Urban Fishing Blog

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6 issues will feature Chicago-specific tackle reviews, great tactics for catching fish near your home. While these tactics, tips and tackle will catch you more fish all over North America (and the world) than most fishing magazine ti… Continue

I fished a Cook County Forest Preserve Lake and hoisted in an impressive 335 fish on Sunday. Sadly, the feeding slowed down a bit after cold rain dropped in on the lake and chilled my fish! Fishing through two steady rains, I was on an impressive 124 fish an hour pace. I estimate that I was well into a 150 fish and hour pace prior to the cold rain dropping the shallow water near me, but will happily take that fishing total. This pushes my fish catch for 2009 to 1,530.

I set out to fish a 3-hour… Continue

There it is - not a great year, but a good total and something to build on - 1,195 fish landed this year. Saturday fishing session in the afternoon with a catch of 233 fish takes my total past the 1,000 fish mark for the season.
I will have to wonder about the ones that got away! While I did manage to land 233 fish, there were a few things that happened on Saturday that cut into my 3-hour fishing session on the timer.

The highlight of my Saturday was a teaching session and getting two new angle… Continue

Take a peek at this video to see how this fish will Never end up on a menu: watch the jumping fish.

I continue to look into the news that the world's most famous fish has passed on. Some great stuff and truly shows what our fisheries could be if our anglers cared about our fish.

BBC News Coverage

Caught 63 times this fish meant well over $500,000 to this fishery as 1,000s of anglers would purchase day tickets to go after this giant fish.… Continue