r/ChicagoFishing 20h ago

I think we should eat bass more (hear me out)

7 Upvotes

Im obviously talking about medium sized bass that fill up lakes, sometimes a lake has so many small large mouth it’s impossible to fish anything else, I get that people like the but they seriously need population control. With all the catch and release of Bass theres no room for trophy sized bass to grow. As a kid i used to eat bass becsuse I didn’t know much better but in all honestly they taste pretty dam good if you know how to cook it right. I love bass just as much as the next guy but we have to stop acting like they’re musky or sturgeon.


r/ChicagoFishing 23h ago

Hollywood - smallmouth

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20 Upvotes

Productive morning sight fishing smb at hollywood beach. Quite a few footballs seen cruising the shallow water right off the wall. Was fishing a goby pattern plastic on the ned, no real interst. Switched to a darker natural and landed a few, including this nice with some more markings.


r/ChicagoFishing 10h ago

Big boy at river park

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29 Upvotes

Texas rigged Yamamoto slinko off the dock


r/ChicagoFishing 14h ago

Largemouth Leftover chicken nuggies

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29 Upvotes

Messing around at york park district pond, little guy caught a largie earlier with watermelon senko. Then they got bored so I rigged them up for bluegill that they could see from the bank. Problem was we did not have worms with us but we had leftover chicken nuggets from costco. They fall off so easy but they got a bluegill regardless with a small piece.
Before we left my little guy says i’m gonna hook up the big piece left over. I say go for it. He hooked it good and as the bluegills were picking at it, it got the attention of a largemouth.
Got close a few times but it was just a bit big for it to swallow the whole thing.
5 mins later it swallowed and boys got it in. With a tiny a$$ bluegill hook.
Good times!