4/16 Mill Creek and North Aurora

From the Wisconsin border to the Illinois River, some of the best and easily accessible fishing in the Chicago area.
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MattC
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4/16 Mill Creek and North Aurora

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Decided to try again since last friday produced nothing. This time Mill creek was in perfect condition. Arrived at the creek about 10am armed with a 1/16oz. jig and white and pearl twister. Within minutes i tied into my first smallie of the year. Nothing big but I dont think these fish realize how big they are, all put up terrific fights.
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Began working my way upstream picking apart all the deeper holes and catching a few dinks here and there. I then came up to the dam and i knew that they were going to be stacked up in there and i was right. Within 10 minutes i had caught about 10 fish. Nothing big but still a blast, although all the carp and suckers in there made it a pain in the ass trying not to snag them. After that the action died to i jumped up above the dam with no action to speak of. I did see a couple smallies building a bed up there and decided to leave them alone to do there thing.
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After a while of nothing i waded back downstream and worked the area closer to the mouth. This is where i landed the bigger fish of the day.
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Since i spent most of my time fishing the creek i only had about half hour to fish the river and since N. Aurora was on my way home i fished the dam for a little while. Bait fish were jumping all over the place. Threw my jig and twister in waiting for a hit and got this little guy.
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By then it was time to pack it up. Good day of fishing with about 25 fish caught.
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Re: 4/16 Mill Creek and North Aurora

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Told you so.
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