Add to the 2006 IB Fish Count Here!
04-22-2006, 09:07 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Montgomery IL USA
Posts: 1,231
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
I had a lot todo today, so I only managed to get out for a couple hours of bank shooting and wading on the Fox River. I hit one of my honey holes and it was loaded with fish.
Total kill:
29 common carp
5 quillbacks
Missed a mirror carp...twice. [:@]
Total kill:
29 common carp
5 quillbacks
Missed a mirror carp...twice. [:@]
04-23-2006, 04:14 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Montgomery IL USA
Posts: 1,231
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
This morning I went back to the same place I was at yesterday. Not as many fish today, but I was mostly shooting photos anyway. What I was really hoping for was another crack at that mirror carp. I only see two or three of them a year around here, so it's always a nice bonus when I end up shooting one.
The carp seemed to wait until I set down my recure and picked up my camera, because I saw more fish through my SLR than over the top of a fiberglass shaft. I still managed to shoot a few fish, and even ran into the mirror carp again. Didn't choke this time though!
Total kill:
14 common carp
1 mirror carp
1 quillback
The carp seemed to wait until I set down my recure and picked up my camera, because I saw more fish through my SLR than over the top of a fiberglass shaft. I still managed to shoot a few fish, and even ran into the mirror carp again. Didn't choke this time though!
Total kill:
14 common carp
1 mirror carp
1 quillback
04-23-2006, 07:53 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,608
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
Team Carp-Sandwich has a total this year of 12-commons and 3-quillbacks. All from Somonauk-creek, a feeder of the Fox.
(Christine, I'm adopting the name, or should I say, the REST of the name
)
(Christine, I'm adopting the name, or should I say, the REST of the name
)
04-24-2006, 08:19 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Too close to Chicago
Posts: 3,337
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
My 3 year old daughter got to see me get my first2 fish of the year near the South side of Joliet on 4/23. It's really cool being a kid's hero.
Total Kill
2 common carp
Total Kill
2 common carp
05-02-2006, 08:04 PM
#18
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Springfield area
Posts: 89
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
Lake Sangchris opened this Monday: we shot 7 commons on Monday evening and I shot another6 this afternoon. Slower than I thought it would be both days, but I did find a new small spot that should produce well as long as the water doesn't go back down too soon.
05-03-2006, 03:29 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Too close to Chicago
Posts: 3,337
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
Got 6 more common carp last Sat 4/29.
Des Plains Conservation area, sunrise.
They are in the weeds beds near shore, but they go deep once the sun is over the trees. No finning or tailing at the surface, just cruising silently without a wake. You gotta watch closely.
Des Plains Conservation area, sunrise.
They are in the weeds beds near shore, but they go deep once the sun is over the trees. No finning or tailing at the surface, just cruising silently without a wake. You gotta watch closely.
05-05-2006, 01:41 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Too close to Chicago
Posts: 3,337
RE: 2006 IB Fish Count.
I didn't have a lot of time today, but I got another common this morning, same place, but they were rolling out further from shore this time, and closer to the opposite bank. I think they just wanted to see me hike alll the way around. They got their wish, and I brought home the only one that was dumb enough to hang around while I made the 15 minutejourney.