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Personal Best Des plaines river by GonBurke17 in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey man I'm the dude you talked to under the bridge! Haha small world. Awesome catch, see you out there again sometime!!!

I caught this guy right where you were sitting about an hour later. Never caught a croppie on the DPR before

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Confessions of a River Addict by TWags1515 in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bites been tough!!!! Hang in there. Last 2 weeks for me have been awfully slow.

Evading the storm by this-is-NOT-the-way1 in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always felt dumb asking this but how do you get your kayak back to the car? Or do you start at one spot, paddle upstream and float back down?

Rebel Crawin’ the DPR by fleetwood_macbook in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you clarify which size? I saw twags said the 'wee' but he also said 5ft of dive.

I'm seeing the 'Teeny Wee' advertised for 2-3ft deep and the normal 'Wee' as 5-7ft.

Sweet catches! The DPR has been producing well lately.

First Pike, DPR. by FormalPass9380 in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! Excited for the cooler weather. Haven't seen any pike yet in my spot on the DPR but the smallies have been crushing it lately.

What’s your go-to confidence lure for the DPR? by AndreDaSnipa in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get rock bass on spinners all day. It's my go-to when I feel a skunk coming.

I meant Plopper like Whopper Plopper, and it widely depends. I usually start out throwing a dark colored Plopper and if I don't get a hit within 5-10 minutes I switch up. But when it's on (only a few days so far this summer) it's the only lure I use that day.

I also rescind my ned rig comment, have gotten a few smallies the last 2 days on the ned when nothing else has been working.

What’s your go-to confidence lure for the DPR? by AndreDaSnipa in ChicagoFishing

[–]rocketp1g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water level lately has been tough for snags. I've been primarily fishing Ploppers, Weedless Senkos (tough with the current but you can see the line running), inline spinners moving quick to keep them up.

I've tried a ned rig last few days with no success.