Your rod tip bends. Line is being pulled from your reel. Now what?
There's a simple technique for landing that big fish.
"When he pulls, you don't; when he doesn't, you do," advises Mike Crowell, co-owner of Rose's Bait & Tackle in West Burlington.
"I let them run," Crowell said. "If they start to pull really hard, I let up. Give them some slack and let them run out. When he runs out, he gets tired when he comes back in.
"I know a lot of guys know how to pull their fish in," Crowell said. "I do this stuff for people who don't fish a lot. There are some people who come in here who don't have a clue about fishing. They just want to go."
Although the fishing reports from area lakes haven't changed much, things are looking up on the Mississippi River
"Anglers are having some luck fishing in the river," Crowell said. "For walleye, try wing dams and sand flats using crank baits. For smallmouth bass, try rock piles in strong current using flashy spoons, spinners or crankbaits. For bluegill, try rock piles and submerged trees. For largemouth bass, try large spinner baits. For crappie, try using small jigs and minnows around brush piles. For catfish, cut bait, night crawlers and stink bait. For flatheads, try using live bait around tailwater.
"Some guys caught a bunch of bass in the river, largemouths, and they said they had some good luck catching stripers, too, but they were small," Crowell said. "They were catching a lot of them. The channel cats have been hitting. Some guys have been using stink bait, but I've been hearing the best luck now is that guys are catching them on night crawlers and shrimp.
"The biggest channel cat I ever caught on a rod and reel was with shrimp down at the dam in the Des Moines River, Lake Red Rock," Crowell said. "I caught a bunch of channel cats that morning, all on stink bait. They were a pound and a half, two pounds, a couple five-pounders. Then I had a 17-pounder, a channel cat. I caught him on shrimp."
For bank fishermen, Crowell has some suggestions on finding a good spot.
"Bank fishing spots that offer open views of the water and where the brush has been worked down by other anglers may or may not be good places to fish," he said. "The real spots, however, are the tough places to fish, ones that crowds never touch. Watch for good holes and runs of water beyond bushes and tangled vegetation. Use crappie rods or long graphite poles that come in lengths of 16 feet. Wear knee-high rubber boots and you can maneuver freely. Reach out and drop your bait into the water."
ILLINOIS TROUT: The Illinois fall trout fishing season opens Saturday, Oct. 17, at more than 50 ponds, lakes and streams.
Some sites will open Oct. 3 for catch and release only. No trout may be kept from these sites until Oct. 17. The nearest site for early catch and release is Apple River in Apple River State Park, Jo Daviess County.
All anglers, including those who intend to release fish prior to Oct. 17, must have a valid Illinois fishing license and an Inland Trout Stamp, unless they are under age 16, blind or disabled, or are an Illinois resident on leave from active duty from the armed forces. The daily catch limit is five.
Area sites opening for Illinois trout fishing on Oct. 17 are:
• Citizen's Lake in Monmouth;
• Hennepin Canal Parkway in Bureau County;
• the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Lock 14, LaSalle-Peru in LaSalle County;
• Prospect Park in Rock Island County; and
• Centennial Park Pond, Rock Falls, Whiteside County.
RIVER LEVELS: Many area river levels continue to drop, but the Des Moines River is holding steady.
The Mississippi at Burlington is projected for 8.8 feet at 6 p.m. Friday and fall to 8.3 feet on Oct. 7. Flood stage is 15 feet,
The Iowa River at Wapello was forecast for 11.4 feet at 6 p.m. Friday and drop to 11.0 Oct. 7. Flood stage is 21 feet.
The Des Moines River at Keosauqua is forecast for 9.7 feet, at least through Oct. 7. Flood stage is 22 feet.
The Skunk River at Augusta was at 1.2 feet Wednesday. Flood stage is 15 feet.
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