.

 

scott

Year wasnt quite done after all. With the christmas day rain the water temp jumped from 38 to 43. I made the executive decision to slip out of work early (don’t tell the boss) and Its worth working until almost 9 when I did get home.

On 12/24/2023 at 10:35 PM, Bdnoble84 said:

This has been the best fall to winter transition I have ever had. I found THE SPOT this year (I new it was a spot just not the numbers continuing into December). Days of 6-8 fish in 15 minutes. 20 fish days. Nothing huge but a couple nice ones. I finally really hot on the hair jig, and a tube became a staple for me. . I would imagine Illinois winter will finally rear its ugly head soon and with it the river will ice up. Very fun and looking forward to spring.

Beautiful place! What river is that!

9 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said:

Year wasnt quite done after all. With the christmas day rain the water temp jumped from 38 to 43. I made the executive decision to slip out of work early (don’t tell the boss) and Its worth working until almost 9 when I did get home.

Way to make the best Executive decisions of all! Life is too short to miss a trip!