Info Request plz

[Dan]

Hey Guys, I am a Fox noob. I have fished the river before with very limited success. My question is to all you Fox River Vets..


If you were trying to get on some Fox Muskies where would you start. I fished just East of the bridge in Yorkville to the dam and a few miles west of it as well. I know there in there but gettin on them is another story. Thanks Guys





Dan

[Ken G]

That stretch in Yorkville probably has the highest success rate of the river, but it might be because that's where guys go, and the reports come from. I know there are muskie all over the river, there isn't a stretch where I haven't hooked into them. Further down is Somonauk Creek, which comes out of Lake Holiday, which has a fair amount of muskie escapees when they go over the dam. Public access is limited, but what if you could get down there? Yorkville area has lots of public access, so lots of muskie reports. Further down is limited access so no reports.

Doesn't mean the fish aren't there.

You have to be out there. While fishing for smallies, I hook into about a half dozen a year. A guy I know that targets them on the Fox once went 44 hours without even a follow.

The most bite offs I've had on the river have come from the area that flows through Les Arends Forest Preserve in Batavia. I never have tried to catch one there.

Check out the Links to Info forum and start looking up maps to parks and forest preserves along the river. Kane County has good maps, Kendall County has limited ones. Start getting a feel for these areas at least by map and name. I've been to just about all of them from Geneva down. Then keep asking questions here.

As for your orange mouthed smallies. I've caught ones like that all over the river and I remember a discussion on that a few years ago, but I can't remember the conclusion. I haven't seen one in a few years, so it's not a common thing. I have a vague recollection of it having to do something with what they're eating, but those brain cells seemed to have died off.

[Ken G]

Was looking at old stuff and came across this from 8/25/04.

I can't recall this happening in past years, but this year I'm catching quite a few smallmouth bass with a very distinct gold coloration. Not just on the outside, but all over the inside of their mouths. Almost as if they were eating marigolds and getting the pollen all over their mouths. Still another question for the IDNR biologists I guess.

Fish came from Batavia/Les Arends area.

Appears an answer never came.

[Dan]

Good info Ken and thanks. I'll start doing my homework now, post back shortly:)



Dan

[fish4life]

Ken, thanks on the comeback of the orange color smallies, just thought that area had some type of spill of some sort but I caught them in that area for 4 years now, but it makes more since if it is what there are eating!! Thanks Tony S