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Went to fish the dam with some buddy's and landed this beauty after tossing my Rapala Perch Crank-Shad in the falling water (Closest to the wall) and felt this guy hitting nearly instantly. Had to walk him down the bank since I was worries about pulling him up 15ft.

My friends caught another large mouth as well as a few White Striped Bass.

I highly recommend the drive, only an hour away. Just know you may get snagged lol

P.S - Thanks to the gentleman and his kids who helped provide the scale!

Clark Street bridge corners were one fire today. Fished after 4PM when shade started to cover the corner, they couldn't resist the Crank's

Started my day fishin at Belmont Harbor around 6AM and caught my first Rock Bass around 7:15. I noticed a strong wind pushing south west and kept trying to no avail. Started using a Perch crank bait and nearly had 1 fish till i got tired of fighting the weeds. Switched to a Shiny Silver/Black lipless crank bait which has typically been my go to.

Decided to hop on the L around 9:30 and push south to North Avenue Beach. Switched to my Perch crank but the waves were ROUGH. Nonetheless I followed the S/W wind in the hope that I'd catch steady water. While biking toward Navy Pier I noticed a nice stream along the rocky coast of Ohio St Beach toward the Milton Lee Olive Park trail. Parked my bike and started to fish off the rocky bank around 11; as I made my way toward the underpass, I noticed I was finding success throwing my lure toward where the waves were pushing inland, and my lure would coast toward the rocks on my retrieval, this is where things got bonkers.

I caught three BACK TO BACK small mouths throwing in the SAME direction, I figured I found the motherload because nearly every cast was a bite. Fought 10 fish but only landed 6, Perch Crank for the WIN! Never had such a fishing frenzy, but the conditions made it possible.

Around 12:30 I thought I'd pack up and head to the river and cast a few near the Clark St. bridge. I had yet to catch anything and wasn't expecting much, but to my surprise I landed a decent Large Mouth on the Perch to finish the day. Good times on the river/lakefront!

You wouldn't believe the lengths I went through to catch these guys...

Started my day fishing Montrose Harbor around 6AM and worked my way along the lakefront until I hit Belmont harbor around 9AM when I lost my pole in the water being a wise guy trying to walk across a steel beam onto a prohibited dock (Total Karma)

Found another fisherman named Jose who lent me his pole to try snagging it to no avail (Thanks Jose!) It started to drizzle and I knew there was no choice but to dive 10ft deep to retrieve my pole, and BOY was I nervous. Jose stood by to boost my confidence, and luckily I got it! Water felt GREAT.

Shortly after drying off and parting ways with Jose, I found some clear water and long weeds and decided to cast. Pike were trailing my lure but to my surprise I snagged this decent sized Large Mouth Bass.

Went a bit further down to more open water and first cast I snagged this Small Mouth. All in all, a good day fishin plus a dip in the lake. Felt so good I eventually took a SECOND dip 🤣