Keith met me in my drive way at o’dark thirty and I was
immediately impressed when he pulled out a light weight custom steelhead rod
from Xcalibur Rods. It was a little heavy for smallies but it was a beautiful
rod.
The plan was to hit the DuPage River. We were at the most
beautiful fishing spot I have on the river. The forest was a little spooky in
the dark walking down to the river especially since we had just finished
throwing wildlife stories around before we got there.
Quite a few of my clients want not only want to wade or smallie
fish but they want to learn my bait drifting techniques for multiple species in rivers and
streams. In a nutshell I use steelhead fishing concepts and tech to present
live baits in at the most natural depth and speed. I mostly use Raven products
for this. See this post for more detailed information. http://pondboyfishing.blogspot.com/2012/04/driftin-live-bait-for-dupage-river.html
I thought the trip was going to be easy peasy after Keith scored
a couple quick fish. One was a gorgeous 17 inches, DuPage River Gold!! The spot
got very slow after that. As the sun came up I just was not seeing the amounts
of fish I usually do. Most trips I usually don’t have to change spots. One good
stretch usually does it. Four spots total and five fish. Each spot produced
fish however 20 fish in one stretch in a couple hours is not unheard of.
Keith’s day was open and so was mine so we decided on a
round two and to not only switch rivers, but species as well. We headed to the
Fox for carp. I love any opportunity to get a bass fisherman to try carp, the
looks on their faces as they are hooked is awesome. I had him grab his steel-head rod which is perfect for fish of this size. We used the same drift
rigs just bigger Raven floats. When drifting for carp you are not working seams
in current like smallies but the slow, static, murky stuff. The drift needs to
be much slower. We used size 4 hooks and good ol'corn. We hooked up right away
and landed two awesome carp and some cats as well! We also had a couple fish
show us the door.
I met another great fisherman and had a blast. If you would
like a Angling Adventure of your own please contact me Daniel Pondboy Byrne at
DupageFishingGuide.com
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