The best bait has been a jig with a 4 inch chigger craw. The forecast for mid week will create open water opportunities.īass have been decent early morning hours. Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing.Īrea lakes-there has been skim ice a few mornings as overnight temps have started some ice building. Ken “Husker” O’Malley with a good local largemouth bass. The main focus remains crappie and waiting on local ice.
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Otherwise, here are some basics: Foster (free street parking or pay lot) Montrose (now a mix of metered and free street parking) Belmont (pay lots on north and south sides) Diversey (pay lot or street parking) DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fisherman’s lot) Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fisherman’s lot) 31st/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and 31st Street Harbor) Oakwood/39th (meters) 63rd Street/Casino Pier (pay lot) Steelworkers Park (free street parking at east end of 87th) Cal Park (free parking). The discounted parking for anglers is $9 if out by 10 a.m.Ĭhicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports and Bait in Bridgeport and Park Bait at Montrose Harbor. The north side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. There should be metal signage on all eligible pier gates with info and contact number. Passes will be available at Henry’s Bait & Sports, Park Bait Shop and at Northerly Island Visitors Center. Pier pass program runs from November 15th through March 31st, from 6 AM to 11 PM 7 days per week. We printed Covid guidelines on the passes as well as Westrec has hand sanitizer stations at each accessible gate that we will try to keep filled. The only harbor that may not be ready to go on schedule is Burnham as it is our late leaver harbor for boaters. There are 31 different piers to choose from in our harbor system. Henry’s and Park Bait are cash only Northerly Island is credit-card only.Ĭarl Vizzone, fishing coordinator for the Chicago Park District gave these details:Ī pier pass gives fisherman an opportunity to use various docks in 6 of our harbors. The passes may be bought at Henry’s Sports and Bait, Park Bait and Northerly Island Visitor Center. A number of additional piers were added this year to bring the total to 31 piers. The $6 pier passes, which allow legal access to select piers at most Chicago harbors, went on sale Monday. I know my first sighting of a mudpuppy, caught at Navy Pier, stuck with me. never saw one in person before! Someone else caught and released it A mudpuppy at Navy Pier. I didn’t get a bite but didn’t have minnows. Perch fair over in cal park and up the river everyday is different move around fish different areas is best.Ĭhris Strand on Tuesday messaged the photo right and this: Rich Sleziak at Slez’s Bait in Lake Station, Indiana, texted: The weather looks like it’s going to be okay for the next week or so, so as of right now I plan to stay open through the next couple weeks. A lot of good perch reports from Navy Pier South. Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted:ĭiversey and Belmont a couple perch. It’s been red hot and started Wednesday before thanksgiving. Steve Palmisano at Henry’s Sports and Bait texted:Įxcellent southside reports. He uses very light line and a sensitive rod with a double Mini-Mite and spikes with a small pencil weight below. Those using heavy line and crappie rigs are having a harder time. After some time in a livewell for pictures it was safely released.Īrden Katz Lots of perch at the South Side slips, but the bite is very light, just the feel of weight. Providedįraser Semple messaged the photo above and this:ĭale, took a day off work to chase perch in the Calumet Harbor area, after catch and releasing many small ones, just when I debated having a last cast at twilight I took in a personal best 14” Perch. Fraser Semple with his PB perch from Calumet Harbor.
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