Anyone been out catfishing lately? Weather still being crappy.

[SubnetZero]

Weather still being crappy. Just curious if any other IL brothers been out ...

[Chuckb]

Fished Sunday in the rain and wind. Did really well on cats but have been sick ever since lol.

[malaki]

been a few days i wish i had called in sick and gone but the weekends have been too cold. was thinking about saterday but now they are talking more rain. oh well, the creeks and rivers are way too low... may have to try my luck with the shrooms.

[cats4uandme]

weather is warming here now. last night was real warm. house was 75 after dinner and stayed that way most of the eve even with the themostat on 70. taday was ok but rainy. im thinking of hitting the pond for some largemouth tomorrow. i don't bank fish the lake and just to soon to drag out the catillac.

[astutzman]

I finally made it out to Sangchris again this year. My fiancee and I fished the hot water discharge for a couple of hours. We tried a little bit of everything, shrimp, whole 2" bluegill, night crawlers, chicken livers...had a couple of bites on all of them, but no cats bigger than about 8".
My fiancee caught the only keeper of the day. She got snagged and as I was trying to break it off, it came out of the brush with a 16" bass on it.

[Flyingpig]

Went down below the dam at Shelbyville early this morning being as they opened up the gates. I had a few bites, but noting worth a darn. Tried nightcrawlers, and cut shad but didn't get anything worth keeping.

[Skunk Master]

Me and the wife went out yesterday tried liver... didn't get a bite.. went back out last nite with the boy... tried liver and shad.. still no bites... did get wet though..:crying:

[poopdeck [patrick]]

flying pig go read what I wrote in the tournament section about yesterdays alton tournament , it was great:)

[screen]

I havn't been out yet but the reports here on the Rock River are not good for Cats but they are doing well on Crappie! Only good spot for Cats is waiding out at the lower dam, Sterling-Rock Falls

[malaki]

got a few bites today but no takers.

[Redtick]

The lake I fish is flooded. If it was 30 days or so later, I believe the catfishing would be great. But, I haven't caught much except bullheads. I have seen some water temperatutes close to 50 degrees, so it will get better soon.
The crappie fishing isn't doing much either.

[Graywolf]

The wife and I went out Saturday on the Illinois in Ottawa. Had a few good bites, but all I caught was rocks. It was one of those lose your tackle days. Shad was hard to find too. While casting the cast net under the Rt. 23 bridge I caught a 12 speed wheel...... Ho-boy!!! It was nice getting out though.

[FishMan]

7 hours saturday, 3 hours sunday, not a single bite. full moon no bites.

Danny

[Skunk Master]

Rivers up... temperature is down again... go figure.. i don't think good fishing weather is ever going to get here... i must be getting impatient huh:crying: :o :crying:

[3dukmn]

I wouldn't blame the weather. Boats in Alton were weighing in hundreds of pounds of cats.

[Skunk Master]

Yeah, I heard about Alton Saturday... I was fishing the chain of rocks 5 miles south of there saturday... all day and half the nite... from the bank and didn't get one lousy bite..:crying:

[catfishcrazee]

i fished the il river, at hardin on sunday, only caught a couple.

[SilverCross]

I fished for about four hours today, beautiful out there. Caught one 6" largemouth and one 9 inch Flathead. This is a pond that the creek overflows into. Had to check it out twice before I believed it was a flat. Several other bites but no cigars. Loved every minute of it though.

[SilverCross]

Went out today, Wed, 4-5-06, caught one little bass for bait, no other bites in about 5 hrs. Was a beautiful day though so was great. Just fished a local pond.

[SilverCross]

Went out about five tonight 4/7/06, buddy showed up bout 6:45. Fish were biting pretty good. We got about seven all together. 1 Chan cat about 3 lbs, 1 Drum about 3/4 lb, 3 bullheads about a lb each, then 3 Bluegills hand size. Just a might nippy out there though, gave up at nine tonight.

[catfishplaya]

Is The Water Still To Cold Or What??????went Today Cut Shad Night Crawlers Shrimp, And Liver No Bites

[Rivercat2]

Hit the River hard the last two weeks done pretty good, cought about 20 channels and a few blues one blue was 9lb. cought him at the Dam on shad guts cought the rest on shad guts and small live shad. Going to try to be on the river every day this week, let you know how I do.

[SilverCross]

Ridgerunner and myself went out to the local creek tonight to a new spot. Did pretty good. They were hitting on worms and then the biggest couple like Ridge's garlic livers. Nothing gigantic but enough for his family to have fish for dinner tomorrow. He got a couple of 3 lbers and I got a couple of 2 lbers and then several smaller and one bullhead. Fun night.

[whitewhiskers]

was camping at Marshall F & W area just south of Lacon Ill. for 18 days n workin at Wenona. did real good on the Ill. river from the bank considerin how shallow it was less than 2ft for a long ways out there to the channel. first time out fishin used night crawlers n shad took 6 back to the camper altogether they weighed over 50lb. took out more than 50 while i was out there. biggest blue was 17lb channel around 15lb lotta bullheads and 1 carp bout 20+lbs he almost spooled me. great place to camp the camp host was a guy named Charles good ol'boy gave me some mallerd breast n 1 phesent. can't wait to go back to that job! wish they all were that good. oyea there were a mated pair of bald eageles just down the road they had 2 babies in the nest what a site to sit n watch!

[Rivercat2]

been on the Illinois river alot, been catching a lot of nice channels on shad went today the bit was pretty slow but cought a few smaller ones, cought a 13lb channel and a 30lb flathead yesterday on the spoon river.

[IL Hunter]

I'm hoping to get out on the Illinois River tomorrow with my Girlfriend and her Dad. Hopefully the weather allows me to do it. I'm stressed with school work right now and I think some channel cats would change that for me.

[flatheadboy2002]

not much here on the rock a couple here and there