Author Topic: Slough Conditions and bite hot/not? (Read 3618 times)

RynoIceMan · « **on:** Jan 17, 2010, 06:28 PM »

ice and activity at slough...headin down in A.M.

slipbobber · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 07:09 PM »

HEARD IT WAS A SLOW BITE THIS MORNING.Going out tommorrow for the late afternoon bite.

heinidog · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 07:29 PM »

Was out this morn ice is fine bite was slow today kept 14 nice gills Sat was better but still slow kept 18 2 pals kept 10 and 13. Good luck in the morn

RynoIceMan · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 07:40 PM »

Thanks Alot! any big bass or pike on tip ups??

heinidog · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 07:53 PM »

did not fish any tip-ups but, saw a few bass get taken. 1 looked like a keeper did not see it get thrown back.

wallin · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 08:37 PM »

Good ice-very slow bite. Fished in front of island-3 Bass 14 and under and 10 gills between 8 guys-lol.
Slow day.

minnowkeith · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 18, 2010, 05:19 AM »

Moved around alot Sunday and between 2 of us we ended up with 40 gills. Had to drill lots of holes and keep movin.

RynoIceMan · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 03:35 PM »

hows the ice holdin up...im headin down in the mornin.....

hotch2k · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 03:44 PM »

ice is fine. thickness varies. 6" is the thinnest that I saw

alan street · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 03:52 PM »

Fished mormon hill yesterday ice is fine bite is slow fished from daylight to about 4:30 and had 35 between 2 of us a ton of little ones

Flypopper · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 03:59 PM »

Fished Mormon Hill on Sunday afternoon and caught 4 in 2 hrs. had to keep moving and the bite is LIIIIIGHT
but the Marmish Rod did the trick

minnow keith · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 04:15 PM »

WAS OUT SATURDAY.BETWEEN 6 OF US WE KEPT 135 NOT 7 INCHERS EITHER.CAUGHT OVER 250 FOR 6 GUYS.THIS IN NOT A LIE EITHER.GUYS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS KEEP MOVING AND FIND NEW FISH.MOST SPOTS THE FISH ARE THERE BUT SO BEET UP ON IT IS NOT FUNNY.

KEITH

RynoIceMan · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 05:51 PM »

Awesome...thanks guys

SkeeterJeff · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 06:16 PM »

Quote from: minnow keith on Jan 20, 2010, 04:15 PM

WAS OUT SATURDAY.BETWEEN 6 OF US WE KEPT 135 NOT 7 INCHERS EITHER.CAUGHT OVER 250 FOR 6 GUYS.THIS IN NOT A LIE EITHER.GUYS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS KEEP MOVING AND FIND NEW FISH.MOST SPOTS THE FISH ARE THERE BUT SO BEET UP ON IT IS NOT FUNNY.

KEITH

slipbobber · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 06:49 PM »

Quote from: minnow keith on Jan 20, 2010, 04:15 PM

WAS OUT SATURDAY.BETWEEN 6 OF US WE KEPT 135 NOT 7 INCHERS EITHER.CAUGHT OVER 250 FOR 6 GUYS.THIS IN NOT A LIE EITHER.GUYS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS KEEP MOVING AND FIND NEW FISH.MOST SPOTS THE FISH ARE THERE BUT SO BEET UP ON IT IS NOT FUNNY.

KEITH

I think your dreaming son.

Flypopper · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 07:30 PM »

Quote from: minnow keith on Jan 20, 2010, 04:15 PM

WAS OUT SATURDAY.BETWEEN 6 OF US WE KEPT 135 NOT 7 INCHERS EITHER.CAUGHT OVER 250 FOR 6 GUYS.THIS IN NOT A LIE EITHER.GUYS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS KEEP MOVING AND FIND NEW FISH.MOST SPOTS THE FISH ARE THERE BUT SO BEET UP ON IT IS NOT FUNNY.

