FISHING REPORT

Tuesday October 14th, Lots of things to talk about. First let’s start with the fishing report. Water temps are cooling and kings are starting to get active again. It’s not hot and heavy but a few here and there. Still hitting spoons and crankbaits. They should start hitting baits such as salmon spawn, night crawlers, shrimp and larger shiner minnows on slip bobber set ups soon.

steelhead should start anytime now. Use hair/maribu jigs with wax worms off the bottom, large shiner minnows, and shrimp.

No perch reports yet. Probably a couple more weeks.

A few smallmouth around the harbors on the usual baits. Plastics such as ned rigs or tube jigs, crankbait, Large Minnows and nitro worms.

quite a few sheephead scattered all around.

navy pier is all good for the winter fishing season. You can fish the pier at the west end and also the east end to the end of the pier and stright Down by the docks or you can purchase a dock pass that the navy pier mariana will be selling online sometime in november which will allow fishing access to the docks. I have posted their Information on a Separate post.

i have been notified by the chicago park district that starting october 20th the entrance to montrose will be closed for a couple of weeks to allow for Finalization of the bridge work that has been going on for the past 2 years. You will have to drive in and out from the Wilson ave or the lawrence ave entrance to access the shop. Sorry for any inconvenience.
the fall trout fishing season has been delayed due to the warmer temps. It opens october 18th but the stocking has been delayed to possiby the end of the month. Make sure you get your inland trout stamp,

we also issue hunting Licenses and tags for turkey and deer.

i’m hoping you are all getting up and getting out with this great mild weather we have had and 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!

***Updated 10-19-25***

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winter fishing At navy pier. I have a post Dedicated to this information.