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Oct 21, 2023 07:49:04   #
Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware
 
Nice bunch of fish, no matter hiw big. Great report.

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Oct 21, 2023 08:05:10   #
Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa
 
Jer wrote:
I was able to make a final trip for the year to visit my brother and fish Lake Jacksonville in central Illinois. The city closes the lake each year to boating and fishing, giving way to duck hunting from blinds at specific locations base on drawings.

We hit the water at first light on Monday. The air temperature was 38° and the wind was WNW @ 6MPH with gusts of 10MPH. TOLERABLE, but our finger tips could feel it. Fished a buzz bait, whopper plopper, medium diving crank bait , lipless crank bait, fluke, chatterbait, and swimbait.
We landed 21 bass, 4 crappies, and 2 bluegills. Water temperature was 58°.
The crank bait accounted for 2 bass, the buzz bait for 1, and the swimbait for 18. The swimbait used was a 2.8” Keitech on a sixteenth ounce weighted, 1/0 hook.

On Tuesday, we were greeted by air temperature of 34°. The water temperature was 59° in the morning and 60.4° in the afternoon. South winds around 5MPH.
We got 16 bass and 2 crappie. 2 on a buzz bait, 1 on a fluke, and all others on the swimbait.

Wednesday was BALMY 😉. Air temperature was 43° and the wind from SSW at 12MPH gusting up to 26MPH.
Luckily, there are many coves to tuck into and the leaves on the trees really made for fisherman comfort. The fish cooperated on the final day and we got 21 bass and 5 crappie.
Again, the swimbait was the big producer at 20 bass. The buzz bait got the other.
I was able to make a final trip for the year to vi... (show quote)



Jer looks like you may the very best of a chilly windy day.

Sometimes Persistence pays off

👍🎣

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Oct 21, 2023 08:05:36   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Flytier wrote:
Nice bunch of fish, no matter hiw big. Great report.


Thank you sir. I hope someone benefits from our trip.

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Oct 21, 2023 08:08:38   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Grizzly 17 wrote:
Jer looks like you may the very best of a chilly windy day.

Sometimes Persistence pays off

👍🎣


Too chilly too soon Griz. But the young Buck bass did come to play. No big ones bulking up for winter like so many articles profess.

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Oct 21, 2023 13:23:58   #
Jim Sargent Loc: Payson, AZ
 
Great report Jer. I'm at Lake Powell this entire month with daytime temps from 70-80 degrees. Your post reminds me why I stayed out west when the Army got done with me. I miss some things about Indiana and Illinois where I grew up but definitely not the cold.

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Oct 21, 2023 15:59:27   #
Andy B Loc: East Springfield PA
 
Jer wrote:
I was able to make a final trip for the year to visit my brother and fish Lake Jacksonville in central Illinois. The city closes the lake each year to boating and fishing, giving way to duck hunting from blinds at specific locations base on drawings.

We hit the water at first light on Monday. The air temperature was 38° and the wind was WNW @ 6MPH with gusts of 10MPH. TOLERABLE, but our finger tips could feel it. Fished a buzz bait, whopper plopper, medium diving crank bait , lipless crank bait, fluke, chatterbait, and swimbait.
We landed 21 bass, 4 crappies, and 2 bluegills. Water temperature was 58°.
The crank bait accounted for 2 bass, the buzz bait for 1, and the swimbait for 18. The swimbait used was a 2.8” Keitech on a sixteenth ounce weighted, 1/0 hook.

On Tuesday, we were greeted by air temperature of 34°. The water temperature was 59° in the morning and 60.4° in the afternoon. South winds around 5MPH.
We got 16 bass and 2 crappie. 2 on a buzz bait, 1 on a fluke, and all others on the swimbait.

Wednesday was BALMY 😉. Air temperature was 43° and the wind from SSW at 12MPH gusting up to 26MPH.
Luckily, there are many coves to tuck into and the leaves on the trees really made for fisherman comfort. The fish cooperated on the final day and we got 21 bass and 5 crappie.
Again, the swimbait was the big producer at 20 bass. The buzz bait got the other.
I was able to make a final trip for the year to vi... (show quote)


Thank you so very much for sharing your couple days of catching. I appreciate you sharing the actual baits and how they worked each day. The pictures are fantastic too . The last days of the season or areas are sometimes emotional but looks like these great memories will help fight off "Cabin Fever" for a spell. 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🇺🇲🇺🇲

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Oct 21, 2023 21:19:31   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Jim Sargent wrote:
Great report Jer. I'm at Lake Powell this entire month with daytime temps from 70-80 degrees. Your post reminds me why I stayed out west when the Army got done with me. I miss some things about Indiana and Illinois where I grew up but definitely not the cold.


You’re a smart man. When I retired from the Army I/we wanted to live n Kentucky or Tennessee. Unfortunately, the job market brought us back to Illinois. I hate being cold.

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Oct 21, 2023 21:24:59   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Andy B wrote:
Thank you so very much for sharing your couple days of catching. I appreciate you sharing the actual baits and how they worked each day. The pictures are fantastic too . The last days of the season or areas are sometimes emotional but looks like these great memories will help fight off "Cabin Fever" for a spell. 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🇺🇲🇺🇲


You’re very welcome, Andy. I hope it provides some help when the going gets tough. I didn’t throw a frog this time. Probably not as patient as you. I wish we had lily pads on the lake. I guarantee you we would be frogging them. We’ve had mixed results on the thickly matted Eurasian Milfoil in summer.
That Keitech is a confidence lure that I can fish almost anywhere.

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Nov 8, 2023 20:51:21   #
Fishon 70 Loc: Illinois
 
Great narrative. Thx for all the pictures. Keitech baits r awesome

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Nov 8, 2023 21:02:14   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Fishon 70 wrote:
Great narrative. Thx for all the pictures. Keitech baits r awesome


They are very good baits. Tight lines to you.

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