There were also schools of fish feeding near the surface out in open water, away from shore-it looked like stripers busting baitfish. They were either waiting for terrestrial insects to fall in off of the plants or waiting for frogs to make themselves available. The biggest bass in the ponds were tucked right up against the shore, under overhanging vegetation. There was a lot of damsel and dragon fly activity, all stages of the life cycle from what I could see: breeding depositing eggs, hatching. Just beyond them, in the deeper water, a lot of big bluegills and small bass were holding.
Bluegills were spawning again: the redds were obvious in the shallow water. Hi Dale, I didn’t want to take a chance on driving to a Fox trib and finding it blown out after the rain, so I stayed close to home and fished some Kane County Forest Preserve ponds after the afternoon rains.
Otherwise, here are some basics: Foster (free street parking or pay lot) Montrose (now a mix of metered and free street parking) Belmont (pay lots on north and south sides) Diversey (pay lot or street parking) DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fisherman’s lot) Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fisherman’s lot) 31st/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and 31st Street Harbor) Oakwood/39th (meters) 63rd Street/Casino Pier (pay lot) Steelworkers Park (free street parking at east end of 87th) Cal Park (free parking). “Bullfrogs may be taken by hook and line, gig, pitchfork, spear, bow and arrow, hand, or landing net.” Daily bag limits eight, possession limit 16.Ĭhicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports and Bait in Bridgeport and Park Bait at Montrose Harbor. Illinois’ bullfrog (only) season runs through Oct.
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