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Welcome to Illinois wish you would of brought us ice.
If you decide to go be careful up there. I've heard the ice pack isnt locked in on green bay yet and the ice is moving daily. Some people have fallen through little sturgeon bay recently.
Oh good. More FIBs... It's OK guys, just fooling around. Our ice here in Lake Country (West of MKE) is sketchy though there are usually plenty of opportunities by this time. Can't think that the Harbor is good for any ice at all. That's the browns etc. that were mentioned previously. Even Green Bay is touch n go.That said, if you're willing to head even farther north, there's good ice north of that line that corresponds roughly to Hwy 10. Oneida/Vilas counties have a good 12-14" on most lakes right now.You can thank Al Gore now.
Just foolin' around flatlanders. Congrats on the Bears, at least they're a team I can respect along with their fans. Unlike another NFC team from Minnesota that shall remain nameless. Actually got a cousin living in Crystal Lake and he's not been disowned. Yet. Mostly because he's still a Packer fan.
4" on Crystal Lake now 👍✔️🎣
Welcome to Illinois! As you have already seen, there will be plenty of good fisher-folk around here willing to show you the ropes. If you find yourself downstate or just like to drive 3.5 hours to fish, I will be happy to take you out. I fish primarily private waters between Galesburg and Macomb. I get out as often as I can, but the wife gets angry if I spend more than 30 days on the ice each season!
A little late on the reporting, but I was able to catch walleye on my first try on Crystal Lake. I saw a couple guys get a short pike and a short walleye over five hours or so...fishing was slow. Right at dusk I started catching, but nothing to write home about - all under 14". There were about 20 groups out, all crowded around the access point. I got away from the crowd and got leg workout dragging the sled, but it was worth it and now I can say I've never been skunked on that lake