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I hope all is going well for you. I don't use clear coat. I think the jigs come out fine after baking them. I am fortunate to have an 8x10 room as part of my garage and have set it up to paint and...

All I can tell you is Chip's Marine is closed.

You are correct. It doesn't have anything to do with saving money. It has to do with staffing and maintenance. I don't know what the numbers are for staffing at IDNR Sites. But, the virus can linger...

I am a big fan of the BPS Micro Lite Rods as well. Excellent rods and reasonably priced.

I use anything from 1/32 to 1/4 oz jigheads. I stick to the rules of thumb my Dad taught me. I go bigger if I am fishing deeper, its windy, or the water is dirty. Also in the fall. Early in the...

Yesterday afternoon it was 60 near Eagle Creek.

Midsouth Tubes. They have a bigger "head" that fits the barb better. To me they are more durable and you can't beat the price.

Chip's Marine at the Bo Woods entrance still opens at 6 am I do believe.

I got out last weekend and did pretty well. I fished from Eagle Creek north to around Coalshaft Bridge. I fished two patterns. First, I fished shallow in the coves. I focused on laydowns that...

I left work at 2pm to take the boat and knock the cobwebs off. Fished for a couple of hours mid-lake. Water temps in the cove I was in was 55 degrees. Fished some laydowns in 6-8 foot of water,...

White/Chartreuse Midsouth Tube with a red jighead.

I can't speak for Saturday or Sunday, but I played hooky from work on Friday. I fished from about 5:30 am to 3pm from point 6 to just east of Coalshaft Bridge. Went through 5 dozen minnows and...

Nicely done. I got my overs as well. Had my best luck on laydowns on the main lake around Eagle. It was a fish here and a fish there kinda day for me. Did much better yesterday.

Only tube I use, FWIW.

I'm with ya Gobob. Here in Champaign, we had snow, sleet, rain, thunder snow, lightening and then more snow...and that was just Monday.

I took off from work and got out today. Fished some deep trees around Eagle and up by the railroad bridge. Did ok early with minnows. Then around 3pm I got on a laydown extending to eighteen feet...

I got a Humminbird 598 SI/DI that I am getting used to so finding the brush piles is tough for me. So I have kept mostly to fishing the standing timber in the coves from Eagle to Coalshaft. This...

I hope it holds another week. We head up to paint Camp Rantoul Monday. Its usually God awful hot with no wind and no shade.

I have been fishing the wooded coves around Coalshaft Bridge since spring with pretty good results, FWIW.

I fished it sunday with pretty good luck. I got into a cove with standing timber and caught crappies near the bank in 9 foot of water about 4 feet down. The key was weeds, grass or bushes along the...

Thanks for the report. Can't wait to get out there Sunday.

Congratulations!

I got started yesterday about 930. Started south of Findlay fishing trees in 25 foot of water, got a dozen pretty quick. But only 2 over 10 inches. Went up to eagle creek and caught a few dinks. ...

Big fan of the BPS Microlite as well.

Nicely done. Putting in at Whitley tommorow. First time out, can't wait.

That figures, I put my order in monday. :banghead

Hey all. No, I am not a carp fisherman. Just a nickname that my Dad hung on me, at a young age, for my ability to catch a carp at any lake we fished. I have been fishing most of my life. I say...

I use them quite bit for Walleye. Teamed up with a Sassy Shad, a Luck E Strike Lil' Thumper or live bait, they are great for bouncing on the bottom. I think they are best when fishing slow, and I...