08-12-2006, 12:33 PM
This morning, I stopped at a feeder ditch that connects to Wolf Creek, which in turn connects to Hodge Ditch, which is directly connected to the Kankakee River...this is one of those overlooked fishing areas that I constantly talk about in my articles.
Fished for approximately 20 minutes, may go back later on after my chores.
Using a craw tube T-rigged with a 1/8oz bullet sinker, on a 6.5' Fenwick fiberglass custom-built rod with 6lb. Cajun Red line caught 2 small bass.
The ditch is up 3 feet from the torrential rains we had the day before, but I was casting to areas that 2 days ago were bone dry, but now had water in them...a trick I learned many years ago was that when the rivers and ditches are swollen from torrential downpours the fish move up into areas they've never been in before in search of 2 things - forage, and relief from the strong currents that are not normally present in the ditches.
Nature Notes: saw 2 great blue herons, a large snapping turtle, a muskrat, and a mink
...All in all, another great time had by me, down by the Kankakee.
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Fished for approximately 20 minutes, may go back later on after my chores.
Using a craw tube T-rigged with a 1/8oz bullet sinker, on a 6.5' Fenwick fiberglass custom-built rod with 6lb. Cajun Red line caught 2 small bass.
The ditch is up 3 feet from the torrential rains we had the day before, but I was casting to areas that 2 days ago were bone dry, but now had water in them...a trick I learned many years ago was that when the rivers and ditches are swollen from torrential downpours the fish move up into areas they've never been in before in search of 2 things - forage, and relief from the strong currents that are not normally present in the ditches.
Nature Notes: saw 2 great blue herons, a large snapping turtle, a muskrat, and a mink
...All in all, another great time had by me, down by the Kankakee.
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