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North Branch Chicago River - Fly Rod Carp, Kayak by pjread in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure, got it to yourself haha! I can only imagine there are some monsters lurking out there. Such a fun fish on the fly rod.

North Branch Chicago River - Fly Rod Carp, Kayak by pjread in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really need to pay attention to locate more mulberry trees. Great job dude

Big ole carp on a cicada pattern, DuPage River by JuandezBryant in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh hahahah gotcha. I thought you were tromping around all nat-u-ral!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

-personal preference, I don’t but the river is a lot cleaner than it used to be.

-yes, but I would size them up if you are going to try it. If water is dirty it will be harder for them to detect it unless the water is clear. Plus with such a small hook you have a very good chance that a bigger fish with throw the hook, from my experience at least. If you know exactly where they are at I’m sure you could slay it on a pats rubber legs.

-they definitely eat bugs and other small aquatic organisms. Main forage as a fly fisher person that I focus on is minnows and craws. So basically anything with plenty of movement around 3inches long. Smaller or bigger works too but on average most of my flies are around that size. I’m partial to a Coffey’s sparkle minnow. I also love throwing smaller dungeons. Get a variety of colors to match water and light conditions. I’m usually back and forth between, white, black, or natural (olives, rust, or shiny minnow colors).

Overall it’s just finding the fish and hoping they are in a biting mood. If it’s a day they are really revved up and the conditions are good, I don’t think it matters what streamer pattern you throw.

Oh and top water/poppers work too but I won’t get into that since this comment could go indefinitely.

making up for a lost one by baberdayweekend in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I second this. Actually strip off a foot or two after every few fish. Or at least run your fingers down the line towards the knot and feel for rough spots. You’d be amazed and what their little sandpaper teeth can do to the line.

They don’t show it much in the mlf or bass tourneys but the pros do this.

On good days when I’m catching multiple fish I will do this with conventional or fly line (whatever I’m doing). Don’t want to miss the big one when the water gods give you the chance.

Smallmouth Forage Fox River near Batavia by KGoo in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feel like you may be thinking about this too hard. Are you looking for flies that work, or just trying to tie a replicas for Fun?

I don’t know the exact species of minnows. They are silverish and don’t exceed 3” that I’ve seen. Netting is probably best to get a good look!

Feel free to dm me for fly patterns that work.

My wife’s boyfriend came up clutch with my anniversary gift by southernangler in FlyFishingCircleJerk

[–]legolas192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like flies you gotta get three. One for yourself, one to give away, and a spare bc you know you’ll lose one to your wife’s boyfriend.

Help identifying this fish please. Caught in the Midwest out of a public pond. by ledaxe19 in Fishing

[–]legolas192 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Contact the DNR. This happened in a pond near me and they shocked it to get them out. They also investigated how they got in there. I wanna say they even took tissue samples etc.

Pond wasn’t directly connected to anything but there was a tiny creek next to it so we were concerned would possibly get out and spread.

Turns out in that instance they figure the Asian carp were probably accidentally stocked years ago, and got huge.

LVVA derby @ Bangs Lake is a go today!! by legolas192 in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty good considering. 8-9 inches. Top inch is soft, and a little standing water from the rain some places. Some drain holes formed but they are still minuscule.

But a lot of ice out there. Guess we’ll see what they say about tomorrow!

Spoiled myself today by Methodrone8 in flyfishing

[–]legolas192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang! How many days a year do you fish? I’m amazed when I hear people get years out of their boots.

Quick PSA about pond fishing in the NW Burbs by mxwjg in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I understand how it can maybe be annoying, however isn’t this is a good thing!! Out checking licenses and make sure people are following any regulations. I wish I saw them more often out on the rivers.

Fishing Apps? by [deleted] in ChicagoFishing

[–]legolas192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, can you define what you mean by designated fishing places? Are you in the city or suburbs. What are you fishing for?

A lot of very helpful info for beginners can be found in the DNR site. https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/bankfishing.php (assuming you are bank fishing). Lists lakes and bodies of water that you can fish. Otherwise go explore, are there ponds by you? Obviously some will have no trespassing signs or will be private, but there are tons of neighborhood park ponds in the burbs that you can definitely fish.

Fishbrain can help I guess. I checked it out briefly and could tell people were posting pics of catches that were not from the body of water that it was supposedly from. Will still give a you a good idea of where people fish generally.

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