It’s Lunch Time my Friend 8.18.11
You'll have to excuse my own lack of posts lately, I've been busy. This week it's time to quit reading the stories of others and start making plans for your…
The Death of River Wading
Over the past few years the amount of anglers seen wading the Fox River has whittled down to almost nothing. For a two year stretch where I thought I was…
Music to Fish By
When I read about fishing I tend to read about trout fishing, even though there are no trout streams in Illinois and I don't fish for trout. The words of…
You can Still Fish at the Yorkville Dam, but why Would You?
For almost six years I've been living within walking distance of the Yorkville dam. I think I've fished near the dam, that would be between the dam and the Route…
A Weekend of Fishing, for the Most Part
Since June 21st we've been losing about a minute a day of sunlight. Luckily it seems to be evenly split up between the sunrise and the sunset. Either way I'm…
Wile E Coyote vs. Bullet
If you wander around in the river and on it's islands long enough you can't help but find all kinds of things. On a couple of Fox River islands are…
A Few Days of Creek Fishing
You've probably noticed I never talk about the nuts and bolts of fishing. I guess that would be the hook and tackle (hooks and tackle?) of fishing. Whatever it's called,…
The river had been looking good…
I was able to get out fishing on Friday and at 6:30 PM I found myself wading the Fox River in North Aurora. The last few hours of the day…
A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving the Fox River
About 5 years ago I walked away from all of the river conservation issues I used to be involved with. I started with the Salt Creek Watershed Network back in…