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Well we fished down around lithia this morning till about 2 and it was tough. 2 keeps and MAYBE 12 dinks.The bird was very quiet for the biggest part of the time and when we did locate fish there wasn't many.I was jigging wht/chart stingers & shad 1.5" bass assassins & red/chart stingers..
Sounds about like my morning. I fished 7-1130 and had 12 keepers and maybe 10 throw backs. Could have limited but just was slow slow slow. Tough out there right now. I know some are catchin em good but I cant dial em in. Doesnt help that the lakes dropping like a rock.
We fished brush on drops...stumps on drops and tree tops it didn't matter.What I did catch they bit softer then a fly biting my ankle. I talked to a guy using minners and all he was catching was them yellow stripers and he said that was it. I know it'll get better soon..I think we are in for one helluva fall bite.
Im not sold on numbers for fall yet. But I think the size should be good. I was using minnows. Caught my fish submerged laydowns coming out into the channel with big branches.
I fished Lithia too this morning and caught 5 overs and 5 big unders, 1-14" green carp and lots of dinks. I had better luck using minners from hook it baits but when I ran out of the I was forced to buy some from Lithia marina, they was very small and they didn't give you as many as hook it.
Look at it like this Pat you were able to patronize two supporters of the Illinois Crappie Camp I'm sure they both appreciated your business.
Doesn't everyone around the 'Ville get them from Pana?
I got a Humminbird 598 SI/DI that I am getting used to so finding the brush piles is tough for me. So I have kept mostly to fishing the standing timber in the coves from Eagle to Coalshaft. This also keeps me out of the way of the recreational boaters. Yesterday I got out from noon to seven. Wound up with 30, 7 I brought home. Every thing was on a minner. Couldn't get a bite on a jig. It could be they are too fat to move. :dono I saw a lot of small shad in the coves.