[LIZRD]

had a decent day for sauger, caught 3 this am. and took my son in shortly after it started to rain,had lunch,let the rain pass,
and went back out myself. turned out to be a
nice day. pulled 3 out by 39 bridge and 5 at
Peru flats. pretty much had these spots alone
kept 5 let a 4# female back-- i'll be out
tomorrow, i hate wind!

 

[LIZRD]

didn't make it out sat... sunday went back to
flats in Peru, ten minutes later i lost maybe
my largest fish this year at the boat,F***!!
kept plugging away in this 200 yard stretch
2 hrs, ended up with 3 fish,one nice 3.5#
male.. fishing in 10-12' left when it rained

 

[LIZRD]

didn't make it out sat... sunday went back to
flats in Peru, ten minutes later i lost maybe
my largest fish this year at the boat,F***!!
kept plugging away in this 200 yard stretch
2 hrs, ended up with 3 fish,one nice 3.5#
male.. fishing in 10-12' left when it rained

 

[Guest]

Were the fish you caught sunday full of spwan? I am just being curious because I caught only 1 fish on saturday worth keeping and it had eggs in it. I don't like keeping them that way but I do like to eat a few once in a while. What did you catch your fish on? I caught mine using a lindy rig drifting where the vermillion and the illinois meet in deep water 18 feet. Had a lot of bites but did not even feel most of them. Tried jigs same result lots of minnows chewed up but the fish were not swallowing the minnow.

 

[LIZRD]

yea the females are full, some not as much as
others. i've been jigging, sometimes 1/4oz.
mostly 3/8. in that wind you probably not feel
ing the bite. are you using med. or med.-lite
rod, .010 line or smaller? or try a stinger

 

[Guest]

I used an ultra light with 6 pound test. I forgot about putting a stinger hook on. good idea. I thought the fish would have spwaned by now.