Well I spent 2 afternoons on the Sangamon River. It is a virtual smorgasborg of rough fish. I shot 12 buffs, 2 grassies, 2 bigheads and 1 gar. I didn't feel comfortable being out there after dark. I bet night fishing would be awesome. The problem is running aground. I have a small 14' canoe with outriggers and a 30 lb trolling motor. after the shooting light was gone I kept hitting sand bars on my way back. Every time I ran aground 10-15 buffs would bust out of the water and smash into my boat. When shooting you had to choose the largest fish to shoot at because once you took one shot, the other 15 would scatter all over the place. I bet I saw 100 buffs this afternoon.

The bigheads were really cool. These were the first I have ever killed. I thought the first one was a buff just under the surface. After I shot him he charged my boat and got hung up on one of my outriggers. When I saw it was a bighead I got really excited! The second one was with another bighead with their mouths out of the water so I shot the one on the right.

It would be really tough to shoot this river at night but I am game if some one wants to come with me. I think it would be endless shooting at night but very hard to navigate through the trees and the sand bars. I can tell you that I no longer have and interest shooting on sanchris lake or lake springfield.

I will try to get some photos posted tomorrow.