Does anybody have any insight into this body of water at this time of year? I am going to be fishing there on October 3 & 4 and will not have the time to prefish, any tips,tactics locations, depths etc. would be appreciated.T.Y.I.A. Guy :-?

Depends... what tournament are you fishing?  

W.S.B.A. out of NE Illinois. It is our Fall Classic.

You have access to all bodies of water on the chain?

I would recommend you start out on Monona, work the inner weed line with a Pop-r early morning.  (This has been a great bite for the past week), once that slows you could throw a shallow jerk bait or c-rig.  Might be worth locking into Mendota as well if the bite is real slow on Monona, Mendota is always good for a 3-4# browny.  Just remember bag limit is 1 on Mendota.  The points always produce, and the rock pile on Monona has also been a great place to throw a drop shot.

toss me a PM when it gets a bit closer to your tourny.

Koop,

Thanks for the info, Mendota is going to be off limits. I will send a pm on Wed or Thur. I will be headding up sometime on Friday depending on what time my nonboater is able to leave. One of My main concerns is the weather change and what that will do to the bite you have described.

Koop,

Thanks for the info, Mendota is going to be off limits. I will send a pm on Wed or Thur. I will be headding up sometime on Friday depending on what time my nonboater is able to leave. One of My main concerns is the weather change and what that will do to the bite you have described.

Can't help you there, I haven't been able to get out since we started having this insane cold front.

The forcast here is for uppr 50's low 60's with showrs on Sat and cloudy on Sun, looks like 'll pack the L.J.'s and rain suit. Is the forecast the same for the Madison area this weekend?

59 and rain all day saturday.  Sunday partly cloudy chance of rain.

Thanks Koop.

I got out this morning, they weren't touching top waters. Rippin jerk baits over grass beds and spinnerbaits through the grasses, as well as slow crawling jigs seemed to be the ticket. All in 6-10fow.

picked up some solid 2-3 lbers from the pillings of the rte 51 bridge with a black & blue jig with a black blue baby paca craw trailer.

Glad I could be of some help.  I was thinking about it that weekend, poored rain all weekend.  The bite has been backwards here lately from what it normally is.