11-16-2006, 10:31 PM
Me and my fishing partner, crappiehunter went out today and fished in the pouring rain and biting wind...the Kankakee backwater areas are heating up!
I was using a marabou jig n minnow combination under a float and crappiehunter was using an aberdeen hook under a float with a minnow. We had the most success fishing the isolated tips of laydowns (probably because the ends lay in the deeper sections of the bayou; while a few fish came drifting our presentation along the shoreline away from cover.
Katie and I seranaded Mike until it drove him crazy, then we got down to business...
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ABOVE: a few of the 28+ crappies we ended up with before the rain and wind got worse than it already was.
Nature Notes: The juncos have arrived! We also saw several nuthatches and the ever present belted kingfisher.
...all in all, it was another nice day down by the Kankakee!
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I was using a marabou jig n minnow combination under a float and crappiehunter was using an aberdeen hook under a float with a minnow. We had the most success fishing the isolated tips of laydowns (probably because the ends lay in the deeper sections of the bayou; while a few fish came drifting our presentation along the shoreline away from cover.
Katie and I seranaded Mike until it drove him crazy, then we got down to business...
ABOVE: a few of the 28+ crappies we ended up with before the rain and wind got worse than it already was.
Nature Notes: The juncos have arrived! We also saw several nuthatches and the ever present belted kingfisher.
...all in all, it was another nice day down by the Kankakee!
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