Camping on the Kish

In attendance - Jim Wright. Terry Dodge

Friday 10.2.15 - We met at camp right around 11am.

Unloaded our gear and began to setup camp.

We had the property at Larsons Landing to ourselves.

After setting camp we pulled on our waders and stepped foot

in water to checkout the flow of the Kishwaukee River around the

camping area. The wind was blowing strong and the bite would started off tough.

I believe we ended the first days outing as listed ~

Jim - 6 smallies with the largest at 14.5"

Terry - 3 smallies the largest at 17"

We enjoyed skirt steaks and a can of pork & beans for dinner

Pics from first day....

Saturday 10.3.15 - We started the morning off with chef Jim perking up

a damn good pot of coffee followed by a mean egg scram/bacon skillet.

After chow we loaded up out yaks and headed up stream fer enough so as

to be able to to float the entire day back to the camp-site.

Fishing and floating would both prove to be very tough on this 2nd day as

the strong wind just refused to subside.

​I guess I should mention that the air temp during our camping trip wasn't all

that favorable either.

Both Jim and myself got blanked during the float until we hit the lower Kish area

just up-stream of our camp.

The numbers were as such (Jim you may correct me if I'm wrong)

Jim 9 with the largest @ 17"

Terry 6 with the largest @ maybe 10 inches.

We tore up some brats and sauerkraut for dinner.

Pics from day 2.....

Sunday 10.4.15 ~ Kind of got off to a later start to the day, but

after filling our bellies with more eggs and bacon

we broke camp and headed out for one last wade. We decided to stick to

the campground area as this area seems to be where the fish are at.

On this day Jim would breakout his fly rod and hook into the first fish of the day.

Again the wind was strong, the air temp mid 50's, and the fishing was tough.

I was tossing a tube and could find no action at all. I switched to a topwater

and got one blow-up

Numbers for day 3....

Jim 3 with the largest @ 11.5"

Terry 1 @ 17'5"

Pics of the day....