FISHING REPORT

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16th, THE BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK IS THAT MONDAY NIGHT AN ILLINOIS STATE RECORD SMALLMOUTH WAS CAUGHT AT MONROE HARBOR. 7LBS 3OZ. READ ABOUT IT IN TODAY’S DALE BOWMAN’S SUN TIMES COLUMN. SALMON ARE SWIMMING AND JUMPING IN AND AROUND THE HARBORS WITH A FEW BEING CAUGHT STILL MOSTLY ON CRANK BAITS AND SPOONS. TROUT IN AND AROUND THE HARBORS ARE HITTING SPAWN SACS, NIGHT CRAWLERS AND MED. ROACH MINNOWS. A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE CALEED ME TODAY AND SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PERCH AT 87th ST. & INDIANA. ONE GUY CAUGHT SOME HERE ON MINNOWS LAST WEEK BUT HES THE ONLY ONE IN THIS AREA I KNOW THAT WAS NOT FISHING FOR SALMON. WITH WATER TEMPS COMING DOWN IT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME. THE FALL TROUT SEASON OPENS AT AREA FOREST PRESERVE LAKES THIS SATURDAY. AS ALWAYS CALL FOR YOUR UP TO THE MINUTE REPORT WE TELL IT AS WE HEAR IT.