FISHING REPORT

ByStacey Greene

Thursday April 30th, Let me start by saying based on the crap weather still in the forecast we will not change our hours yet. At least for this week they will stay 6am to 7pm and lets hope the weather decides to get better soon.

Ok with that being said here’s The fishing report!

Coho are hit or miss. When the winds are out of the north/northeast they have been biting which is truthfully normal for this time of the year. I had a report from a guy on the horseshoe tuesday that was using night crawlers with a tiny hook on a bobber had 4 and then another report on wednesday from powerline had a limit. They are around you just have to find em. I think a few alewives Are starting to move closer which should bring the fish closer and get them more active. Time will tell. Change up your baits, depths and areas. If your up for taking a ride try waukegan, i’ve heard the bite is good up there. My father loved fishing waukegan at this time of the year back in the day!
there are still brown trout catches being reported. Large minnows, night crawlers, spawn sacs, cut bait (shad),etc… with a few nice northern pike in the mix!

smallmouth action has been pretty solid on all the usual plastics as well as large golden shiner minnows, nitro worms and leeches which are now in stock!
there have also been some perch caught a few jumbos as well as a few dinks. Not many have been targeting perch based on the weather but nice to see a few. The perch season closes may 1st and opens back on june 16th.

as we try to navigate this weather, get up and get out when you can Because remember, you Can’t catch em from the couch! As always call for your up to the minute report we tell it as we hear it. Have a great week!
we added a new tool for the shop last fall right before we closed for the season just to get a start and have it ready for this year so here it is. Scan the QR code and keep up to date on when the fishing Report is posted. eventually we will add other stuff such as specials and other announcements. Hope you like it! Scan the code here or It can be accessed on our website also @parkbaitshop.com at the bottom where you can scan it or Click the QR code box now. Thank you!