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Illinois => Ice Fishing Illinois => Topic started by: zcm_82 on Nov 21, 2022, 09:21 AM
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I've been back down here since 2006 and just did my first November ice fishing since then this morning. Nothing local was thick enough to walk, but I found a couple river backwaters up in Kankakee County that were doable, so I hit one from about 6:30-8am.
Edges were obviously very sketchy, so it took quite a bit of poking around to find a spot to walk on. Out away from the edges I found a decent sized patch that was 3-3.5" Bite was nil, but it was fun just to get to go so early. I could feel it softening up once the sun got above the treetops, so I got out of there. Highs are forecast in the mid 50s, so it will likely all be back to open water in a day or two.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mtYpdpR8/IMG-20221121-063204.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mtYpdpR8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wq6m7KrZ/IMG-20221121-065705.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Wq6m7KrZ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Q9Bh1G26/IMG-20221121-075510.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Q9Bh1G26)
Main river had a fair bit of ice floating around, too.
(https://i.postimg.cc/F1DV7trt/IMG-20221121-080054.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F1DV7trt)
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Cool!!!
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Be careful.
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Be careful.
I'm sure it's toast now. Those backwaters freeze fast and thaw fast.
While it certainly wasn't on my to-do list, I wasn't terribly worried about stepping through. There's nothing much past waist deep water back there where I was fishing.