Montgomery on Sunday

From the Wisconsin border to the Illinois River, some of the best and easily accessible fishing in the Chicago area.
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Montgomery on Sunday

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ttmoran said he's going to try to make it out.

Anyone else? Just show up.

I should be there around 3 PM or 3:30, but maybe as early as 2. I'll be staying in that area till sunset.

Route 25 and Boulder Hill, where they come together.
That's about a half mile south of where Route 30 crosses the river.
There's a gravel patch to park at between the Marathon Station and the railroad tracks. That would make sense when you see it.
Walk out to the river. I'll be fishing my way up toward Route 30 on the east side, then eventually crossing over to the west side to fish my way back.

Look for the guy in the straw hat or with the stupid cigar in his mouth. You can smell me a mile away.

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Ken, ill be there tomorrow. Probably leave my house at 2 and be there 2:45 or 3.
You can never fish the same river twice, by the time you get back it's not the same river.
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In case I'm out there already, just follow the directions above.

I'm hard to miss. :D :D

The fishing has sucked . . . but you just never know.

The river has plummeted to just about 1200 cfs. It's about friggin time.
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I just crosed over the Fox at I-88 about a hour ago and I was thinking to myself... I wonder where these guys are at!! O well. Maybe time for a cell phone upgrade with all that fancy internet stuff on it?! So... How did u guys do??
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The company was good, Matt and Tim (ttmoran) were out.

The exploring was pretty good, but the fishing pretty much sucked.

It's been doing that for two weeks now.

Getting a little tired of it.

It's rare that you cover such good looking water with so few results. At least none of us got skunked, but came close.
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