As befits May, all forms of fishing are going and so are the cicadas to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. emailed the photo at the top, which I happen to like as a distinctive catfish shot. His full Fox River report is below.
Park Bait sells parking passes. Stay tuned for other sites to soon sell passes. Email with questions.
Chicago Park District parking passes ($20 for two months) are for the anglers’ parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors. North side of Navy Pier is open for anglers. Discounted parking for anglers is $9 daily, beginning at 5 a.
m.; must be out by 10 a.m.
for the discount. to prepay for the discounted tickets. My column from Nov.
30, 2022, on parking the length of the Chicago lakefront is posted at A salute to young anglers starts this report for area lakes Owen Parkins on his first fishing adventure with his rod and a bluegill Provided A faithful reader helped (the 4-year-old son of ) to his first fishing adventure, which included 11 bluegill and a small largemouth bass, as shown in the photos above and below. Owen Parkins with his first largemouth bass with holding help from his father Danny. Provided The part I most love about the bass photo is that it is Danny Parkins holding it.
Not sure why but that makes me smile. A goldfish caught from Jackson Park. Jonathan Schlesinger , Chicago’s urban fishing program coordinator for the IDNR, messaged the photo above and this on Friday: A 7th grader caught this goldfish at Jackson Park .
