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Post by illinoisfisherman on Sept 8, 2024 0:46:31 GMT -5
Put a big smile on that little face didn’t it!👍
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Post by whitebacon on Sept 8, 2024 0:53:58 GMT -5
Put a big smile on that little face didn’t it!👍 Yes sir
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Post by flysalt069 on Sept 8, 2024 17:19:30 GMT -5
Yea,2002,we fired up the race boats and those damn things went off. Next year a lady bent over side of boat to retrieve her child and damn Asian carp hit her, knocked her into other side of boat. She wound up concussed and in hospital. Ken they have been shooting them with bows for 20 years around Peoria. Watched shows and recognize where we raced.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Sept 8, 2024 21:00:43 GMT -5
Yes. My brother is big into the Bowfishing sport for around 30 years. He worked with the Illinois DNR for years helping to keep the population in check.
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Post by Captj on Sept 9, 2024 7:53:03 GMT -5
Had a very large Tarpon jump and miss me by about 2 feet as I was running my jonboat in the back country. Still can picture it clearly. Had a Kingfish and a Cuda jump across my cockpit when I was chumming for Kings with live bait. Got my attention. I was VERY lucky.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Sept 9, 2024 10:35:01 GMT -5
Had a very large Tarpon jump and miss me by about 2 feet as I was running my jonboat in the back country. Still can picture it clearly. Had a Kingfish and a Cuda jump across my cockpit when I was chumming for Kings with live bait. Got my attention. I was VERY lucky. Fish jumping in the boat is a wake up call for sure. The one that hit me sure made a lasting impression
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mjn
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Post by mjn on Sept 9, 2024 13:49:48 GMT -5
Used to be favorite place to fish. Sauger and white bass as far as the eye could see. And the greenback walleyes were 3lb average. This is at starved rock dam and maybe 7 or 8 miles down stream an hour drive from home. Last time I went was 2016. Snagged one carp, otherwise skunked, haven't been back.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Sept 9, 2024 13:56:32 GMT -5
Used to be favorite place to fish. Sauger and white bass as far as the eye could see. And the greenback walleyes were 3lb average. This is at starved rock dam and maybe 7 or 8 miles down stream an hour drive from home. Last time I went was 2016. Snagged one carp, otherwise skunked, haven't been back. We used to always put our boats in at the Starved Rock boat ramp. White bass run was an annual summer event to look forward to.
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