We are going to have a friendly get-together on the Kankakee River @ the Des Plaines Conservation Area (Wilmington, IL) on Saturday, July 24th.

All are welcome! Bring your boat. If you don't have a boat, let us know, we will probably be able to put you on a boat.

We'll start early on the Kankakee (some of us start earlier than others). We'll have a bbq lunch around noonish back at the Conservation Area.

The Conservation area also has an archery range and a couple of 'hand trap' shotgun ranges. So you could have all sorts of fun there.

We'll be taking the boats in the backwaters looking for carp, gar and buffalo. This area is right at the junction of the Kankakee, Illinois and Des Plaines river.

We will also be having two get-togethers in August (7th & 28th) at Starved Rock State Park on the Illinois River. Hopefully we can find some Bighead and Silver carp there.

I don't have my bow set up this year for bow fishing (yet) but I do have a nice deck boat for shooting and i'm not too far away from Wilmington.
If there are people that need a boat please let me know and if there is enough interest I'll bring mine. I can seat probably 4 shooters comfortably.

HAZCON, we can bring a spare recurve set up with a retriever reel for you to use if you'd like.

Sounds good - I'd be happy to just drive the boat - either way

Let me know if anyone needs a ride.

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bad news - i broke the shift lever off my boat yesterday on the lake.
Had to drive 3 miles back to the ramp with a small pair of pliers (more difficult than it sounds[:@])

Unless I can get a replacement welded on this week then I am not going to make the get together this weekend. I'll keep you posted

HAZCON7, I sure hope you can make it.

The throttle on our motor broke so we are now using a 1957 Johnson Seahorse. State-of-the-art I tell you.

I headed out now to buy some food to cook up at the get together.

how do i find directiosn to this place. i woudl like to shoot my bow fishing but i have not yet gotten the required spools and other equipment.
also could someone please tell me how to get there from say ohhhh Schaumberg? thanks again

Andy

daystalker,
We're meeting at the Des Plaines Conservation Area in Wilmington. It's right off of I-55.

I know some people are coming from Hangover Park... er, I mean Hanover Park. I'm headed there from Carpentersville. It's about 75miles from my house, but it's an easy drive thanks to light traffic in the morning and the tollways.

I take I-90 to 290/355 (head south). I-355 to I-55. I'll get the actual address so you can mapquest it.

The address is:

24621 N. River Rd.
Wilmington, IL 60481

Des Plaines Cons. Area Info

There will probably be extra equipment available for you to borrow.

By the way... we are meeting at the launch starting around 5am. My posse' (heh heh) won't be there until about 6am. We go back to the launch around 12-1pm for lunch.

Bring a hat and some polarized glasses.