im in plainfield, who else is nearby 

im in plainfield, who else is nearby

Sugar Grove. Not too far

Sugar Grove. Not too far

Nice I work on the Railroad I go right through sugar grove all the time, that Muskie in your picture from shabbona?

Nope. Canada. I've never fished Shab, I just moved out here a month ago. I fish mostly in WI

Fished Shab this past weekend.  It was kinda miserable.  Morning air temp was around 32 degrees, water temp was around 55.  Lots of musky fisherman out in no gas motor area. 

Fished coffeen today. S L O W. Spinnerbait, Chatterbait one each. Temp at the ramp 70°.

im in plainfield, who else is nearby

I'm in Sandwich. Been fishing some local ponds, etc. lately.

I'm done for the year and more. Unloading the boat in the morning and taking it in for winterization. I'm having my 3rd shoulder surgery on the 18th. 6-8 months recovery time. Going to be a long winter.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

im in plainfield, who else is nearby

I'm just South of Plainfield in Northwestern Joliet

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Thanks Mark. I'm hoping for the best. The last 2 surgeries were arthroscopic. This one, not so much. The doc is going to make a 4" long incision in my back, drill a bunch of holes in the shoulder blade, and sew the torn muscles back onto the shoulder blade. Best case scenario, I will have 70-80% range of motion and be pain free at the end of the first 12 months. Currently I have about 35-40% range and pain 24/7. Worst case scenario, I'm going to pack up the bass gear and stick to walleye and panfish. I pray the latter doesn't happen.

You could always be the next A Martens and drop shot everything in sight lol . Hopefully you recoup where you need to so you can still fish for bucket mouths. At least you have a 6 month span of winter you couldn't really fish during anyway. Its ice out thats gonna suck but health comes first. I promise ill leave you a few fish to catch when you're ready.

I'm done for the year and more. Unloading the boat in the morning and taking it in for winterization. I'm having my 3rd shoulder surgery on the 18th. 6-8 months recovery time. Going to be a long winter.

Good luck on the shoulder. Getting rid of the pain will be well worth it. Follow the PT to the letter and you will probably get your motion and strength back to about 95%. Put my boat away this weekend also. It will be a long winter indeed.

Thanks. Ive been down this road before. I am religious with the PT

Just got done with my session today. Is it bad when I ask why she is pushing so hard on my bone and she says, sir that is your muscle. Sore tonight.

Winterized mine last Sun, Off to storage nxt weekend

What's with all this talk of winterizing???

Taking mine out thursday and friday.

Slonezp- I'll make some casts for you.

What's with all this talk of winterizing???

Taking mine out thursday and friday.

Slonezp- I'll make some casts for you.

Make 'em count. LOL I don't want any casts into trees. I do enough of those on my own.

Good luck with the surgery and rehab. 

 

They have been on fire down here at my main boat fishing hole for the last few weeks, just killing small spinners and buzz baits. I had a period about 2 weeks ago that for about 90 minutes I couldn't go more than 3 casts without hooking a fish and actually went 3 for 3 at one point, casting to the exact same spot with a little spinner. Size ranged from dink to 3 lbs.

 

Then that lake slowed down a lot, so I hit a little farm pond near me the last couple of days for the last hour or so of daylight with a little spinner and have been catching 3 or 4 each day. So its been a really fun fall and this year my luck has been in and I was actually fishing during the fall bite and had plenty of time to go.

 

Unloaded all the tackle and whatnot out of my boat Sunday morning, I usually leave all that stuff in it for the summer when I fish a lot and then during the winter I will load/unload since i don't go much on the spur of the moment. I go to Newton in the winter and its about 90 minutes away so thats more of an all day deal and planned in advance.

 I picked up the boat this morning. If anybody is interested in a report, I saw pics of  a 6+ largemouth and an 18lb pike caught this week on Bangs Lake by the same fisherman. Crappies are starting to bite as well.   

Why are we in the northeast instead of midwest?

It's just always been that way

I managed to trick one into biting today after about 2hrs 35 degrees or so.

 

Went out after the Bears game for about an hour today at a local pond and caught 5 largemouth bass on a 3/4oz lipless crankbait. Nice to be able to do that in December without any gloves or coat.

COME ON SPRING!!!

Supposed to be a warm week