KEITH

this post doesn't say what they "supposedly" were catching! all it says is not 7inchers, maybe smaller than 7?

wheatfield Tom · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 07:37 PM »

I'd have to agree with Jeff, I was there this weekend also and nobody was on a hot bite. Moved alot tried every color ther is. Purple was the most productive.
Tom

crappie66 · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 10:20 PM »

I am skeptical of all the Willow Slough posts I read here and on my Chicago fishing boards. Everybody seems to catch limits of 9-10 inch gills with some 11 inch fish mixed in, most pictures reveal what looks to be like 7 -8 inch fish with a couple that could possibly hit the 9 mark. It just seems odd that a lake that was just restocked after a fish kill a few years ago could already have so many fish in the 10 to 11 inch range.

minnowkeith · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 11:03 PM »

We go out with a purpose, that's to target bigger gills than the average fisherman, not just to get out of the house or away from the wife. We don't sit on our hind ends waiting for the fish to come to us, we look for them. Most average or periodic fishermen are non believers which makes it easier for the true hardcore fishermen to catch bigger and better fish, and we Thank You!

mbluka · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 11:09 PM »

For what its worth minnow keith is no liar,the group he was fishing with is in the 10% club. Probably 4 holes cut for each fish taken. Size ran from 7.5" to 9" on gills 9" to 10.5" on red ear and 9" to 12" on the few crappie that were taken. JUST GOTA KEEP MOVIN

apricot brandy · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 10:10 AM »

I will back up Keith's account of sat.at the slough. I was just south of his group. We've never met, but since my name is also Keith I heard his name mentioned several times. My buddy , myself , and later my brother all got our 25. I don't keep dinks. My buddy got a 9.5" redear and a 11"crappy with his 23 gils. Went back on Mon. Different story. 10-9 & ONE!!!

ultraguy · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 10:46 AM »

I am somewhat skeptical about Minnows report and find it hard to believe. But I guess anything is possible as I have been fishing out there through the ice for over 20 years and have never had over 200 fish caught at one outing with my fishing buds. The gills out there are quality fish and the nutrients in the water itself must be just perfect for them to grow so fast. Though I must say the fish were alot larger in size years ago.

Poorboy

apricot brandy · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 11:27 AM »

You're right ultra. Back in the 70's we called them "sloughgils". They were huge. The winter of 78-79 or that neighbohood had over 2 feet of ice on the slough. Then we got heavy snow. The plants quit producing oxygen and actually started withdrawing oxygen to survive. Late that season when you cut a hole, it was not uncommon to have dead gils float into it.

The last fish were being taken in the open waters at the airators by the HDQRS. These fishermen were also slipping in off the edge. After that it became a bass lake. We put down our gil poles and for the next several seasons we fished 3 tip-ups. I also remember renting boats back in the 60's when it was primarily a crappie lake. For a lake that was intended mainly for duck hunting, it has gone thru many phases and done itself quite nicely. Obviously VERY FERTILE WATERS.

wallin · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 11:34 AM »

Used to all be part of the Kankakee up until the early 1900's.

BIGKAT9 · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 12:18 PM »

Was at the Slough on Wed am kept 7 ,had to move around ,was at Birdsnest point .I just joined the forum an was wondering after reading a lot of the posts an seeing all the shantys how long before the slough will be fished out,seems like it gets fished heavy. With a lot of people taking their limits it doesn't seem like it will last.

wallin · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 12:27 PM »

Its been doing this for over 50 yrs, I'm sure she'll make it.

abishop · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 12:36 PM »

IF YOU DROP A CAMERA DOWN BEFORE LIGHT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BAIT MOVING ON THE SCREEN. QUITE AMAZING. SIGHT FISHING IS WHERE IT IS AT-----AWESOME.

ultraguy · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 01:23 PM »

One Saturday last year (Feb '09') the DNR guy who was doing a creel survey as you walked off the ice by the headquarters showed me the list and the total fish count for the day at that time and there was over 1,700 fish kept just in that one day and it was like 3:30 in the afternoon. Yes the lake does get alot of pressure but most of it seems through the ice. Lookin to get out there maybe Tuesday of next week if the ice holds up...

Poorboy

minnow keith · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 03:12 PM »

HEY GUYS,
WE USUALL DO NOT POST BUT SINCE WE HAD A GREAT DAY WE DID.BUT I WILL NOT POST ANYMORE.

TAKE CARE GUYS

MINNOWKEITH

crappie66 · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 21, 2010, 04:08 PM »

Quote from: minnow keith on Jan 21, 2010, 03:12 PM

HEY GUYS,
WE USUALL DO NOT POST BUT SINCE WE HAD A GREAT DAY WE DID.BUT I WILL NOT POST ANYMORE.

TAKE CARE GUYS

MINNOWKEITH

Keep posting. I was not discrediting how many you caught. I am just skeptical of the size of fish being reported by a lot of people, when pictures are posted all I ever see are mostly 7-8 inch fish, next year I will be a believe of the 9.5 inch and up limits. As I said I am sure there are some big ones in there already, but I just don't see how everybody can always catch their limits of the big one considering the fish are only a few years old.

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Author Topic: Slough Conditions and bite hot/not? (Read 3618 times)