Jason and I arrived at a private lake in the darkness just
before dawn.
Jason’s ION electric auger was the perfect choice for a lake
surrounded by house at 5:30 am. We drilled in 5ft, 6ft, and 8. we expected the
fish in the 8 foot hole the only one on the lake. But the fish were in 6 around
the outside of the hole.
DupageAngler.com member Dark Star (Jason) caught a gill in
the 6ft, so we set up shop.
The fish came in waves and we caught fish at a steady pace.
The day started at 3 degrees and ended in 20. Fishing was nice and comfortable
once the sun came out.
We caught the trifecta of this lake, Bluegills all big as
or hand, crappie all 10 inches or better and a couple bass! Changing
presentations was the key for me. Fish were caught on Swedish Pimples, Slender
Spoons, jigs of all sorts, Little Atom Plastics, Aurora Lure Maggies, wax worms
and spikes.
It was a great day until a nice but concerned homeowner came
out to check our permission. We talked everything was fine and discussed fishing
for a while. Another homeowner thought we were out there arguing and called the
cops. Thank god we were talking to the family I know when two cops showed up
thinking were fighting with an home owner were trespassing!! Then we talked
fishing with them as the admired Jason’s equipment
All in all it was a great especially after some great fishing and meeting the local law enforcement!
