02-27-2001, 02:53 PM
Fished Cheney Feb. 25 it was a nice warm day, the lake was ice free with the river running and very muddy. I had three bites on shad and saw one nice catfish caught. There were dead shad all over on the banks and shad still dieing in the lake. With these shad weak and dieing the fish have plenty of easy meals, which will probably make the fishing a little tough for awhile. Went to Wilson Feb. 26 I had been hearing of fish still being caught thru the ice on the upper end. Drove to the minooka park area and for the most part it was open water, looking west towards duvall there appeared to still be ice, with new ice on the north shore and old ice along the south. The last time I remember Wilson having ice on it this long and late was back in the 80's. The dam area was all open and the big sow walleye should be moving up to this area soon. I sure hope this is the last winter storm of the year and we can start the season with some fantastic fishing!<br><br><br>